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...er Cooper-Key|E. M. C. Cooper-Key]], A. J. Hotham.<br><small>Photograph: ''Navy & Army Illustrated''.</small>]] ...y a junior flag officer or senior Captain of distinction, based first at [[Royal Naval College, Greenwich|Greenwich]], Devonport, and then at Portsmouth. B

...rved as [[Second Sea Lord]], Commander-in-Chief of the [[Home Fleet (Royal Navy)|Home Fleet]], and [[First Sea Lord]]. In 1912 he was dismissed in acrimon He entered the Royal Navy as Francis Charles Bridgeman Bridgeman Simpson.

...he Admiralty]], the politician responsible to Crown and Parliament for the Navy. ...nistration of so much of the business as relates to the "Personnel" of the Navy, and for the movement and condition of your Majesty's Fleet.</blockquote>

...the Naval Service of the United Kingdom, encompassing the Royal Navy, the Royal Marines and other services. By custom and design he was the pre-eminent Lo ...as granted "an allowance of 50''l''. To be reconsidered on vacancy".<ref>''Navy Estimates for the Year 1900-1900''. p. 140.</ref> Evidently it was as it di

...[Board of Admiralty]] responsible for the personnel of the British [[Royal Navy]]. He was in charge of manning the ships, and training and educating the m ...y as the Junior Naval Lord, and the task of superintending the Coastguard, Royal Naval Reserve, and the manning of the Fleet.<ref>''The Naval Staff of the A

...First Battle Squadron''' was a formation of [[battleship]]s of the [[Royal Navy]]. The squadron changed composition often as ships were damaged, retired o ...rand Fleet]] at sea at sunset, April, 1915.<br><small>Photo: United States Navy. Naval History and Heritage Command. NH2714.</small>]]

...4 September, 1861 &ndash; 11 February, 1931) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]]. He was appointed command of [[Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport]] on 5 June, 1913.{{INF}} (Commodore, Second Cla

...(23 December, 1864 &ndash; 8 November, 1940) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]]. ...et to Britain Phillimore was appointed a Member of the Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) on 11 August, 1905.{{Gaz|27826|5532|11 August, 190

...12 December, 1865 &ndash; 13 November, 1945) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]]. ..., when he joined the corvette ''Active'' of the [[Training Squadron (Royal Navy)|Training Squadron]]. He was appointed Acting {{SubRN}} on 6 January, 1886

...avy (5 September, 1862 &ndash; 5 June, 1935) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]]. In 1892 he was appointed Torpedo Lieutenant of the ''Royal Sovereign'', Flagship of the Channel Squadron, and in 1893 resumed his post

...d naval historian while still on the Active List. After retiring from the Navy he was elected to the Vere Harmsworth Chair of Imperial and Naval History a ...iew article.</ref> Herbert had first developed an interest in joining the navy when, at the age of ten, he had visited Portsmouth. He attended St Mark's

...26 September, 1864 &ndash; 20 January, 1944) was an officer of the [[Royal Navy]] during the [[First World War]]. In addition to his years of service at s ...'s visit to Austria Kerr was appointed a Member of the Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) on 9 October.{{Gaz|27604|6147|9 October, 1903}}

...Rising to fleet command in the early 1900s, he was widely regarded as the Navy's preeminent tactician. He was promoted to {{FleetRN}} in 1907 and succeed ...99–1845. Wilson attended Eton College from 1852 to 1855; he entered the navy in 1855, and was immediately employed on active service in the Black Sea du

...vy]] from 1905 to 1912, when it was absorbed into the [[Home Fleets (Royal Navy)|Home Fleets]], and from 1919 to 1932, when it was renamed the Home Fleet. ...tus and title of a Commander in Chief.<ref>Published as a Command Paper: ''Navy: Distribution and Mobilization of the Fleet''. Cd. 2335. p. 2.</ref> Lor

...appointed to the [[Admiralty War Staff]] as [[Intelligence Division (Royal Navy)|Director of the Intelligence Division]]. ...t Whitehall to take command of the [[Second Battle Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)|Second Battle Cruiser Squadron]] in the [[Grand Fleet]], where he remained

...Fleet (Royal Navy)|Atlantic Fleet]], and, renamed the [[Home Fleets (Royal Navy)|Home Fleets]], it was the primary British fleet facing the Germans when wa ...the principal naval force in home waters was the [[Channel Squadron (Royal Navy)|Channel Squadron]]. The other main naval force consisted of partially-man

...ignals specialist and was appointed secretary of a committee to revise the navy's signal book and later served as Second-in-Command of the [[Portsmouth Sig ...d from 1913 to 1915 was Rear-Admiral in the [[First Battle Squadron (Royal Navy)|First Battle Squadron]], before being given command of the Fifth Battle Sq

...l Navy]] and [[Royal Naval Air Service]] before attaining high rank in the Royal Air Force. Longmore started his Royal Naval service with a typical series of commands of torpedo boats. It is po

[[Admiral of the Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)|Admiral of the Fleet]] Marquis (Kōshaku (侯爵)) '''Tōgō Heihachirō'' ...Satsuma War (August 1863), in which Kagoshima was bombarded by the [[Royal Navy]] to punish the Satsuma daimyo for the murder of Charles Lennox Richardson