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One source indicates sixty-seven candidates were accepted for naval cadetships in this, the first term at {{UK-1Britannia}}, but ''The Times'' reported on that following boys sixty passed their examinations on 13 December, 1859.{{NMI|Wednesday, Dec 14, 1859; pg. 9; Issue 23489}}
 
One source indicates sixty-seven candidates were accepted for naval cadetships in this, the first term at {{UK-1Britannia}}, but ''The Times'' reported on that following boys sixty passed their examinations on 13 December, 1859.{{NMI|Wednesday, Dec 14, 1859; pg. 9; Issue 23489}}
  
Of forty-one boys over fourteen years of age who took the exam, the following twenty-eight were accepted:
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Of forty-one boys over fourteen years of age who took the exam, the following twenty-eight were accepted, those who passed from [[North Grove House School]] (only) were noted as such:
  
 
# [[Edward William John Hennah]]
 
# [[Edward William John Hennah]]
# [[Frederick Abel Moysey]]
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# [[Frederick Abel Moysey]] {{PS-North}}
 
# [[Edward Stratford Dugdale]]
 
# [[Edward Stratford Dugdale]]
 
# [[Hugh Miles Milman]]
 
# [[Hugh Miles Milman]]
 
# [[Cyril William Cole]]
 
# [[Cyril William Cole]]
 
# [[Hubert Henry Grenfell]]
 
# [[Hubert Henry Grenfell]]
# [[Frederick Rowland Dicken]]
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# [[Frederick Rowland Dicken]] {{PS-North}}
 
# "Hyman" (I cannot identify this man, but a cadet named "L. W. Hyman" was appointed to ''Mersey'' on 1 October, 1860{{NMI|Wednesday, Oct 03, 1860; pg. 11; Issue 23741}})
 
# "Hyman" (I cannot identify this man, but a cadet named "L. W. Hyman" was appointed to ''Mersey'' on 1 October, 1860{{NMI|Wednesday, Oct 03, 1860; pg. 11; Issue 23741}})
 
# [[Albert Mainwaring Ducat]]
 
# [[Albert Mainwaring Ducat]]
 
# [[William Carey]]
 
# [[William Carey]]
# [[George Robert Charles Eyres]]
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# [[George Robert Charles Eyres]] {{PS-North}}
 
# The Hon. [[Edward Miles David Browne]]
 
# The Hon. [[Edward Miles David Browne]]
 
# [[Alexander John Ballantyne]]
 
# [[Alexander John Ballantyne]]
 
# [[Alfred James Booth]]
 
# [[Alfred James Booth]]
# [[Colebrook Mandeville]]
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# [[Colebrook Mandeville]] {{PS-North}}
 
# [[William W. King]] (Midshipman at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1860 or 1863 or 1869)
 
# [[William W. King]] (Midshipman at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1860 or 1863 or 1869)
 
# [[Edward Riddle]]
 
# [[Edward Riddle]]
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# [[George Sidney Lindeman]]
 
# [[George Sidney Lindeman]]
 
# [[Albemarle Percy Watson]]
 
# [[Albemarle Percy Watson]]
# [[Norman Leith Hay Clark]]
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# [[Norman Leith Hay Clark]] {{PS-North}}
# [[Frank Anthony Gataker]] (listed as "Gatacher" in ''The Times'')
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# [[Frank Anthony Gataker]] {{PS-North}} (listed as "Gatacher" in ''The Times'')
 
# [[Fitzherbert Coddington]] (listed as "Codrington" in ''The Times'')
 
# [[Fitzherbert Coddington]] (listed as "Codrington" in ''The Times'')
 
# [[Arthur Edward Bancroft]]
 
# [[Arthur Edward Bancroft]]
# [[Harry G. Steavenson]] (Midshipman at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
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# [[Harry G. Steavenson]] {{PS-North}} (Midshipman at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
 
# [[George Thomas Bolton]]
 
# [[George Thomas Bolton]]
 
# [[Arthur P. Patton]] (Acting Sublieutenant at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
 
# [[Arthur P. Patton]] (Acting Sublieutenant at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
# [[Henry Briggs Lang]]
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# [[Henry Briggs Lang]] {{PS-North}}
  
 
Of twenty-nine boys under age fourteen, the following twenty-two were accepted:
 
Of twenty-nine boys under age fourteen, the following twenty-two were accepted:
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# [[Baldwin Wake Walker]]
 
# [[Baldwin Wake Walker]]
 
# [[Charles James St. John Hough]]
 
# [[Charles James St. John Hough]]
# [[Vincent John English]]
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# [[Vincent John English]] {{PS-North}}
 
# [[Francis Eardley Wilmot]]
 
# [[Francis Eardley Wilmot]]
 
# [[Arthur D. Shafto]] (Midshipman at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
 
# [[Arthur D. Shafto]] (Midshipman at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
 
# [[Augustus H. Gilbert]] (Naval Cadet, and possibly Paymaster, at TNA; not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
 
# [[Augustus H. Gilbert]] (Naval Cadet, and possibly Paymaster, at TNA; not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
 
# [[Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford|Charles William de la Poer Beresford]]
 
# [[Charles William de la Poer Beresford, First Baron Beresford|Charles William de la Poer Beresford]]
# [[Hugh Maxwell Tyler]]
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# [[Hugh Maxwell Tyler]] {{PS-North}}
# [[Charles H. Greenway]] (Midshipman at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1860 or 1863 or 1869)
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# [[Charles H. Greenway]] {{PS-North}} (Midshipman at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1860 or 1863 or 1869)
 
# [[Alexander H. Campbell]] (Naval Cadet at TNA by initial, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
 
# [[Alexander H. Campbell]] (Naval Cadet at TNA by initial, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
 
# [[John Robert Aylen]]
 
# [[John Robert Aylen]]
 
# [[William Balfour Forbes]]
 
# [[William Balfour Forbes]]
# [[Philip H. Ranking]] (Midshipman at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
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# [[Philip H. Ranking]] {{PS-North}} (Midshipman at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
# [[Charles Robert Wood]]
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# [[Charles Robert Wood]] {{PS-North}}
# [[Edmund Wigley Burt]]
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# [[Edmund Wigley Burt]] {{PS-North}}
# [[John Brereton]]
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# [[John Brereton]] {{PS-North}}
 
# [[Matthew James Harrison]]
 
# [[Matthew James Harrison]]
 
# [[Thomas C. Hullett]] (listed as "Hallett" in ''The Times''.  Naval Cadet at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1860 or 1863 or 1869)
 
# [[Thomas C. Hullett]] (listed as "Hallett" in ''The Times''.  Naval Cadet at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1860 or 1863 or 1869)
 
# [[Robert Frederick Ward]]
 
# [[Robert Frederick Ward]]
# "Wallace" (I cannot identify this man)
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# "Wallace" {{PS-North}} (I cannot identify this man)
 
# [[Philip Francis]]
 
# [[Philip Francis]]
  

Latest revision as of 15:02, 9 August 2019

One source indicates sixty-seven candidates were accepted for naval cadetships in this, the first term at Britannia, but The Times reported on that following boys sixty passed their examinations on 13 December, 1859.[1]

Of forty-one boys over fourteen years of age who took the exam, the following twenty-eight were accepted, those who passed from North Grove House School (only) were noted as such:

  1. Edward William John Hennah
  2. Frederick Abel Moysey (North Grove House School)
  3. Edward Stratford Dugdale
  4. Hugh Miles Milman
  5. Cyril William Cole
  6. Hubert Henry Grenfell
  7. Frederick Rowland Dicken (North Grove House School)
  8. "Hyman" (I cannot identify this man, but a cadet named "L. W. Hyman" was appointed to Mersey on 1 October, 1860[2])
  9. Albert Mainwaring Ducat
  10. William Carey
  11. George Robert Charles Eyres (North Grove House School)
  12. The Hon. Edward Miles David Browne
  13. Alexander John Ballantyne
  14. Alfred James Booth
  15. Colebrook Mandeville (North Grove House School)
  16. William W. King (Midshipman at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1860 or 1863 or 1869)
  17. Edward Riddle
  18. Charles Edward Gissing
  19. George Sidney Lindeman
  20. Albemarle Percy Watson
  21. Norman Leith Hay Clark (North Grove House School)
  22. Frank Anthony Gataker (North Grove House School) (listed as "Gatacher" in The Times)
  23. Fitzherbert Coddington (listed as "Codrington" in The Times)
  24. Arthur Edward Bancroft
  25. Harry G. Steavenson (North Grove House School) (Midshipman at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
  26. George Thomas Bolton
  27. Arthur P. Patton (Acting Sublieutenant at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
  28. Henry Briggs Lang (North Grove House School)

Of twenty-nine boys under age fourteen, the following twenty-two were accepted:

  1. John Sulivan Luckraft
  2. Baldwin Wake Walker
  3. Charles James St. John Hough
  4. Vincent John English (North Grove House School)
  5. Francis Eardley Wilmot
  6. Arthur D. Shafto (Midshipman at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
  7. Augustus H. Gilbert (Naval Cadet, and possibly Paymaster, at TNA; not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
  8. Charles William de la Poer Beresford
  9. Hugh Maxwell Tyler (North Grove House School)
  10. Charles H. Greenway (North Grove House School) (Midshipman at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1860 or 1863 or 1869)
  11. Alexander H. Campbell (Naval Cadet at TNA by initial, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
  12. John Robert Aylen
  13. William Balfour Forbes
  14. Philip H. Ranking (North Grove House School) (Midshipman at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1863 or 1869)
  15. Charles Robert Wood (North Grove House School)
  16. Edmund Wigley Burt (North Grove House School)
  17. John Brereton (North Grove House School)
  18. Matthew James Harrison
  19. Thomas C. Hullett (listed as "Hallett" in The Times. Naval Cadet at TNA, not in Navy List of January 1860 or 1863 or 1869)
  20. Robert Frederick Ward
  21. "Wallace" (North Grove House School) (I cannot identify this man)
  22. Philip Francis

Additionally, the following men's service records indicate that they may also have been part of this term.

Footnotes

  1. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Dec 14, 1859; pg. 9; Issue 23489.
  2. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Oct 03, 1860; pg. 11; Issue 23741.
Term Intakes into H.M.S. Britannia
1859-1869
Jun, 1859 | Dec, 1859
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Mar, 1863 | Jun, 1863 | Sep, 1863 | Jan, 1864 | Mar, 1864 | Aug, 1864 | Oct, 1864 | Jan, 1865 | Mar, 1865 | May, 1865 | Sep, 1865
Jan, 1866 | May, 1866 | Sep, 1866 | Jan, 1867 | May, 1867 | Sep, 1867 | Jan, 1868 | May, 1868 | Sep, 1868 | Jan, 1869 | May, 1869 | Sep, 1869
1870-1879
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Jan, 1875 | Jul, 1875 | Jan, 1876 | Jul, 1876 | Jan, 1877 | Jul, 1877 | Jan, 1878 | Jul, 1878 | Jan, 1879 | Jul, 1879
1880-1889
Jan, 1880 | Jul, 1880 | Jan, 1881 | Jul, 1881 | Jan, 1882 | Jul, 1882 | Jan, 1883 | Jul, 1883 | Jan, 1884 | Jul, 1884 | Jan, 1885 | Jul, 1885
Jan, 1886 | Jul, 1886 | Jan, 1887 | Jul, 1887 | Jan, 1888 | Jul, 1888 | Jan, 1889 | Mar, 1889 | Jul, 1889
1890-1899
Jan, 1890 | Jul, 1890 | Jan, 1891 | Jul, 1891 | Jan, 1892 | Jul, 1892 | Jan, 1893 | Jul, 1893
Jan, 1894 | Jul, 1894 | Jan, 1895 | Jul, 1895 | Jan, 1896 | Jul, 1896 | Jan, 1897 | May, 1897 | Sep, 1897
Jan, 1898 | May, 1898 | Sep, 1898 | Jan, 1899 | May, 1899 | Sep, 1899
1900-1906
Jan, 1900 | May, 1900 | Sep, 1900 | Jan, 1901 | May, 1901 | Sep, 1901 | Jan, 1902 | May, 1902 | Sep, 1902
Jan, 1903 | May, 1903 | Sep, 1903 | Jan, 1904 | May, 1904 | Sep, 1904 | Jan, 1905 | May, 1905 | Sep, 1905 | Jan, 1906
From September 1903 entries were also made to the Royal Naval College, Osborne under the Selborne Scheme. The Britannia was closed in July 1905 after the May entry, which was sent to Bermuda with the January entry. The following two terms under the old scheme were sent straight to the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.

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