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The following candidates were accepted as naval cadets for the January, 1888 term of {{UK-1Britannia}}, in the following order of merit in marks scored in the intake examinations held over several days, starting on 30 November 1887.<ref>"Cadetships In The Navy." ''The Times'' (London, England), Saturday, Dec 10, 1887; pg. 7; Issue 32252.</ref> | The following candidates were accepted as naval cadets for the January, 1888 term of {{UK-1Britannia}}, in the following order of merit in marks scored in the intake examinations held over several days, starting on 30 November 1887.<ref>"Cadetships In The Navy." ''The Times'' (London, England), Saturday, Dec 10, 1887; pg. 7; Issue 32252.</ref> | ||
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+ | The prior education noted for some of the men is obtained from classified ads in various issues of the ''Hampshire Telegraph and Naval Chronicle'', e.g. 4 Feb 1888, p. 4. | ||
# [[Frederic Aubrey Whitehead]], 1528 | # [[Frederic Aubrey Whitehead]], 1528 | ||
# [[Francis Clifton Brown]], 1508 | # [[Francis Clifton Brown]], 1508 | ||
# [[Hugh Keith Arbuthnot]], 1373 | # [[Hugh Keith Arbuthnot]], 1373 | ||
− | # [[Richard Huth Walters]], 1349 | + | # [[Richard Huth Walters]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 1349 |
# [[Henry Charles Russel Boucher]], 1302 (b 7 Dec 1874, navigator, retired as Capt. 15 May 1922) | # [[Henry Charles Russel Boucher]], 1302 (b 7 Dec 1874, navigator, retired as Capt. 15 May 1922) | ||
# [[Guy Campbell Clarke]], 1283 (b 27 May 1874, retired as Sub Lt. due to ill health 19 Jan 1894) | # [[Guy Campbell Clarke]], 1283 (b 27 May 1874, retired as Sub Lt. due to ill health 19 Jan 1894) | ||
# [[William Johns Beckett Law]], 1270 | # [[William Johns Beckett Law]], 1270 | ||
− | # [[Reginald Abercrombie Willis]], 1269 (b 9 Oct 1874, Lt., retired unfit 27 Jan 1902, d in Australia on 6 Jan 1912) | + | # [[Reginald Abercrombie Willis]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 1269 (b 9 Oct 1874, Lt., retired unfit 27 Jan 1902, d in Australia on 6 Jan 1912) |
# [[Charles Henry Reynard Atkinson]], 1259 (midshipman in ''Navy List'' of April, 1891) | # [[Charles Henry Reynard Atkinson]], 1259 (midshipman in ''Navy List'' of April, 1891) | ||
# [[Percy Arthur Robarts]], 1233 | # [[Percy Arthur Robarts]], 1233 | ||
− | # [[Charles Claude Peaty]], 1231 (b 22 May 1874, gunnery, CM drunk on board in 1905, Cdr. rtd, d 1 Nov 1952) | + | # [[Charles Claude Peaty]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 1231 (b 22 May 1874, gunnery, CM drunk on board in 1905, Cdr. rtd, d 1 Nov 1952) |
# [[Charles William Trousdale]], 1220 | # [[Charles William Trousdale]], 1220 | ||
# [[George Trewby]], 1214 | # [[George Trewby]], 1214 | ||
# [[Robert Gordon Douglas Dewar]], 1208 | # [[Robert Gordon Douglas Dewar]], 1208 | ||
# [[Valentine Egerton Bagot Phillimore]], 1206 | # [[Valentine Egerton Bagot Phillimore]], 1206 | ||
− | # [[Archibald Cochrane]], 1201 | + | # [[Archibald Cochrane]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 1201 |
# [[Charles Edward Chapman]], 1198 (b 4 Sep 1874, Cdr rtd, retired unfit) | # [[Charles Edward Chapman]], 1198 (b 4 Sep 1874, Cdr rtd, retired unfit) | ||
# [[Reginald Thomas Forrester]], 1186 (b 21 Dec 1874, Midshipman, d in {{UK-1Undaunted}} on 27 Jan 1892 of diphtheria) | # [[Reginald Thomas Forrester]], 1186 (b 21 Dec 1874, Midshipman, d in {{UK-1Undaunted}} on 27 Jan 1892 of diphtheria) | ||
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# [[Charles Donald Graham]], 1122 | # [[Charles Donald Graham]], 1122 | ||
# [[Walter Gordon Wilson]], 1107 (b 21 Apr 1874, Midshipman, resigned O/R 15 Dec 1892) | # [[Walter Gordon Wilson]], 1107 (b 21 Apr 1874, Midshipman, resigned O/R 15 Dec 1892) | ||
− | # [[Percival Augustus Henderson Brown]], 1082 (b 7 Mar 1874, Midshipman, drowned c 15 Jul 1891 in capsized boat at Esquimalt) | + | # [[Percival Augustus Henderson Brown]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 1082 (b 7 Mar 1874, Midshipman, drowned c 15 Jul 1891 in capsized boat at Esquimalt) |
− | # Christopher O. Durrant, 1069 (not at TNA or in ''Navy List'' of | + | # Christopher O. Durrant, {{PS-Stubbington}} 1069 (not at TNA or in ''Navy List'' of July, 1890) |
# [[Francis May]], 1066 (b 19 Apr 1874, navigator, war service Cdr rtd, d 1 Jul 1934) | # [[Francis May]], 1066 (b 19 Apr 1874, navigator, war service Cdr rtd, d 1 Jul 1934) | ||
− | # [[Henry John Montague Rundle]], 1064 (b 29 Oct 1874, navigator, Cdr. rtd, ww2 service) | + | # [[Henry John Montague Rundle]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 1064 (b 29 Oct 1874, navigator, Cdr. rtd, ww2 service) |
− | # [[James Hartley Dathan]], 1042 (b 12 Oct 1874, navigator, Cdr rtd, ) | + | # [[James Hartley Dathan]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 1042 (b 12 Oct 1874, navigator, Cdr rtd, ) |
# [[Wyndham Lerrier Bamber]], {{PS-PGS}} 1040 | # [[Wyndham Lerrier Bamber]], {{PS-PGS}} 1040 | ||
# [[Herbert Cayley]] (b 24 Oct 1874, navigator, Lt., d 26 Jan 1907) and [[George Walker Mason]] {{PS-PGS}} (b 25 Apr 1874, Lt. Cdr., d 13 Sep 1929), 1039 | # [[Herbert Cayley]] (b 24 Oct 1874, navigator, Lt., d 26 Jan 1907) and [[George Walker Mason]] {{PS-PGS}} (b 25 Apr 1874, Lt. Cdr., d 13 Sep 1929), 1039 | ||
# above two tied | # above two tied | ||
− | # [[Charles Lachlan Maclean]], 1029 (b 20 Sep 1874, retired O/R 28 Feb 1907, war service Capt rtd, d 27 Aug 1958) | + | # [[Charles Lachlan Maclean]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 1029 (b 20 Sep 1874, retired O/R 28 Feb 1907, war service Capt rtd, d 27 Aug 1958) |
− | # [[Harold Escombe]], 1023 | + | # [[Harold Escombe]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 1023 |
− | # [[Christopher Russell Payne]] and [[George Halliday Brown]], 1006 | + | # [[Christopher Russell Payne]] and [[George Halliday Brown]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 1006 |
# above two tied | # above two tied | ||
# [[Henry Tryon (b)|Henry Tryon]], 1001 (not found at TNA) | # [[Henry Tryon (b)|Henry Tryon]], 1001 (not found at TNA) | ||
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# Malcolm C. Farrington, 967 (not at TNA or in ''Navy List'' of April, 1891) | # Malcolm C. Farrington, 967 (not at TNA or in ''Navy List'' of April, 1891) | ||
# [[William Leslie Elder]], 958 | # [[William Leslie Elder]], 958 | ||
− | # [[William Herbert Grieve]], 954 | + | # [[William Herbert Grieve]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 954 |
# Francis E. Blackwood, 953 (not at TNA or in ''Navy List'' of April, 1891) | # Francis E. Blackwood, 953 (not at TNA or in ''Navy List'' of April, 1891) | ||
− | # [[Cecil Halsted France-Hayhurst]], 949 | + | # [[Cecil Halsted France-Hayhurst]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 949 |
# [[Patrick James Boyle, Eighth Earl of Glasgow|Patrick James Boyle]], 933 | # [[Patrick James Boyle, Eighth Earl of Glasgow|Patrick James Boyle]], 933 | ||
− | # [[Cyril Asser]] and [[Basil Stratford Noake]], 931 | + | # [[Cyril Asser]] and [[Basil Stratford Noake]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 931 |
# above two tied | # above two tied | ||
# [[Clarence Alban Fulcher]], 930 | # [[Clarence Alban Fulcher]], 930 | ||
− | # [[Charles Richard Wynn Brewis]], 925 (b 7 Oct 1874, navigator, war service Capt rtd, d 31 Jan 1953) | + | # [[Charles Richard Wynn Brewis]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 925 (b 7 Oct 1874, navigator, war service Capt rtd, d 31 Jan 1953) |
# [[Henry Ludovic Drummond]], 882 (b 16 Oct 1874, Sub Lt., retired 4 May 1895 for failing to pass exams) | # [[Henry Ludovic Drummond]], 882 (b 16 Oct 1874, Sub Lt., retired 4 May 1895 for failing to pass exams) | ||
− | # [[Cyril Beauchamp Hampshire]], 880 | + | # [[Cyril Beauchamp Hampshire]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 880 |
− | # [[Sydney Ernest Martin]], 874 (not found at TNA) | + | # [[Sydney Ernest Martin]], {{PS-Stubbington}} 874 (not found at TNA) |
According to his service record, [[John Ernest Troyte Harper]] joined the term a little late – in March, 1888 – and passed out with the others. | According to his service record, [[John Ernest Troyte Harper]] joined the term a little late – in March, 1888 – and passed out with the others. |
Latest revision as of 08:21, 29 August 2019
The following candidates were accepted as naval cadets for the January, 1888 term of Britannia, in the following order of merit in marks scored in the intake examinations held over several days, starting on 30 November 1887.[1]
The prior education noted for some of the men is obtained from classified ads in various issues of the Hampshire Telegraph and Naval Chronicle, e.g. 4 Feb 1888, p. 4.
- Frederic Aubrey Whitehead, 1528
- Francis Clifton Brown, 1508
- Hugh Keith Arbuthnot, 1373
- Richard Huth Walters, (Stubbington House School) 1349
- Henry Charles Russel Boucher, 1302 (b 7 Dec 1874, navigator, retired as Capt. 15 May 1922)
- Guy Campbell Clarke, 1283 (b 27 May 1874, retired as Sub Lt. due to ill health 19 Jan 1894)
- William Johns Beckett Law, 1270
- Reginald Abercrombie Willis, (Stubbington House School) 1269 (b 9 Oct 1874, Lt., retired unfit 27 Jan 1902, d in Australia on 6 Jan 1912)
- Charles Henry Reynard Atkinson, 1259 (midshipman in Navy List of April, 1891)
- Percy Arthur Robarts, 1233
- Charles Claude Peaty, (Stubbington House School) 1231 (b 22 May 1874, gunnery, CM drunk on board in 1905, Cdr. rtd, d 1 Nov 1952)
- Charles William Trousdale, 1220
- George Trewby, 1214
- Robert Gordon Douglas Dewar, 1208
- Valentine Egerton Bagot Phillimore, 1206
- Archibald Cochrane, (Stubbington House School) 1201
- Charles Edward Chapman, 1198 (b 4 Sep 1874, Cdr rtd, retired unfit)
- Reginald Thomas Forrester, 1186 (b 21 Dec 1874, Midshipman, d in Undaunted on 27 Jan 1892 of diphtheria)
- Frederick William Kinahan, 1177
- Nithsdale Carleton Atkinson Moore, 1169 (b 10 Oct 1874, gunnery, rtd war service Capt., d 21 May [illeg])
- Barnard Roger Stuart Winter, 1166 (b 30 Sep 1874, Lt., d 24 Dec 1901 overdose of laudanum)
- Arthur Gainsford Warren, 1149
- Alfred Astley Ellison, 1147
- Richard Faulkner Herbert Hartland-Mahon, 1144
- Hugh Powell Evan Tudor Williams, 1136
- John Walter Elmslie Townsend, 1135
- Ernest George William Davidson, 1133
- Patrick Spencer, 1124
- Charles Donald Graham, 1122
- Walter Gordon Wilson, 1107 (b 21 Apr 1874, Midshipman, resigned O/R 15 Dec 1892)
- Percival Augustus Henderson Brown, (Stubbington House School) 1082 (b 7 Mar 1874, Midshipman, drowned c 15 Jul 1891 in capsized boat at Esquimalt)
- Christopher O. Durrant, (Stubbington House School) 1069 (not at TNA or in Navy List of July, 1890)
- Francis May, 1066 (b 19 Apr 1874, navigator, war service Cdr rtd, d 1 Jul 1934)
- Henry John Montague Rundle, (Stubbington House School) 1064 (b 29 Oct 1874, navigator, Cdr. rtd, ww2 service)
- James Hartley Dathan, (Stubbington House School) 1042 (b 12 Oct 1874, navigator, Cdr rtd, )
- Wyndham Lerrier Bamber, (Portsmouth Grammar School) 1040
- Herbert Cayley (b 24 Oct 1874, navigator, Lt., d 26 Jan 1907) and George Walker Mason (Portsmouth Grammar School) (b 25 Apr 1874, Lt. Cdr., d 13 Sep 1929), 1039
- above two tied
- Charles Lachlan Maclean, (Stubbington House School) 1029 (b 20 Sep 1874, retired O/R 28 Feb 1907, war service Capt rtd, d 27 Aug 1958)
- Harold Escombe, (Stubbington House School) 1023
- Christopher Russell Payne and George Halliday Brown, (Stubbington House School) 1006
- above two tied
- Henry Tryon, 1001 (not found at TNA)
- John Henry Loftie, 998
- Alfred Barnett Barker, 995
- Henry Willcox Osburn, 968
- Malcolm C. Farrington, 967 (not at TNA or in Navy List of April, 1891)
- William Leslie Elder, 958
- William Herbert Grieve, (Stubbington House School) 954
- Francis E. Blackwood, 953 (not at TNA or in Navy List of April, 1891)
- Cecil Halsted France-Hayhurst, (Stubbington House School) 949
- Patrick James Boyle, 933
- Cyril Asser and Basil Stratford Noake, (Stubbington House School) 931
- above two tied
- Clarence Alban Fulcher, 930
- Charles Richard Wynn Brewis, (Stubbington House School) 925 (b 7 Oct 1874, navigator, war service Capt rtd, d 31 Jan 1953)
- Henry Ludovic Drummond, 882 (b 16 Oct 1874, Sub Lt., retired 4 May 1895 for failing to pass exams)
- Cyril Beauchamp Hampshire, (Stubbington House School) 880
- Sydney Ernest Martin, (Stubbington House School) 874 (not found at TNA)
According to his service record, John Ernest Troyte Harper joined the term a little late – in March, 1888 – and passed out with the others.
In addition, Arthur Kenneth Macrorie was accepted as a Colonial Cadet, scoring 750 marks.
Footnotes
- ↑ "Cadetships In The Navy." The Times (London, England), Saturday, Dec 10, 1887; pg. 7; Issue 32252.
Pages in category "H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of January, 1888"
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