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# [[Arthur Rice]], 1781 marks
 
# [[Arthur Rice]], 1781 marks
 
# [[Frank O'Brien Wilson]], 1677
 
# [[Frank O'Brien Wilson]], 1677
# [[Charles Bingham Elwell]], 1618
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# [[Charles Bingham Elwell]], 1618 (b 13 Sep 1882, Lt. Cdr., d 11 Sep 1914 leading attack on German w/t station in Pacific at Kabakaul)
 
# [[Neville Florian Usborne]], 1614
 
# [[Neville Florian Usborne]], 1614
 
# [[Reginald Watkins Grubb]], 1582
 
# [[Reginald Watkins Grubb]], 1582
 
# [[Cecil Burnaby Prickett]], 1540
 
# [[Cecil Burnaby Prickett]], 1540
# [[John Ronald Dean Oldman]], 1534
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# [[John Ronald Dean Oldman]], 1534 (b 15 Sep 1883, Mid, unfit or further service 8 May 1900, d 18 Jan 1953)
 
# [[Cecil Rupert Hemans]], 1501
 
# [[Cecil Rupert Hemans]], 1501
 
# [[James Follett Houstoun]], 1493
 
# [[James Follett Houstoun]], 1493
# [[Basil Des Geyneys Ball]], 1488
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# [[Basil Des Geyneys Ball]], 1488 (b 10 May 1883, Mid, widthdrawn Jul 1902)
 
# [[Bertie William Bluett]], 1475
 
# [[Bertie William Bluett]], 1475
 
# [[Sydney Boyd Boyd-Richardson]], 1451
 
# [[Sydney Boyd Boyd-Richardson]], 1451
# [[Francis Samuel Drake Esdaile]], 1449
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# [[Francis Samuel Drake Esdaile]], 1449 (b 25 Apr 1883, Mid, d wounds received at Tientsen 7 Jul 1900)
 
# [[George Louis Downall Gibbs]], 1442
 
# [[George Louis Downall Gibbs]], 1442
 
# [[Brudenell Hunt-Grubbe]], 1422
 
# [[Brudenell Hunt-Grubbe]], 1422
# [[Harry Oswald Nash]], 1414
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# [[Henry Oswald Nash]], 1414 (b 15 May 1882, Mid, withdrew 15 May 1902 ill health)
# [[Cyril Goolden]], 1401
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# [[Cyril Goolden]], 1401 (b 2 Oct 1882, ret. Cdr., WW2 service, d 8 Aug 1943)
 
# [[Robert Hamilton Clark-Hall]], 1393
 
# [[Robert Hamilton Clark-Hall]], 1393
 
# [[Herbert Edward Walter Christian Whyte]], 1385
 
# [[Herbert Edward Walter Christian Whyte]], 1385
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# [[Austin Charles Ackland]], 1348
 
# [[Austin Charles Ackland]], 1348
 
# [[Geoffrey Blake]], 1346
 
# [[Geoffrey Blake]], 1346
# [[Kenneth Ballantine Drysdale]], 1344
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# [[Kenneth Ballantine Drysdale]], 1344 (b 16 Jul 1882, Mid, d 9 Oct 1899 in Mediterranean while in {{UK-EmpressofIndia}})
 
# [[Kenneth Allan Ferrers Guy]], 1339
 
# [[Kenneth Allan Ferrers Guy]], 1339
 
# [[William Duncan Phipps]], 1335
 
# [[William Duncan Phipps]], 1335
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# [[Lionel Henry Shore]], 1316
 
# [[Lionel Henry Shore]], 1316
 
# [[Percy Richard Stevens]], 1304
 
# [[Percy Richard Stevens]], 1304
# [[Knightly Henry Benson]] and [[Harold Larpent Woodcock]], 1302
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# [[Knightley Henry Benson]] (b 10 Nov 1882, Lt. Cdr., intemperate Jan 1913, retired but served) and [[Harold Larpent Woodcock]], 1302
 
# last two tied
 
# last two tied
 
# [[Edwin Mansergh Palmer]], 1301
 
# [[Edwin Mansergh Palmer]], 1301

Revision as of 17:00, 13 June 2019

Sixty-three Naval Cadet candidates were accepted with two Colonial Cadets following competitive entrance examinations for the May, 1897 intake term for H.M.S. Britannia.[1]

  1. Arthur Rice, 1781 marks
  2. Frank O'Brien Wilson, 1677
  3. Charles Bingham Elwell, 1618 (b 13 Sep 1882, Lt. Cdr., d 11 Sep 1914 leading attack on German w/t station in Pacific at Kabakaul)
  4. Neville Florian Usborne, 1614
  5. Reginald Watkins Grubb, 1582
  6. Cecil Burnaby Prickett, 1540
  7. John Ronald Dean Oldman, 1534 (b 15 Sep 1883, Mid, unfit or further service 8 May 1900, d 18 Jan 1953)
  8. Cecil Rupert Hemans, 1501
  9. James Follett Houstoun, 1493
  10. Basil Des Geyneys Ball, 1488 (b 10 May 1883, Mid, widthdrawn Jul 1902)
  11. Bertie William Bluett, 1475
  12. Sydney Boyd Boyd-Richardson, 1451
  13. Francis Samuel Drake Esdaile, 1449 (b 25 Apr 1883, Mid, d wounds received at Tientsen 7 Jul 1900)
  14. George Louis Downall Gibbs, 1442
  15. Brudenell Hunt-Grubbe, 1422
  16. Henry Oswald Nash, 1414 (b 15 May 1882, Mid, withdrew 15 May 1902 ill health)
  17. Cyril Goolden, 1401 (b 2 Oct 1882, ret. Cdr., WW2 service, d 8 Aug 1943)
  18. Robert Hamilton Clark-Hall, 1393
  19. Herbert Edward Walter Christian Whyte, 1385
  20. Arthur Kimber Gregory, 1379
  21. Kenelm Everard Lane Creighton, 1377
  22. James Andrew Gardiner Troup, 1358
  23. Ralph Vincent Eyre, 1355
  24. Heathcote George Hewitt,1351
  25. Austin Charles Ackland, 1348
  26. Geoffrey Blake, 1346
  27. Kenneth Ballantine Drysdale, 1344 (b 16 Jul 1882, Mid, d 9 Oct 1899 in Mediterranean while in Template:UK-EmpressofIndia)
  28. Kenneth Allan Ferrers Guy, 1339
  29. William Duncan Phipps, 1335
  30. Robert Leal Jermain, 1319
  31. Ernest George Houssemayne Du Boulay, 1318
  32. Lionel Henry Shore, 1316
  33. Percy Richard Stevens, 1304
  34. Knightley Henry Benson (b 10 Nov 1882, Lt. Cdr., intemperate Jan 1913, retired but served) and Harold Larpent Woodcock, 1302
  35. last two tied
  36. Edwin Mansergh Palmer, 1301
  37. Richard Knight Philpott, 1299
  38. Gerald Fortescue Longhurst, 1296
  39. Rudolf Henry Cole Verner, 1290
  40. William Chalker Pearse, 1275
  41. Alexander Charles Seton, 1268
  42. Kenneth Bowring Toms, 1264
  43. Douglas George Anderson, 1263
  44. Reginald Becher Caldwell Hutchinson, 1258
  45. John Alfred Vernon Gravener, 1250
  46. Cuthbert Dixon Longstaff, 1235
  47. Gilbert Cockshutt Heathcote, 1226
  48. Hamilton Colclough Allen, 1222
  49. Robert Prescott McHardy, 1217
  50. Stephen Harvey Yoon Birley, 1205
  51. Mark Sutton Rothwell, 1200 (resigned commission as Lt. 17 September 1907)
  52. Jack Beaumont Le Mottée, 1196
  53. Cyril Duncan Fenn, 1190
  54. Wilfred Murray Richardson, 1188
  55. Hugh Hext Rogers, 1178
  56. Alwyne Edward Sherrin, 1175
  57. Geoffrey Latimer, 1171
  58. Edwin Anderson Homan, 1162
  59. Harold Guy Rawlins, 1161
  60. Hugh Lincoln, 1152
  61. George Francis Cholmley, 1133
  62. Jack Francis Vernon Guise, 1086
  63. George Mytton Hill, 1073

Hugh Dundas Hamilton and John Howard Nankivell passed for Colonial Cadetships with 778 and 747 marks, respectively.

Footnotes

  1. "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Apr 14, 1897; pg. 6; Issue 35177.
Term Intakes into H.M.S. Britannia
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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.