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'''Hong Kong''' was an important base for the [[Royal Navy]] throughout the Dreadnought Era and right up to 1997.  It was based in [[H.M.S. Tamar (1863)|H.M.S. ''Tamar'']] before moving ashore.
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==History==
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By early 1927, Fleet Air Arm Flights Nos. 401, 442 and 443B were based here, under a Headquarters Flight under the command of Flight Lieutenant R.A.F. P. J. Farmer.{{NLJul27|p. 272}}
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==Commodores==
 
==Commodores==
 
Dates of appointment given:
 
Dates of appointment given:
  
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*{{CaptRN}} ({{Com2RN}}) [[Edmund John Church|Edmund J. Church]], 27 December, 1888.<ref>''Navy List'' (March, 1891).  p. 263.</ref>
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<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Commodore in Charge at Hong Kong" nat="UK">
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*{{RearRN}} [[Henry St. Leger Bury Palliser|Henry St. L. Bury Palliser]], 29 December, 1891.<ref>''The Navy List Corrected to the 20th February, 1892''.  p. 356.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Matthew Stainton Nolloth|nick=Matthew S. Nolloth|appt=16 July, 1861{{NLApr63|p. 234}}|end=}}
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*Captain (Commodore, Second Class) [[George Thomas Henry Boyes|George T. H. Boyes]], 20 June, 1893.<ref>''The Navy List Corrected to the 18th March, 1894''.  p. 356''a''.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Oliver John Jones|nick=Oliver J. Jones|appt=21 March, 1866{{NLJul69|p. 262}}|end=}}
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*Rear-Admiral [[Swinton Colthurst Holland|Swinton C. Holland]], 8 July, 1896.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 8 July, 1896.  Issue '''34937''', col A, p. 12.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Francis Henry Shortt|nick=Francis H. Shortt|appt=13 September, 1870{{NLOct71|p. 237}}|end=}}
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*Captain (Commodore, Second Class) [[Francis Powell]], 5 January, 1899.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 4 January, 1899.  Issue '''35717''', col D, p. 8.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=John Edward Parish|nick=John E. Parish|appt=c. 1872{{NLJan76|p. [illeg]}}|end=}}
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*Rear-Admiral [[Charles Grey Robinson|Charles G. Robinson]], 10 February, 1902.<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 16 January, 1902.  Issue '''36666''', col A, p. 7.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=George Willes Watson|nick=George W. Watson|appt=1 March, 1876{{NLOct78|p. 305}}|end=}}
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*Captain (Commodore, Second Class) [[Charles Gauntlett Dicken|Charles G. Dicken]], 1 January, 1904.<ref>''Visitations of England and Wales''.  '''II'''.  p. vii.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=William Henry Cuming|nick=William H. Cuming|appt=2 May, 1881{{NLMar83|p. 307}}|end=}}
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*Captain (Commodore, Second Class) [[Hugh Pigot Williams|Hugh P. Williams]], 17 July, 1905.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 13 July, 1905.  Issue '''37758''', col D, p. 10.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=George Digby Morant|nick=George D. Morant|appt=12 February, 1884{{NLJul84|p. 307}}|ass=26 April, 1884|end=12 February, 1887}}
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*Rear-Admiral [[Robert Henry Simpson Stokes|Robert H. S. Stokes]], 5 March, 1907.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 8 February, 1907.  Issue '''38251''', col C, p. 10.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=William Henry Maxwell|nick=William H. Maxwell|appt=12 February, 1887{{NLApr87|p. 308}}|end=|note=}}
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*Captain (Commodore, Second Class) [[Herbert Lyon]], 18 August, 1908.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 10 August, 1908.  Issue '''38721''', col C, p. 7.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Edmund John Church|nick=Edmund J. Church|appt=27 December, 1888{{NLMar91|p. 263}}|end=1891|note=}}
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*Captain (Commodore, Second Class) [[Cresswell John Eyres|Cresswell J. Eyres]], 14 April, 1910.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 21 April, 1910.  Issue '''39252''', col C, p. 9.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Henry St. Leger Bury Palliser|nick=Henry St. L. Bury Palliser|appt=29 December, 1891{{NLMar92|p. 356}}|end=31 August, 1893}}
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*Rear-Admiral [[Robert Hamilton Anstruther|Robert H. Anstruther]], 26 April, 1912.<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 18 April, 1912.  Issue '''39876''', col E, p. 4.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=George Thomas Henry Boyes|nick=George T. H. Boyes|appt=20 June, 1893{{NLApr94|p. 356''a''}}|ass=31 August, 1893}}
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*Captain (Commodore, Second Class) [[Henry George Glas Sandeman|Henry G. G. Sandeman]], 18 May, 1916.<ref>''Navy List'' (December, 1916). p. 561.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Swinton Colthurst Holland|nick=Swinton C. Holland|appt=8 July, 1896<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 8 July, 1896.  Issue '''34937''', col A, p. 12.</ref>}}
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*Captain (Commodore, Second Class) [[Vincent Gallafent Gurner|Vincent G. Gurner]], 18 May, 1918.<ref>''Supplement to the Monthly Navy List'' (November, 1918).  p. 7.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Francis Powell|nick=Francis Powell|appt=5 January, 1899<ref>Powell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/39/243.|D7578942}} f. 1052.</ref><ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 4 January, 1899.  Issue '''35717''', col D, p. 8.</ref>|end=10 February, 1902<ref>Powell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39/243.|D7578942}} f. 1052.</ref>|note=}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Charles Grey Robinson|nick=Charles G. Robinson|appt=10 February, 1902<ref>"Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 16 January, 1902.  Issue '''36666''', col A, p. 7.</ref>|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Charles Gauntlett Dicken|nick=Charles G. Dicken|appt=1 January, 1904<ref>''Visitations of England and Wales''.  '''II'''.  p. vii.</ref>|note=|end=11 November, 1905<ref>Dicken Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/19.|}} f. 449.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Hugh Pigot Williams|nick=Hugh P. Williams|appt=17 July, 1905<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 13 July, 1905.  Issue '''37758''', col D, p. 10.</ref>|note=|end=5 March, 1907<ref>Williams Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39}}.  f. 1409.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Robert Henry Simpson Stokes|nick=Robert H. S. Stokes|appt=5 March, 1907<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 8 February, 1907.  Issue '''38251''', col C, p. 10.</ref>|note=|end=1908<ref>Either 15 January or 15 June ... illegible.  Stokes Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/39.}}  f. 1251.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Herbert Lyon|nick=Herbert Lyon|appt=18 August, 1908<ref>Lyon Service Record at {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 446.</ref><ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 10 August, 1908.  Issue '''38721''', col C, p. 7.</ref>|end=19 August, 1910<ref>Lyon Service Record at {{TNA|ADM 196/19.}}  f. 446.</ref>|note=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Cresswell John Eyres|nick=Cresswell J. Eyres|appt=14 April, 1910<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Thursday, 21 April, 1910.  Issue '''39252''', col C, p. 9.</ref>|note=|end=26 April, 1912<ref>Eyres Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 9.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Robert Hamilton Anstruther|nick=Robert H. Anstruther|appt=26 April, 1912<ref>Anstruther Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 96.</ref>|ass=12 July, 1912{{SMNLDec14|p. 7}}|end=18 May, 1916<ref>Anstruther Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 96.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Henry George Glas Sandeman|nick=Henry G. G. Sandeman|appt=18 May, 1916<ref>Sandeman Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 4.</ref>|note=|end=4 March, 1918<ref>Sandeman Service Record.   {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 4.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Victor Gallafent Gurner|nick=Victor G. Gurner|appt=4 Mar, 1918{{SMNLApr18|p. 8}}|ass=18 May, 1918{{SMNLJul19|p. 7}}|note=|end=1 April, 1920<ref>Gurner Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 97.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=William Bowden-Smith|nick=William Bowden-Smith|appt=June, 1920{{MackieRNSA}}|end=June, 1922{{MackieRNSA}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Henry Edgar Grace|nick=Henry E. Grace|appt=28 April, 1922{{NLJul24|p. 273}}|end=1924}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Anselan John Buchanan Stirling|nick=Anselan J. B. Stirling|appt=15 October, 1924<ref>Stirling Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/157.|D7602943}} f. 175.</ref>{{NLApr25|p. 273}}|end=December, 1926<ref>Stirling Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/157.|D7602943}} f. 175.</ref>|note=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=John Lewis Pearson|nick=John L. Pearson|appt=22 October, 1926{{NLJul27|p. 272}}<ref>Pearson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 486.</ref>|end=December, 1928<ref>Pearson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} f. 486.</ref>|ass=December, 1926<ref>Predecessor left that month.  Stirling Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/157.|D7602943}} f. 175.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Richard Augustus Sandys Hill|nick=Richard A. S. Hill|appt=December, 1928<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603394}} f. 146.</ref>|end=8 November, 1930<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|D7603394}} f. 146.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Arthur Horace Walker|nick=Arthur T. Walker|appt=October, 1930<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>|ass=8 November, 1930<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>|end=August, 1932<ref>Walker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/135.}} f. 135.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Edward McConnell Wyndham Lawrie|nick=Edward McC. W. Lawrie|appt=8 July, 1932{{NLJan33|p. 276}}<ref>Lawrie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/38.|D7603942}} f. 441.</ref>|end=5 May, 1933<ref>Lawrie Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48/38.|D7603942}} f. 441.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Hugh Richard Marrack|nick=Hugh R. Marrack|appt=5 May, 1933<ref>Marrack Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/225.|D7604980}} f. 237.</ref>|end=14 July, 1933<ref>Marrack Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/51/225.|D7604980}} f. 237.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Frank Elliott|nick=Frank Elliott|appt=14 July, 1933<ref>Elliott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/30.}} f. 186.</ref>|end=April, 1935<ref>Elliott Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/30.}} f. 186.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Cyril Gordon Sedgwick|nick=Cyril G. Sedgwick|appt=April, 1935|end=1937}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Edward Bernard Cornish Dicken|nick=Edward B. C. Dicken|appt=3 April, 1937{{NLJul37|p. 278}}|end=April, 1939{{MackieRNSA}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Arthur Malcolm Peters|nick=Arthur M. Peters|appt=April, 1939{{MackieRNSA}}|end=November, 1940{{MackieRNSA}}}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{Com2RN}}|name=Alfred Creighton Collinson|nick=Alfred C. Collinson|appt=November, 1940{{MackieRNSA}}|end=1941{{MackieRNSA}}}}
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</div name=fredbot:office0>
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==See Also==
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{{refbegin}}
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* [http://www.gwpda.org/naval/dkbkpl18.jpg Plan of Harbour & Kowloon Docks c. 1908 at GWPDA.org]
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* [http://www.gwpda.org/naval/dkbkpl12.jpg Plan of Naval Yard c. 1908 at GWPDA.org]
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* [http://www.gwpda.org/naval/dkbkpl19.jpg Plan of Taikoo Dockyard c. 1908 at GWPDA.org]
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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Tamar_(shore_station) H.M.S. ''Tamar'' at Wikipedia.org]
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{{refend}}
  
 
==Footnotes==
 
==Footnotes==
 
{{reflist}}
 
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Revision as of 09:00, 15 October 2018

Hong Kong was an important base for the Royal Navy throughout the Dreadnought Era and right up to 1997. It was based in H.M.S. Tamar before moving ashore.

History

By early 1927, Fleet Air Arm Flights Nos. 401, 442 and 443B were based here, under a Headquarters Flight under the command of Flight Lieutenant R.A.F. P. J. Farmer.[1]

Commodores

Dates of appointment given:

See Also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 272.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1863). p. 234.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1869). p. 262.
  4. ↑ The Monthly Navy List. (October, 1871). p. 237.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1876). p. [illeg].
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1878). p. 305.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1883). p. 307.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1884). p. 307.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1887) Corrected to 20 March, 1887. p. 308.
  10. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 263.
  11. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1892). p. 356.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 356a.
  13. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 8 July, 1896. Issue 34937, col A, p. 12.
  14. ↑ Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/243. f. 1052.
  15. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 4 January, 1899. Issue 35717, col D, p. 8.
  16. ↑ Powell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39/243. f. 1052.
  17. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 16 January, 1902. Issue 36666, col A, p. 7.
  18. ↑ Visitations of England and Wales. II. p. vii.
  19. ↑ Dicken Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 449.
  20. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 13 July, 1905. Issue 37758, col D, p. 10.
  21. ↑ Williams Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1409.
  22. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 8 February, 1907. Issue 38251, col C, p. 10.
  23. ↑ Either 15 January or 15 June ... illegible. Stokes Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1251.
  24. ↑ Lyon Service Record at The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 446.
  25. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 10 August, 1908. Issue 38721, col C, p. 7.
  26. ↑ Lyon Service Record at The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 446.
  27. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 21 April, 1910. Issue 39252, col C, p. 9.
  28. ↑ Eyres Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 9.
  29. ↑ Anstruther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 96.
  30. ↑ Anstruther Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 96.
  31. ↑ Sandeman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 4.
  32. ↑ Sandeman Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 4.
  33. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (April, 1918). p. 8.
  34. ↑ Gurner Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 97.
  35. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  36. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  37. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 273.
  38. ↑ Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/157. f. 175.
  39. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 273.
  40. ↑ Stirling Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/157. f. 175.
  41. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 272.
  42. ↑ Pearson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 486.
  43. ↑ Pearson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 486.
  44. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 146.
  45. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 146.
  46. ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
  47. ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/135. f. 135.
  48. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 276.
  49. ↑ Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.
  50. ↑ Lawrie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/38. f. 441.
  51. ↑ Marrack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/225. f. 237.
  52. ↑ Marrack Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/225. f. 237.
  53. ↑ Elliott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/30. f. 186.
  54. ↑ Elliott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/30. f. 186.
  55. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 278.
  56. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  57. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  58. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  59. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.
  60. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS.

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