Royal Navy Captains of the Great War

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This is a list of all Captains of all branches of the Royal Navy during the First World War. Dates of promotion are taken from editions of the Navy List, The London Gazette or biographical notices in The Times newspaper. Dates of birth are from The National Archives website, service records or biographical notices in The Times. There may be some discrepancies in dates of promotion, as sometimes the Navy List and London Gazette dates do not match.

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Captains of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918
Name Born Died Date of Promotion Final Rank Retired
Herbert Algernon Adam 30 June, 1910
William John Standly Alderson 10 June, 1867 30 May, 1946 30 June, 1908 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 12 December, 1923
Argentine Hugh Alington 10 July, 1876 25 March, 1945 30 June, 1916 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 2 August, 1927
David Murray Anderson, C.M.G., M.V.O. 11 August, 1911
John Garnet Armstrong 19 July, 1870 30 April, 1949 31 December, 1908 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 29 January, 1920
George Henry Baird, C.B. (Commodore, 1st Class) 14 October, 1871 22 October, 1924 30 June, 1909 Rear-Admiral
Rudolf Walter Bentinck, C.B., AdC (Commodore, 1st Class) 20 March, 1869 31 March, 1947 31 December, 1907 Admiral 9 October, 1929
Henry Blackett 28 November, 1867 1 December, 1952 31 December, 1907 Admiral (Retired) 22 February, 1919
William Frederick Blunt, D.S.O. 31 December, 1911
Edward Leonard Booty, C.B., M.V.O. 19 May, 1871 8 March, 1949 31 December, 1908 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 1 February, 1921
The Hon. Algernon Douglas Edward Harry Boyle, C.B., C.M.G., M.V.O., AdC (Commodore, 1st Class) 21 October, 1871 13 October, 1949 31 December, 1907 Admiral (Retired) 1 September, 1924
The Hon. Hubert George Brand, C.B., C.V.O., AdC (Commodore, 1st Class) 20 May, 1870 14 December, 1955 31 December, 1907 Admiral 12 October, 1932
Henry Tritton Buller, M.V.O. 22 June, 1911
Charles Douglas Carpendale, C.B. (Commodore, 2nd Class) 31 December, 1910
Francis Wade Caulfeild 25 January, 1872 7 November, 1947 31 December, 1908 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 19 February, 1920
Arthur Lindesay Cay 31 January, 1869 31 May, 1916 31 June, 1907 Captain
Alfred Ernle Montacute Chatfield, C.B., C.M.G., C.V.O. 27 September, 1873 15 November, 1967 30 June, 1909 Admiral of the Fleet 27 September, 1938
William Drummond Church 31 December, 1910
Henry Lake Cochrane 31 December, 1911
Montagu William Warcop Peter Consett 22 June, 1911
Charles Frederick Corbett, C.B., M.V.O., AdC (Commodore, 2nd Class) 21 November, 1867 29 January, 1955 30 June, 1907 Admiral (Retired) 14 October, 1922
Arthur William Craig, C.B. 18 June, 1872 21 February, 1943 30 June, 1908 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 15 March, 1922
Denis Burke Crampton, M.V.O., D.S.O. 22 June, 1911
Judge D'Arcy 30 June, 1910
Alexander Percy Davidson, D.S.O. (Commodore, 2nd Class) 30 March, 1868 11 February, 1930 22 June, 1911 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 28 September, 1921
Charles Martin de Bartolomé, C.B. 26 November, 1871 31 December, 1907 Admiral (Retired) 1 July, 1919
Douglas Lionel Dent, C.M.G. 30 June, 1908
Henry Montagu Doughty, C.B. 30 June, 1908
Warren Hastings D'Oyly 30 June, 1908
John Edmund Drummond 30 June, 1908
Sidney Robert Drury-Lowe 19 October, 1871 24 January, 1945 30 June, 1909 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 25 February, 1921
Arthur Allan Morison Duff, C.B. 31 December, 1909
John Saumarez Dumaresq, C.B., M.V.O. 30 June, 1910
John Douglas Edwards, C.B. 31 December, 1909
Walter Maurice Ellerton, C.B. 31 December, 1910
Basil Hew Fanshawe 30 June, 1910
Alexander Farrington 31 December, 1910
Frederick Laurence Field, C.B., AdC 31 December, 1907
Maurice Swynfen FitzMaurice, C.M.G. (Commodore, 2nd Class) 12 August, 1870 30 June, 1910 Vice-Admiral
Cole Cortlandt Fowler, AdC 30 June, 1907
Cecil Henry Fox, C.B. 31 December, 1911
Philip Francklin, M.V.O. 18 May, 1874 1 November, 1914 22 June, 1911 Captain
Cyril Thomas Moulden Fuller, C.M.G., D.S.O. 31 December, 1910
Frederick Dundas Gilpin-Brown 18 September, 1907
John Collings Taswell Glossop, C.B. 22 June, 1911
Edmund Percy Fenwick George Grant, C.B., AdC 31 December, 1907
Henry William Grant, C.B. 31 December, 1907
Noel Grant, C.B. 13 September, 1868 6 March, 1920 31 December, 1908 Rear-Admiral 28 January, 1920
Victor Gallafent Gurner (Commodore, 2nd Class) 31 December, 1910
Sydney Stewart Hall, C.B. (Commodore, 1st Class) 31 December, 1907
Ernest Clifford Hardy 30 June, 1910
Hugh Lindsay Patrick Heard, D.S.O. (Commodore, 2nd Class) 30 June, 1910
Edward Henry Fitzhardinge Heaton-Ellis, C.B., M.V.O. (Commodore, 2nd Class) 30 June, 1908
Wilfred Henderson, C.B. (Commodore, 2nd Class) 30 June, 1909
Michael Henry Hodges, M.V.O. (Commodore, 2nd Class) 29 September, 1874 3 November, 1951 31 December, 1908 Admiral 23 September, 1932
Ronald Arthur Hopwood 30 June, 1907
William Milbourne James 22 December, 1881 17 August, 1973 18 October, 1917 Admiral
Charles Duncan Johnson, D.S.O., M.V.O. 31 December, 1909
John Donald Kelly 22 June, 1911
William Archibalf Howard Kelly, C.B., C.M.G., M.V.O. (Commodore, 1st Class) 31 December, 1911
Harry Mervyn Kemmis Betty 2 June, 1869 22 December, 1940 22 June, 1911 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 29 September, 1921
Theobald Walter Butler Kennedy, C.M.G. 31 December, 1910
Francis Martin Leake, D.S.O. (Commodore, 2nd Class) 22 June, 1911
Eustace La Trobe Leatham, C.B. 1 September, 1935 30 June, 1909 Vice-Admiral (Retired)
Frederick Shirley Litchfield-Speer, C.M.G., D.S.O. 22 June, 1911
Ernest Kindersley Loring 30 June, 1910
Edward George Lowther-Crofton, D.S.O.* 31 December, 1909
John Luce, C.B. (Commodore, 2nd Class) 4 February, 1870 22 September, 1932 30 June, 1909 Admiral (Retired) 13 August, 1925
Hubert Lynes, C.B., C.M.G. 31 December, 1911
Crawford Maclachlan, C.B. 11 July, 1867 21 April, 1952 31 December, 1908 Admiral (Retired) 6 July, 1926
Herbert John Temple Marshall 22 June, 1911
Henry Lancelot Mawbey, AdC 31 December, 1907
Charles Blois Miller, C.B. 22 March, 1867 31 December, 1908 Rear-Admiral 23 May, 1924
Vincent Barkley Molteno, C.B. 30 June, 1910
Wilmot Stuart Nicholson, C.B. 30 June, 1909
Raymond Andrew Nugent, C.M.G. 25 February, 1870 13 September, 1959 30 June, 1909 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 26 March, 1920
George Bingham Powell, C.M.G. 31 December, 1910
Frederick Armand Powlett 19 October, 1909
Thomas Drummond Pratt, C.B. 4 November, 1870 24 January, 1962 31 December, 1911 Admiral (Retired) 2 July, 1927
Stephen Herbert Radcliffe 31 December, 1911
Edward Reeves, C.B. 31 December, 1910
Herbert William Richmond 31 December, 1908
Albert Charles Scott 31 December, 1911
John Roderick Segrave 31 December, 1911
Mortimer L'Estrange Silver 7 August, 1869 6 December, 1946 30 June, 1908 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 4 October, 1919
Hugh Francis Paget Sinclair, C.B. (Commodore, 2nd Class) 31 December, 1909
Henry Louis d'Estoteville Skipwith (Commodore, 2nd Class) 31 December, 1909
William Firth Slayter 30 June, 1907
Arthur Gordon Smith, C.M.G. (Commodore, 2nd Class) 31 December, 1909
Aubrey Clare Hugh Smith, M.V.O. (Commodore, 2nd Class) 30 June, 1910
Henry Boyle Townshend Somerville 30 June, 1908
Francis Gerald St. John, C.B., M.V.O. 30 June, 1910
Philip Streatfeild, M.V.O. 26 May, 1872 1960 14 July, 1908 Captain 26 January, 1920
Murray Frazer Sueter, C.B. 30 June, 1909
George Thomas Carlisle Parker Swabey 30 June, 1918
Alfred Charles Sykes, C.M.G. 20 February, 1868 11 February, 1933 30 June, 1909 Vice-Admiral (Retired) 25 March, 1920
James Charles Tancred 30 June, 1908
SIR Reginald Yorke Tyrwhitt, K.C.B., D.S.O., AdC (Acting Rear-Admiral 8 January, 1918) 30 June, 1908
Edwin Veale Underhill, C.B., AdC 31 December, 1907
Arthur Kipling Waistell, C.B. 31 December, 1910
Hugh Dudley Richards Watson, C.B., M.V.O. 20 April, 1872 22 May, 1954 31 December, 1908 Admiral 1 April, 1930
Frederic Aubrey Whitehead 30 June, 1910
Fawcet Wray, D.S.O. 31 December, 1911