Royal Navy Non-Executive Flag Officers of the Great War

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This is a list of officers of the Royal Navy who held rank equivalent to Flag Rank.

Engineer Vice-Admiral

Engineer Vice-Admirals of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918
Name Born Died Date of Promotion Final Rank Retired
Engineer Vice-Admiral Engineer Rear-Admiral
SIR Henry John Oram, K.C.B., F.R.S. 19 June, 1858 5 May, 1939 25 October, 1907 1 April, 1901 Engineer Vice-Admiral 8 June, 1917

Surgeon-General

Surgeons-General of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918 (with the relative rank of Vice-Admiral)
Name Born Died Date of Promotion Final Rank Retired
SIR Arthur William May, K.C.B., F.R.C.S. 18 June, 1854 20 April, 1925 11 May, 1913 Surgeon Vice-Admiral 1 June, 1917
SIR William Henry Norman, K.C.B., F.R.C.S. EDIN. 13 December, 1855 16 March, 1934 1 June, 1917 Surgeon Vice-Admiral 1 June, 1919

Engineer Rear-Admiral

Engineer Rear-Admirals of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918
Name Born Died Date of Promotion Final Rank Retired
William John Anstey, C.B. 2 November, 1860 13 December, 1936 28 January, 1913 Engineer Rear-Admiral 15 October, 1917
Ernest Frank Ellis, C.B. 21 December, 1855 31 January, 1944 21 December, 1911 Engineer Rear-Admiral 21 December, 1915
Archie Russell Emdin, C.M.G. 15 August, 1865 15 February, 1950 17 October, 1918 Engineer Rear-Admiral 1923
Edouard Gaudin, C.B. 25 July, 1865 8 March, 1945 29 August, 1914 Engineer Rear-Admiral 20 July, 1920
George Goodwin Goodwin, C.B. 28 May, 1862 2 April, 1945 1 December, 1911 Engineer Vice-Admiral
Fred Hore, C.B. 8 July, 1863 7 March, 1932 25 April, 1918 Engineer Rear-Admiral
George William Hudson 8 February, 1861 30 January, 1941 8 February, 1916 Engineer Rear-Admiral
Thomas Charles Edward Hughes 9 November, 1859 Engineer Rear-Admiral 19 February, 1915
Henry Humphreys, C.B. 30 July, 1863 27 May, 1924 1 January, 1918 Engineer Rear-Admiral
Charles John James 29 December, 1862 16 April, 1943 Engineer Rear-Admiral 17 October, 1918
William Vey Juniper 29 November, 1861 25 December, 1924 28 November, 1916 Engineer Rear-Admiral
Arthur Frederick Kingsnorth, C.B. 21 February, 1864 23 April, 1947 22 August, 1918 Engineer Rear-Admiral
John George Liversidge 25 November, 1864 1952 20 August, 1918 Engineer Rear-Admiral 21 August, 1918
William George Mogg 3 December, 1860 1 May, 1929 26 November, 1913 Engineer Rear-Admiral 21 July, 1919
William Frederic Pamphlett 22 August, 1858 14 October, 1940 7 February, 1912 Engineer Rear-Admiral
Sylvester Rawling 28 June, 1859 2 December, 1912 Engineer Rear-Admiral
John Richardson, C.B. 22 October, 1862 7 July, 1928 8 June, 1917 Engineer Rear-Admiral
James Michael Thompson 28 April, 1861 7 January, 1914 Engineer Rear-Admiral
Arthur William Turner, C.B. 29 August, 1859 30 October, 1928 12 November, 1912 Engineer Rear-Admiral 27 October, 1917
Albert Ernest Luscombe Westaway 23 November, 1859 2 April, 1912 Engineer Rear-Admiral
James Thomas Willoughby 1 January, 1864 1 October, 1949? 21 August, 1918 Engineer Rear-Admiral 22 August, 1918

Surgeon-General

Surgeons-General of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918 (with the relative rank of Rear-Admiral)
Name Born Died Date of Promotion Final Rank Retired
George Lenthal Cheatle, C.B., C.V.O., F.R.C.S. 19 June, 1915 Surgeon Rear-Admiral
SIR William Watson Cheyne, First Baronet, C.B., P.R.C.S., F.R.C.S. 19 June, 1915 Surgeon Rear-Admiral
John Jeffreys Dennis, M.D., C.B. 22 April, 1858 4 August, 1958 11 May, 1913 Surgeon Rear-Admiral
Edgar Ralph Dimsey, D.S.O. 3 December, 1861 5 February, 1930 22 April, 1918 Surgeon Rear-Admiral
William Eames, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P.Edin. 18 October, 1856 27 March, 1924 11 May, 1913 Surgeon Rear-Admiral 11 September, 1916
Patrick Brodie Handyside, C.B., M.B. 24 March, 1860 15 October, 1939 17 April, 1917 Surgeon Rear-Admiral
Donald Templeton Hoskyn, M.B. 17 April, 1857 28 March, 1938 7 August, 1914 Surgeon Rear-Admiral 6 August, 1917
Raymond Johnson, M.B., F.R.C.S. 19 June, 1915 Surgeon Rear-Admiral
Alexander John James Johnston 6 September, 1856 17 October, 1942 2 February, 1912 Surgeon Rear-Admiral 6 September, 1916
SIR William Macewen, C.B., M.D. 22 June, 1848 19 June, 1915 Surgeon Rear-Admiral
William Wenmoth Pryn, C.B. 21 October, 1859 20 February, 1942 6 September, 1916 Surgeon Rear-Admiral 21 October, 1919
Humphrey Davy Rolleston, C.B., M.D., F.R.C.P. 21 June, 1862 24 September, 1944 19 June, 1915 Surgeon Rear-Admiral
James Lawrence Smith, C.B., M.V.O., M.B. 11 July, 1862 28 April, 1945 16 September, 1916 Surgeon Rear-Admiral 13 September, 1919
George Robertson Turner, C.B., F.R.C.S. 7 April, 1941 Surgeon-General 13 September, 1919
Alexander Gascoigne Wildey, C.B. 17 April, 1860 20 November, 1934 13 September, 1918 Surgeon Rear-Admiral 17 April, 1920

Paymaster Rear-Admiral

Paymaster Rear-Admirals of the Royal Navy, 1914 – 1918
Name Born Died Date of Promotion Final Rank Retired
SIR John Henry George Chapple, K.C.B., C.V.O. 4 December, 1859 5 March, 1925 Paymaster Rear-Admiral 1 July, 1918
William Marcus Charles Beresford Whyte 28 November, 1863 13 July, 1932 1 July, 1918 Paymaster Rear-Admiral 3 July, 1923

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