senior royal navy appointments 1865- - gulabin.com royal navy appointments 186… · 1 updated...

1

Updated March 2018

I: ROYAL NAVY SENIOR APPOINTMENTS, 1865-

CONTENTS:

(a) ADMIRALTY/MINISTRY OF DEFENCE: page 2

(b) HOME COMMANDS: page 64

(c) FLEETS AND OVERSEAS STATIONS: page 128

(d) SQUADRONS: page 194

(e) TRAINING AND EDUCATION: page 240

(f) ROYAL MARINES: page 267

2

(a) ADMIRALTY/MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

INDEX:

Air Division/Air Warfare, Naval, Director of: page 41

Deputy Director: page 42

Anti-Submarine Warfare/Torpedoes, Anti-Submarine and

Minewarfare/Undersurface Warfare, Director of: page 38


Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff- page 18

(Air): page 20

(Capability) (see Third Sea Lord)

(Carriers and Aviation) (see Flag Officer, Naval Air

Command-page 86)

(Foreign): page 19

(Home): page 19

(Operations/ and Air): page 20

(Personnel) (see Naval Secretary)

(Policy): page 18

(Submarines) (see Flag Officer, Submarines-page 88)

(Trade): page 19

(Warfare/Operational Requirements): page 20

(Weapons): page 19

Contract-Built Ships, Commodore: page 62

Controller of the Navy (see Third Sea Lord)

Deputy Controller: pages 53 and 54

Vice-Controller: page 53

Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff: pages 13, 15 and

Deputy First Sea Lord: page 6

Drafting, Naval, Commodore: page 63

Equipment, Naval, Director of: page 53


Fifth Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Air Services: page 13

First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff: page 5

Fourth Sea Lord/Junior Sea Lord: page 11

Fleet Support (see Fourth Sea Lord)

3

Gunnery/Gunnery and Anti-Aircraft Warfare/Surface Warfare/

Warfare, Director of: page 36


Intelligence, Naval, Director of: page 21


Manning, Director of: page 49

Manpower and Training, Naval, Director-General of: page 44

Materiel (Fleet), Chief of (see Fourth Sea Lord)

Minesweeping, Naval, Director of: page 43


Mobilisation, Director of: page 49

Naval Assistant to First Sea Lord: page 59

Naval Assistant to Naval Secretary: page 62

Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord: page 61

Naval Secretary/Private Secretary to the First Lord of the

Admiralty: page 16

Navigation, Director of: page 57


Officer Appointments (Seamen), Director of:

Operational Requirements, Director of: page 35


Operations/Operations and Trade, Naval, Director of: page 23

Deputy Director/Deputy Director(Foreign): page 26

Deputy Director/Deputy Director(Home): page 25

Ordnance, Naval, Director of: page 51


People Capability, Assistant Chief of Staff (see Personnel Strategy)

Personal Services, Director of/Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel

(Personal Services)/Director-General of Personnel and

Officer Appointments/Director-General of Naval Personnel and

Training: page 46

Deputy Director of Personal Services: page 47

Personnel, Director of: page 47

Personnel Strategy, Director of: page 48

Personnel (Officer Appointments), Naval, Deputy Chief of: page 47

Personnel (Personal Services), Naval, Deputy Chief of

(see Personal Services)

Personnel (Training), Naval, Deputy Chief of (see Manpower and

Training

4

Personnel and Officer Appointments, Naval, Director-General of


Personnel and Training, Naval, Director-General of


Plans/Plans and Resources, Naval, Director of: page 27


Plans, Defence(Naval), Director of: page 30


Policy, Defence(Naval), Director of: page 30

Precision Attack, Capability Manager: page 10

Public Relations, Naval, Director of: page 58

Recruiting, Naval, Director of: page 50

Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel: page 7

Service Conditions, Naval, Director of: page 48

Signals, Director of: page 55


Staff Duties/Navay Staff (see Tactical Division)

Strategic Systems Executive, Chief: page 63

Tactical Division/Tactical and Weapons Policy/Navy Staff Duties/

Naval Staff, Director of: page 32


Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy: page 9

Vice-Controller:

Deputy Controller:

Torpedo Division, Director of: page 43


Torpedoes and Mining, Director of: page 39


Trade Division, Director of: page 34


Training, Naval, Director/Director-General of: pages 44 and 45


Training and Recruitment, Flag Officer (see Manpower and

Training)

Training and Staff Duties/Tactical and Staff Duties, Director of: page 31


Vice-Chief of the Naval Staff: page 14

Warfare (see Gunnery)

5

First Sea Lord (and Chief of the Naval Staff from 191 ):

Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Richard S. Dundas: June 1859-June 1861

Admiral the Hon. Sir Frederick W. Grey: June 1861-July 1866

Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Milne: July 1866-December 1868

Admiral Sir Sydney C. Dacres: December 1868-November 1872

Admiral Sir Alexander Milne: November 1872-September 1876

Admiral Sir Hastings R.H. Yelverton: September 1876-November 1877

Admiral George G. Wellesley: November 1877-August 1879

Admiral Sir Astley Cooper Key: August 1879-July 1885

Admiral Sir Arthur W.A. Hood: July 1885-March 1886

Admiral Lord John Hay: March-August 1886

Admiral Sir Arthur W.A. Hood: August 1886-July 1889

Admiral Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton: October 1889-September 1891

Admiral Sir Anthony H. Hoskins: September 1891-November 1893

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick W. Richards: November 1893-August 1899

Admiral of the Fleet Lord Walter T. Kerr: August 1899-October 1904

Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher: October 1904-January 1910

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur K. Wilson: January 1910-December 1911

Admiral Sir Francis C.B. Bridgeman: December 1911-December 1912

Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg: December 1912-October 1914

Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher: October 1914-May 1915

Admiral Sir Henry B. Jackson: May 1915-December 1916

Admiral of the Fleet Sir John R. Jellicoe: December 1916-December 1917

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Rosslyn E. Wemyss: December 1917-November 1919

Admiral of the Fleet Earl Beatty: November 1919-July 1927

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles E. Madden, Bt.: July 1927-July 1930

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Frederick L. Field: July 1930-January 1933

Admiral of the Fleet Lord Chatfield: January 1933-September 1938

Admiral Sir Roger R.C. Backhouse: September 1938-June 1939

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Sir A. Dudley P.R. Pound: June 1939-September 1943

Admiral of the Fleet Viscount Cunningham of

Hyndhope: October 1943-May 1946

Admiral of the Fleet Sir John H.D. Cunningham: May 1946-September 1948

Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fraser of North Cape: September 1948-December 1951

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Rhoderick R. McGrigor: December 1951-April 1955

Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma: April 1955-May 1959

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles E. Lambe: May 1959-May 1960

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Caspar John: May 1960-August 1963

Admiral Sir J. David Luce: August 1963-1966

6

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Varyl C. Begg: March 1966-August 1968

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Michael Le Fanu: August 1968-July 1970

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Peter J. Hill-Norton: July 1970-March 1971

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Michael P. Pollock: March 1971-March 1974

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward B. Ashmore: March 1974-March 1977

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Terence T. Lewin: March 1977-July 1979

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry C. Leach: July 1979-December 1982

Admiral of the Fleet Sir John D.E. Fieldhouse: December 1982-August 1985

Admiral of the Fleet Sir William D.M. Staveley: August 1985-May 1989

Admiral of the Fleet Sir J.Julian R. Oswald: May 1989-March 1992

Admiral of the Fleet Sir D. Benjamin Bathurst: March 1992-July 1995

Admiral Sir Jock C.K. Slater: July 1995-October 1998

Admiral Sir Michael C. Boyce: October 1998-January 2001

Admiral Sir Nigel R. Essenhigh: January 2001-September 2002

Admiral Sir Alan W.J. West: September 2002-February 2006

Admiral Sir Jonathon Band: February 2006-July 2009

Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope: July 2009-April 2013

Admiral Sir George M. Zambellas: April 2013-April 2016

Admiral Sir Philip A. Jones: April 2016-

Deputy First Sea Lord(from 1917 until 1919 and from 1942 until 1946):

Vice-Admiral Sir Rosslyn E.Wemyss: October-December 1917

Rear-Admiral Sir George P.W.Hope: January 1918-August 1919

Admiral Sir Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis: July 1942-May 1946

7

Second Sea Lord and Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (from 2016); (and Chief of Naval

Personnel and Training from 2012 until 2016; and Commander-in-Chief, Naval Home

Command from 1995 until 2012):

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Frederick T. Pelham: June 1859-June 1861

Vice-Admiral Charles Eden: June 1861-July 1866

Vice-Admiral Sir Sydney C. Dacres: July 1866-December 1868

Vacant: 1868-1872

Vice-Admiral Sir John W. Tarleton: May 1872-December 1874

Vice-Admiral Geoffrey T. Phipps Hornby: December 1874-January 1877

Rear-Admiral Arthur W. A. Hood: January 1877-December 1879

Rear-Admiral the Earl of Clanwilliam: December 1879-May 1880

Vice-Admiral Lord John Hay: May 1880-March 1883

Admiral Lord Alcester: March 1883-July 1885

Vice-Admiral Sir Anthony H.Hoskins: July 1885-December 1888

Admiral Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton: December 1888-October 1889

Vice-Admiral Henry Fairfax: October 1889-May 1892

Admiral Sir Frederick W. Richards: May 1892-November 1893

Vice-Admiral Lord Walter T. Kerr: November 1893-May 1895

Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick G.D. Bedford: May 1895-May 1899

Vice-Admiral Lord Walter T. Kerr: May-August 1899

Vice-Admiral Sir Archibald L. Douglas: August 1899-June 1902

Admiral Sir John A. Fisher: June 1902-October 1903

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles C. Drury: October 1903-May 1907

Admiral Sir William H. May: May 1907-March 1909

Vice-Admiral Sir Francis C. Bridgeman: March 1909-March 1911

Vice-Admiral Sir George le C. Egerton: March –December 1911

Vice-Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg: December 1911-December 1912

Vice-Admiral Sir John R.Jellicoe: December 1912-July 1914

Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick T.Hamilton: July1914 -June 1916

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir Somerset A. Gough-Calthorpe: June-November 1916

Admiral Sir Cecil Burney: November 1916-September 1917

Vice-Admiral Sir Rosslyn E.Wemyss: September 1917

Vice-Admiral Sir Herbert L. Heath: September 1917-March 1919

Admiral Sir Montague E. Browning: March 1919-September 1920

Admiral Sir Henry F. Oliver: September 1920-August 1924

Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bt.: August 1924-April 1925

Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Hubert G. Brand: April 1925-August 1927

Admiral Sir Michael H. Hodges: August 1927-May 1930

Admiral Sir Cyril T. M. Fuller: May 1930-August 1932

8

Admiral Sir A. Dudley P. R. Pound: August 1932-September 1935

Admiral Sir Martin E. Dunbar-Nasmith: September 1935-September 1938

Admiral Sir Charles J. C. Little: September 1938-June 1941

Admiral Sir William J. Whitworth: June 1941-March 1944

Admiral Sir Algernon U. Willis: March 1944-February 1946

Admiral Sir Arthur J. Power: February 1946-March 1948

Admiral Sir Cecil H.J. Harcourt: March 1948-September 1950

Admiral Sir Alexander C.G. Madden: September 1950-September 1953

Admiral the Hon. Sir Guy H.E. Russell: September 1953-October 1955

Admiral Sir Charles E. Lambe: October 1955-October 1957

Vice-Admiral Deric D.E. Holland-Martin: October 1957-December 1959

Admiral Sir St.John R.J. Tyrwhitt, Bt.: December 1959-September 1961

Admiral Sir Royston H. Wright: September 1961-April 1965

Admiral Sir Desmond P. Dreyer: April 1965-January 1967

Vice-Admiral Sir Peter J. Hill-Norton: January-August 1967

Admiral Sir Frank R. Twiss: August 1967-March 1970

Admiral Sir Andrew M. Lewis: March 1970-December 1971

Admiral Sir L. Derek Empson: December 1971-May 1974

Admiral Sir David Williams: May 1974-February 1977

Admiral Sir A. Gordon Tait: February 1977-September 1979

Admiral Sir A. Desmond Cassidi: September 1979-November 1982

Admiral Sir Simon A.C. Cassels: November 1982-January 1986

Admiral Sir Richard G.A. Fitch: January 1986-September 1988

Admiral Sir Brian T. Brown: September 1988-April 1991

Admiral Sir Michael H. Livesay: April 1991-April 1992

Admiral Sir Michael H.G. Layard: April 1992-May 1995

Admiral Sir Michael C. Boyce: May 1995-September 1997

Admiral Sir John R. Brigstocke: September 1997-2000

Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Spencer: January 2000-January 2003

Vice-Admiral Sir James M. Burnell-Nugent: January 2003-October 2005

Vice-Admiral Sir Adrian J. Johns: October 2005-July 2008

Vice-Admiral Sir Alan M. Massey: July 2008-July 2010

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles P.R. Montgomery: July 2010-October 2012

Vice-Admiral Sir David G. Steel: October 2012-March 2015

Vice-Admiral Sir S. Jonathan Woodcock: March 2015-March 2018

Vice-Admiral Anthony D. Radakin: March 2018-

9

Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy(Third Sea Lord only until December 1868 and from

1912 until 1918; Controller only from April 1872 until April 1882 and from 1965 until 2003;

Controller and Director, Land Maritime from 2003 until 2006; Controller and Director-

General, Nuclear from 2006 until 2009; Controller and Capability Manager/Director

(Precision Attack) from 2009 until 2012; Controller and Director, Maritime Capability and

Transformation from 2012 until 2013; Controller, Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff

(Capability) and Chief of Staff, Navy Command HQ from 2013):

Captain Charles Eden: June 1859-June 1861

Rear-Admiral Charles Frederick: June 1861-March 1865

Rear-Admiral Edward G. Fanshawe: March 1865-July 1866

Rear-Admiral George H. Seymour: July 1866-December 1868

Vice-Admiral Sir Robert S. Robinson: December 1868-February 1871

(Controller from February 1861)

Captain Robert Hall: February 1871-May 1872

Admiral Sir William H. Stewart: April 1872-December 1881

Vice-Admiral Thomas E. Brandreth: December 1881-February 1886

Vice-Admiral Sir William Graham: February 1886-July 1888

Vice-Admiral John O. Hopkins: July 1888-February 1891

Vice-Admiral Sir John A. Fisher: February 1891-August 1897

Rear-Admiral Arthur K. Wilson: August 1897-April 1901

Rear-Admiral Sir William H. May: April 1901-February 1905

Rear-Admiral Sir Henry B.Jackson: February 1905-October 1908

Rear-Admiral Sir John R.Jellicoe: October 1908-December 1910

Rear-Admiral Charles J.Briggs: December 1910-June 1912

Rear-Admiral Sir Archibald G.H.W. Moore: June 1912-September 1914

Rear-Admiral Frederick C.T.Tudor: September 1914-May 1917

Rear-Admiral Lionel Halsey: May 1917-June 1918

Rear-Admiral Sir Charles M. de Bartolome: June 1918-July 1919

Rear-Admiral Sir William C. M. Nicholson: July 1919-April 1920

Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick L. Field: April 1920-May 1923

Rear-Admiral Cyril T. M. Fuller: May 1923-April 1925

Vice-Admiral Sir A. Ernle M. Chatfield: April 1925-September 1928

Vice-Admiral Roger R. C. Backhouse: November 1928-March 1932

Vice-Admiral Charles M. Forbes: March 1932-April 1934

Admiral Sir Reginald G. H. Henderson: April 1934-March 1939

Vice-Admiral Sir Bruce A. Fraser: March 1939-May 1942

Admiral Sir W. Frederic Wake-Walker: May 1942-September 1945

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles S. Daniel: December 1945-June 1949

Admiral Sir Michael M. Denny: June 1949-April 1953

10

Admiral Sir Ralph A.B. Edwards: April 1953-October 1956

Admiral Sir J. Peter L. Reid: October 1956-November 1961

Admiral Sir Michael Le Fanu: November 1961-July 1965

Admiral Sir Horace R. Law: July 1965-January 1970

Admiral Sir Michael P. Pollock: January 1970-January 1971

Admiral Sir Anthony T.F.G. Griffin: January 1971-December 1975

Admiral Sir Richard P. Clayton: December 1975-January 1979

Vice-Admiral Sir John D.E. Fieldhouse: January 1979-March 1981

Admiral Sir Lindsay S. Bryson: March 1981-November 1984

Admiral Sir Derek R. Reffell: November 1984-August 1989

Admiral Sir Kenneth J. Eaton: August 1989-May 1994

Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Walmsley: May 1994-April 1996

Rear-Admiral Frederick P. Scourse: April 1996-February 1997

Rear-Admiral Peter Spencer: February 1997-January 2000

Rear-Admiral Nigel C. F. Guild: January 2000-December 2003

Rear-Admiral Richard F. Cheadle: December 2003-April 2006

Rear-Admiral Andrew D.H. Mathews: April 2006-2007

Rear-Admiral Paul Lambert: 2007-March 2009

Rear-Admiral Amjad M. Hussain: March 2009-February 2012

Rear-Admiral Henry H. Parker: February 2012-April 2013

Rear-Admiral Duncan L. Potts: April 2013-September 2014

Rear-Admiral James A. Morse: September 2014-May 2016

Rear-Admiral Paul M. Bennett: May 2016-November 2017

Major-General Robert A. Magowan: November 2017-

Capability Manager(Strategic Deployment from 1999 until 2002; Strategic Deployment and

Precision Attack from 2002 until 2004; Precision Attack from 2004 until 2013; Carrier

Strike from 2013):

Rear-Admiral Rees G.J. Ward: 1999-January 2002

Rear-Admiral Charles R. Style: January 2002-May 2004

Rear-Admiral Trevor A. Soar: May 2004-October 2006

Rear-Admiral Paul Lambert: October 2006-March 2009

Rear-Admiral Amjad M. Hussain: March 2009-February 2012

Rear-Admiral Henry H. Parker: February 2012-May 2014

Rear-Admiral Graeme A. Mackay: May 2014-

11

Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Supplies and Transport(Junior Sea Lord from 1868 until 1904;

Chief of Fleet Support from 1964 until 2000 and from 2017; Navy Board Member for

Logistics from 2000 until 2005; Director-General of Logistics(Fleet) from 2005 until

2007 ; Chief of Materiel Fleet since 2007 until 2017):

Captain Charles Frederick: June 1859-June 1861

Rear-Admiral the Hon. James R. Drummond: June 1861-May 1866

Captain Lord John Hay: May-July 1866

Rear-Admiral Sir John C. Dalrymple Hay, Bt.: July 1866-December 1868

Rear-Admiral Lord John Hay: December 1868-June 1871

Rear-Admiral John W. Tarleton: June 1871-May 1872

Rear-Admiral F. Beauchamp P. Seymour: May 1872-May 1874

Rear-Admiral the Earl of Clanwilliam: May 1874-December 1879

Rear-Admiral Sir John E.Commerell: December 1879-May 1880

Rear-Admiral Anthony H.Hoskins: May 1880-July 1882

Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick W. Richards: July 1882-May 1885

Vice-Admiral Sir William N.W.Hewett: May-July 1885

Captain William Codrington: July 1885-February 1886

Rear-Admiral James E.Erskine: February-August 1886

Captain Lord Charles W. de la P. Beresford: August 1886-January 1888

Rear-Admiral Charles F. Hotham: January 1888-December 1889

Rear-Admiral Frederick G.D. Bedford: December 1889-August 1892

Rear-Admiral Lord Walter T. Kerr: August 1892-November 1893

Rear-Admiral Gerard H.U. Noel: November 1893-January 1898

Rear-Admiral Arthur W. Moore: January 1898-February 1901

Rear-Admiral John Durnford: February 1901-December 1903

Rear-Admiral Frederick S. Inglefield: December 1903-March 1907

Rear-Admiral Alfred L.Winsloe: March 1907-January 1910

Rear-Admiral Charles E.Madden: January 1910-December 1911

Rear-Admiral William C.Pakenham: December 1911-December 1913

Rear-Admiral Cecil F.Lambert: December 1913-December 1916

Rear-Admiral Lionel Halsey: December 1916-May 1917

Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh H.D.Tothill: May 1917-June 1919

Captain Sir A. Ernle M. Chatfield: June 1919-February 1920

Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Algernon D. E. H. Boyle: February 1920-April 1924

Rear-Admiral John D. Kelly: April 1924-April 1927

Rear-Admiral William W. Fisher: April 1927-April 1928

Vice-Admiral Vernon H. S. Haggard: April 1928-April 1930

Vice-Admiral Lionel G. Preston: April 1930-September 1932

Rear-Admiral Geoffrey Blake: September 1932-February 1935

12

Vice-Admiral Sir Percy L. H. Noble: February 1935-October 1937

Vice-Admiral Geoffrey S. Arbuthnot: October 1937-April 1941

Vice-Admiral Sir John H. D. Cunningham: April 1941-May 1943

Vice-Admiral Frank H. Pegram: May 1943-March 1944

Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur F. E. Palliser: March 1944-January 1946

Vice-Admiral Sir Douglas B. Fisher: January 1946-March 1948

Vice-Admiral Sir Herbert A. Packer: March 1948-June 1950

Vice-Admiral Earl Mountbatten of Burma: June 1950-February 1952

Vice-Admiral Sydney M. Raw: February 1952-March 1954

Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick R. Parham: March 1954-September 1955

Vice-Admiral R. Dymock Watson: September 1955-January 1958

Vice-Admiral Sir A. Gordon V. Hubback: January-November 1958

Vice-Admiral Nicholas A. Copeman: November 1958-October 1960

Vice-Admiral Sir J. Michael Villiers: October 1960-October 1963

Vice-Admiral Sir Raymond S. Hawkins: October 1963-June 1967

Admiral Sir A. Francis Turner: June 1967-June 1971

Vice-Admiral Sir G.F. Allan Trewby: June 1971-June 1974

Admiral Sir Peter White: June 1974-April 1977

Vice-Admiral Sir James H.F. Eberle: April 1977-April 1979

Vice-Admiral Sir William T. Pillar: April 1979-October 1981

Vice-Admiral Sir James E.C. Kennon: October 1981-December 1983

Vice-Admiral Sir Anthony S. Tippet: December 1983-December 1986

Vice-Admiral Sir D. Benjamin Bathurst: December 1986-March 1989

Vice-Admiral Sir Jock C.K. Slater: March 1989-January 1991

Vice-Admiral Sir Neville Purvis: January 1991-February 1994

Vice-Admiral Sir R. Toby Frere: February 1994-May 1997

Vice-Admiral Sir John H. Dunt: May 1997-April 2000

Rear-Admiral B. Brian Perowne: April-December 2000

Rear-Admiral Jonathon Reeve: December 2000-September 2004

Rear-Admiral R. Paul Boissier: September 2004-September 2006

Rear-Admiral Amjad M. Hussain: September 2006-January 2007

Vice-Admiral Sir Trevor A. Soar: January 2007-May 2009

Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew D.H. Mathews: May 2009-December 2013

Vice-Admiral Sir Simon R. Lister: December 2013-May 2017

13

Fifth Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Air Services (from 1938 until 1942 and from 1943 until 1964;

and Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff from 1957):

Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Alexander R. M. Ramsay: July 1938-November 1939

Vice-Admiral Sir Guy C.C.Royle: November 1939-April 1941

Rear-Admiral A. Lumley St. G. Lyster: April 1941-July 1942

Vice-Admiral Denis W. Boyd: January 1943-May 1945

Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas H. Troubridge: May 1945-September 1946

Admiral Sir Philip L. Vian: September 1946-September 1948

Vice-Admiral Sir George E. Creasy: September 1948-October 1949

Vice-Admiral Maurice J. Mansergh: October 1949-October 1951

Vice-Admiral Sir Edmund W. Anstice: October 1951-April 1954

Vice-Admiral Alexander N.C. Bingley: April 1954-October 1957

Vice-Admiral Sir Manley L. Power: October 1957-February 1959

Admiral Sir Laurence G. Durlacher: February 1959-January 1962

Vice-Admiral Sir Peter W. Gretton: January 1962-January 1963

Vice-Admiral Sir Frank H.E. Hopkins: January 1963-1964

14

Vice-Chief of the Naval Staff(from 1941 until 1985):

Vice-Admiral Sir Henry M. Moore: October 1941-June 1943

Vice-Admiral Sir E. Neville Syfret: June 1943-October 1945

Vice-Admiral Sir Rhoderick R. McGrigor: October 1945-October 1947

Admiral Sir John H. Edelsten: October 1947-November 1949

Vice-Admiral Sir George E. Creasy: November 1949-October 1951

Admiral Sir Guy Grantham: October 1951-April 1954

Admiral Sir William W. Davis: April 1954-May 1957

Admiral Sir Caspar John : May 1957-February 1960

Admiral Sir Walter T. Couchman: February- November 1960

Vice-Admiral Sir Varyl C. Begg: January 1961-February 1963

Vice-Admiral Sir John B. Frewen: February 1963-April 1965

Vice-Admiral Sir John F.D. Bush: April 1965-August 1967

Vice-Admiral Sir Peter J. Hill-Norton: August 1967-December 1968

Vice-Admiral Sir Edward B. Ashmore: December 1968-January 1971

Vice-Admiral Sir Terence T. Lewin: January 1971-October 1973

Vice-Admiral Sir John D. Treacher: October 1973-April 1975

Admiral Sir Raymond D. Lygo: April 1975-January 1978

Vice-Admiral Sir Anthony S. Morton: January 1978-July 1980

Vice-Admiral Sir William D.M. Staveley: July 1980-October 1982

Vice-Admiral Sir Peter M. Stanford: October 1982-1985

15

Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff(until 1968; from 1957 until 1964 see Fifth Sea Lord; from 2012

until 2016 see Fleet Commander; from 2016 see Second Sea Lord):

Vice-Admiral Sir Henry F.Oliver: July 1917-January 1918

Rear-Admiral Sir Sydney R. Fremantle: January 1918-May 1919

Rear-Admiral Sir James A.Fergusson: May-August 1919

Vice-Admiral Sir Osmond de B. Brock: August 1919-November 1921

Vice-Admiral Sir Roger J. B. Keyes, Bt.: November 1921-May 1925

Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick L. Field: May 1925-May 1928

Vice-Admiral Sir William W. Fisher: May 1928-June 1930

Admiral Sir Frederic C. Dreyer: June 1930-January 1933

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles J. C. Little: January 1933-October 1935

Vice-Admiral Sir William M. James: October 1935-October 1938

Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew B. Cunningham: October 1938-May 1939

Vice-Admiral Sir Tom S. V. Phillips: June 1939-October 1941

Rear-Admiral Robert D. Oliver: April 1946-April 1947

Vice-Admiral Edward M. Evans-Lombe: December 1950-January 1953

Rear-Admiral Geoffrey Barnard: January 1953-April 1954

Vice-Admiral Sir Eric G.A. Clifford: April 1954-1957

Vice-Admiral Sir Frank H.E. Hopkins: January 1963-March 1966

Vice-Admiral H.Richard B. Janvrin: March 1966-1968

16

Naval Secretary(Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty until 1912; and Assistant

Chief of the Naval Staff(Personnel) from 2012):

Captain Thomas Brandreth: March 1867-December 1868

Rear-Admiral F. Beauchamp P. Seymour: December 1868-July 1870

Captain Chandos S.S. Stanhope: July 1870-April 1871

Captain George Tryon: April 1871-October 1873

Captain Henry Fairfax: October 1873-March 1874

Captain Michael Culme-Seymour: March 1874-April 1876

Captain William Codrington: April 1876-June 1881

Captain John O. Hopkins: June 1881-January 1883

Captain Lewis A. Beaumont: January 1883-July 1885

Rear-Admiral Lord Walter T. Kerr: July 1885-November 1889

Rear-Admiral Alfred T. Dale: November 1889-September 1892

Captain Richard H. Hamond: September 1892-July 1894

Captain the Hon. Hedworth Lambton: July 1894-April 1897

Captain Wilmot H. Fawkes: April 1897-November 1899

Captain the Hon. Maurice A. Bourke: November 1899-September 1900

Rear-Admiral Wilmot H. Fawkes: November 1900-October 1902

Captain the Hon. Hugh Tyrwhitt: October 1902-October 1905

Captain Hugh Evan-Thomas: October 1905-December 1908

Captain Charles E. Madden: December 1908-January 1910

Rear-Admiral Ernest C. T. Troubridge: January 1910-January 1912

Rear-Admiral David R. Beatty: January 1912-March 1913

Rear-Admiral Dudley R. S. de Chair: March 1913-August 1914

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Horace L.A.Hood: August-October 1914

Rear-Admiral Henry F.Oliver: October-November 1914

Commodore Charles M. de Bartolome: November 1914-December 1916

Rear-Admiral Allan F.Everett: December 1916-October 1918

Rear-Admiral Sir Rudolf W. Bentinck: October 1918-May 1921

Rear-Admiral Hugh D. R. Watson: May 1921-June 1923

Rear-Admiral Michael H. Hodges: June 1923-April 1925

Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Hubert G. Brand: April 1925

Rear-Admiral Frank Larken: April 1925-April 1927

Rear-Admiral Eric J. A. Fullerton: April 1927-October 1929

Rear-Admiral George K. Chetwode: October 1929-January 1932

Rear-Admiral Sidney J. Meyrick: January 1932-September 1934

Rear-Admiral Guy C. C. Royle: September 1934-May 1937

Rear-Admiral William J. Whitworth: May 1937-May 1939

Rear-Admiral Stuart S. Bonham-Carter: May 1939-November 1939

Rear-Admiral E. Neville Syfret: November 1939-June 1941

17

Rear-Admiral Arthur M. Peters: June 1941-October 1942

Rear-Admiral Frederick H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton: October 1942-February 1944

Rear-Admiral Cecil H. J. Harcourt: February 1944-February 1945

Rear-Admiral Claud B. Barry: February 1945-April 1946

Rear-Admiral Maurice J. Mansergh: April 1946-April 1948

Rear-Admiral Peveril B.R.W. William-Powlett: April 1948-April 1950

Rear-Admiral William W. Davis: April 1950-May 1952

Rear-Admiral Richard G. Onslow: May 1952-August 1954

Rear-Admiral J. David Luce: August 1954-August 1956

Rear-Admiral R. Alastair Ewing: August 1956-April 1958

Rear-Admiral John G. Hamilton: April 1958-April 1960

Rear-Admiral Frank R. Twiss: April 1960-July 1962

Rear-Admiral John O.C. Hayes: July 1962-July 1964

Rear-Admiral William D. O’Brien: July 1964-January 1966

Rear-Admiral Anthony T.F.G. Griffin: January-March 1966

Rear-Admiral John G.B. Cooke: March 1966-November 1967

Rear-Admiral David A. Dunbar-Nasmith: November 1967-March 1970

Rear-Admiral Iwan G. Raikes: March 1970-September 1972

Rear-Admiral A. Gordon Tait: September 1972-November 1974

Rear-Admiral John M. Forbes: November 1974-November 1976

Rear-Admiral Peter W. Buchanan: November 1976-November 1978

Rear-Admiral Paul W. Greening: November 1978-November 1980

Rear-Admiral Richard G.A. Fitch: November 1980-April 1983

Rear-Admiral W. Richard S. Thomas: April 1983-February 1985

Rear-Admiral Roger C. Dimmock: February 1985-February 1987

Rear-Admiral Norman R.D. King: February 1987-March 1988

Rear-Admiral David S. Dobson: March 1988-December 1990

Rear-Admiral C. Christopher Morgan: December 1990-October 1992

Rear-Admiral Malcolm G. Rutherford: October 1992-March 1994

Rear-Admiral Alan W.J. West: March 1994-January 1996

Rear-Admiral Fabian M. Malbon: January 1996-December 1998

Rear-Admiral Jeremy M. de Halpert: December 1998-January 2002

Rear-Admiral Mark W.G. Kerr: January 2002-September 2004

Rear-Admiral Peter J. Wilkinson: September 2004-June 2005

Rear-Admiral Richard J. Ibbotson: June 2005-April 2007

Rear-Admiral Charles P.R. Montgomery: April 2007-April 2010

Rear-Admiral David G. Steel: April 2010-September 2012

Rear-Admiral S. Jonathan Woodcock: September 2012-March 2015

Rear-Admiral Simon P. Williams: March 2015-June 2018

Rear-Admiral Michael A.W. Bath: June 2018-

18

Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff(Policy from 1966 until 1984 and from 2012):

Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander L. Duff: May 1917-August 1919

Rear-Admiral James A. Fergusson: August 1919-February 1920

Rear-Admiral Sir A. Ernle M. Chatfield: February 1920-September 1922

Rear-Admiral Cyril T. M. Fuller: September 1922-May 1923

Rear-Admiral Arthur K. Waistell: May 1923-October 1924

Rear-Admiral Frederic C. Dreyer: October 1924-April 1927

Rear-Admiral A. Dudley P. R. Pound: April 1927-April 1929

Rear-Admiral Wilfred Tomkinson: April 1929-May 1931

Rear-Admiral John K. im Thurn: May 1931-February 1933

Rear-Admiral Sidney R. Bailey: February 1933-July 1934

Rear-Admiral Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis: July 1934-October 1936

Rear-Admiral John H. D. Cunningham: October 1936-August 1937

Rear-Admiral Lancelot E. Holland: August 1937-January 1939

Rear-Admiral Harold M. Burrough: January 1939-September 1940

Rear-Admiral Geoffrey N. Oliver: December 1946-August 1948

Rear-Admiral Ralph A.B. Edwards: August 1948-February 1951

Rear-Admiral Eric G.A. Clifford: February 1951-June 1952

Rear-Admiral Robert F. Elkins: June 1952-August 1954

Rear-Admiral Michael G. Goodenough: August 1954-January 1956

Rear-Admiral Royston H. Wright: January 1956-February 1958

Rear-Admiral Desmond P. Dreyer: February 1958-November 1959

Rear-Admiral Antony B. Cole: November 1959-February 1962

Rear-Admiral Peter J. Hill-Norton: February 1962-March 1964

Rear-Admiral Michael P. Pollock: March 1964-April 1966

Rear-Admiral John H. Adams: April 1966-January 1968

Rear-Admiral Terence T. Lewin: January 1968-June 1969

Rear-Admiral Ian Easton: June 1969-April 1971

Rear-Admiral Henry C. Leach: April 1971-November 1973

Rear-Admiral Peter E.C. Berger: November 1973-December 1975

Rear-Admiral Michael L. Stacey: December 1975-July 1976

Rear-Admiral Bryan J. Straker: July 1976-June 1978

Rear-Admiral James E.C. Kennon: June 1978-December 1979

Rear-Admiral Derek R. Reffell: December 1979-December 1981

Rear-Admiral Geoffrey T.J.O. Dalton: December 1981-October 1984

Rear-Admiral J.Jeremy Black: October 1984-July 1986

Rear-Admiral Michael H. Livesay: July 1986-December 1988

Rear-Admiral Hugo M. White: December 1988-February 1991

Rear-Admiral Peter C. Abbott: February 1991-September 1993

19

Rear-Admiral John R. Brigstocke: September 1993-March 1995

Rear-Admiral Jeremy J. Blackham: March 1995-May 1997

Rear-Admiral Jonathan Band: May 1997-December 1999

Rear-Admiral James M. Burnell-Nugent: December 1999-April 2001

Rear-Admiral Timothy P. McClement: April 2001-May 2003

Rear-Admiral Anthony J. Johns: May 2003-July 2005

Rear-Admiral Alan M. Massey: July 2005-February 2008

Rear-Admiral Robert G. Cooling: February 2008-June 2009

Rear-Admiral Philip A. Jones: June 2009-December 2011

Rear-Admiral Matthew J. Parr: December 2011-May 2013

Rear-Admiral Clive C.C. Johnstone: May 2013-September 2015

Rear-Admiral Nicholas W. Hine: September 2015-

Home:

Rear-Admiral Arthur J. Power: May 1940-May 1942

Rear-Admiral E. J. Patrick Brind: May 1942-August 1944

Rear-Admiral E. Desmond B. McCarthy: August 1944-October 1945

Foreign:

Rear-Admiral Sir Henry H. Harwood: December 1940-April 1942

Rear-Admiral H. Bernard H. Rawlings: April 1942-February 1943

Rear-Admiral Reginald M. Servaes: February 1943-March 1945

Rear-Admiral E.Gerald H. Bellars: March-October 1945

Trade:

Vice-Admiral Henry M. Moore: July 1940-October 1941

Vice-Admiral Edward L. S. King: October 1941-December 1942

Rear-Admiral John H. Edelsten: December 1942-October 1944

Rear-Admiral John G. L. Dundas: October 1944-March 1945

Rear-Admiral John M. Mansfield: March-? 1945

Weapons:

Rear-Admiral Rhoderick R. McGrigor: September 1941-March 1943

Rear-Admiral Wilfrid R. Patterson: March 1943-February 1945

Rear-Admiral Robert D. Oliver: February 1945-April 1946

20

Air:

Rear-Admiral Reginald H. Portal: January 1943-November 1944

Rear-Admiral Lachlan D. Mackintosh of Mackintosh: November 1944-August 1945

Rear-Admiral Charles E. Lambe: August 1945-1947

Operations(and Air from 1968; until 1984):

Rear-Admiral E. Desmond B. McCarthy: October 1945-1946

Rear-Admiral Josef C. Bartosik: April 1966-July 1968

Rear-Admiral L. Derek Empson: July 1968-July 1969

Rear-Admiral Douglas G. Parker: July 1969-June 1971

Rear-Admiral Peter M. Austin: June 1971-June 1973

Rear-Admiral James W.D. Cook: June 1973-February 1975

Rear-Admiral C.R. Peter C. Branson: February 1975-February 1977

Rear-Admiral J. Roger S. Gerard-Pearse: February 1977-January 1979

Rear-Admiral Martin La T. Wemyss: January 1979-January 1981

Rear-Admiral Anthony J. Whetstone: January 1981-April 1983

Rear-Admiral Linley E. Middleton: April 1983-July 1984

Rear-Admiral Kenneth A. Snow: July-October 1984

Warfare(Operational Requirements from 1968 until 1985):

Rear-Admiral Arthur R. Pedder: January 1953-October 1954

Rear-Admiral William J. Yendell: October 1954-July 1957

Rear-Admiral Henry C. N. Rolfe: July 1957-June 1960

Rear-Admiral Maurice J. Ross: June 1960-October 1963

Rear-Admiral John G.B. Cooke: October 1963-March 1966

Rear-Admiral Anthony T.F.G. Griffin: March 1966-May 1968

Rear-Admiral J. Rae McKaig: May 1968-October 1970

Rear-Admiral Philip R.C. Higham: October 1970-October 1972

Rear-Admiral James G. Jungius: October 1972-November 1974

Rear-Admiral Alan G. Watson: November 1974-November 1976

Rear-Admiral Stephen F. Berthon: November 1976-February 1978

Rear-Admiral Simon A.C. Cassels: February 1978-December 1980

Rear-Admiral Peter M. Stanford: December 1980-September 1982

Rear-Admiral Geoffrey G.W. Marsh: September 1982-May 1984

Rear-Admiral John B. Kerr: September 1984-January 1985

21

Director of Naval Intelligence:

Captain William H. Hall: February 1887-January 1889

Rear-Admiral Cyprian A.G. Bridge: January 1889-August 1894

Rear-Admiral Lewis A. Beaumont: September 1894-March 1899

Rear-Admiral Reginald N. Custance: March 1899-November 1902

Rear-Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg: November 1902-January 1905

Captain Sir Charles L. Ottley: February 1905-October 1907

Rear-Admiral Edmond J. W. Slade: November 1907-March 1909

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir Alexander E. Bethell: March 1909-January 1912

Captain Thomas Jackson: January 1912-October 1913

Rear-Admiral Henry F.Oliver: November 1913-October 1914

Rear-Admiral Sir W.Reginald Hall: October 1914-January 1919

Rear-Admiral Hugh F.P.Sinclair: January 1919-August 1921

Rear-Admiral Maurice S.Fitzmaurice: August 1921-August 1924

Rear-Admiral Alan G.Hotham: August 1924-August 1927

Rear-Admiral Barry E. Domvile: August 1927-August 1930

Rear-Admiral Cecil V. Usborne: August 1930-August 1932

Rear-Admiral Gerald L. C. Dickens: August 1932-July 1935

Vice-Admiral James A. G. Troup: July 1935-February 1939

Vice-Admiral John H. Godfrey: February 1939-November 1942

Rear-Admiral Edmund G. N. Rushbrooke: November 1942-July 1946

Vice-Admiral W.Edward Parry: July 1946-May 1948

Rear-Admiral Eric W. Longley-Cook: May 1948-August 1951

Rear-Admiral Sir Anthony W. Buzzard, Bt.: August 1951-July 1954

Vice-Admiral Sir John G.T. Inglis: July 1954-January 1960

Vice-Admiral Sir Norman E. Denning: January 1960-January 1964

Rear-Admiral Patrick W.W. Graham: January 1964-February 1965

Commodore Michael D. Kyrle-Pope: February 1965-1967

Commodore Edward M.B. Hoare: 1967-1969

Commodore Charles R. Sims: 1969-1971

Commodore G. Roger Villar: 1971-October 1973

Commodore Roy W. Halliday: October 1973-May 1975

Commodore John A. F. Lawson: May 1975-May 1977

Commodore Gerard Hayne: May 1977-June 1979

Commodore Richard J.F. Turner: April 1979-June 1981

Commodore Anthony J. Dunn: June 1981-June 1984

22

Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence:

Captain Raymond A. Nugent: 1918-January 1919

Captain William M. James: January 1919-March 1920

Captain Geoffrey Hopwood: March 1920-April 1922

Captain Edward O. Cochrane: April 1922-August 1923

Captain George K. Chetwode: August 1923-May 1925

Captain Kenneth G.B. Dewar: May 1925-June 1927

Captain Cecil B. Prickett: June 1927-June 1929

Captain Alfred E. Evans: June 1929-April 1930

Captain Gerald C. Harrison: April 1930-April 1932

Captain W.E. Campbell Tait: April 1932-November 1933

Captain George A. Scott: November 1933-December 1935

Captain the Hon. Claude P. Hermon-Hodge: December 1935-February 1938

Captain Geoffrey C. Cooke: February 1938-February 1940

Captain William D. Stephens: February 1940-January 1941

Captain Ian M.R. Campbell: February 1941-April 1942

Captain Charles A.G. Nichols: April 1942-May 1944

Captain Ian M.R. Campbell: May 1944-1945

Captain A. Joe Baker-Cresswell: March 1948-March 1951

Captain Thomas J.N. Hilken: March 1951-November 1953

Captain Charles E. Keys: November 1953-January 1956

Captain George F.M. Best: January 1956-January 1958

Captain Nigel H.G. Austen: January 1958-September 1959

Captain Anthony Davies: September 1959-October 1962

Captain William P.B. Barber: October 1962-1965

23

Director of Naval Operations( from 1912 until 2003; and Trade from 1961 until ):

Captain George A. Ballard: January 1912-May 1914

Rear-Admiral Arthur Leveson: May 1914-January 1915

Rear-Admiral Thomas Jackson: January 1915-June 1917

Rear-Admiral George P. W.Hope: June 1917-January 1918

Captain A. Dudley P.R.Pound: January 1918-July 1919 (Home)

Captain Charles P.R.Coode: January 1918-July 1919 (Foreign)

Rear-Admiral John D. Kelly: July 1919- February 1922

Captain Henry W. Parker: February 1922-November 1923

Captain Wilfred Tomkinson: November 1923-April 1926

Captain Frank F. Rose: April 1926-March 1928

Captain Percy L. H. Noble: March 1928-January 1930

Captain Dudley B. N. North: January 1930-July 1932

Captain Charles G. Brodie: July-December 1932

Captain Francis H. W. Goolden: December 1932-December 1933

Captain Henry D. Pridham-Wippell: December 1933-December 1935

Captain Charles H. Knox-Little: December 1935-July 1938

Captain Charles M. Blackman: July 1938-December 1939

(Home)Captain Cecil H. J. Harcourt: September 1939-February 1941

(Home)Captain Ralph A. B. Edwards: February-December 1941

(Home)Captain John A.S. Eccles: December 1941-October 1943

(Home)Captain C. T. Mark Pizey: December 1943-? 1945

(Foreign)Captain Robert H.Bevan: September 1939-September 1940

(Foreign)Captain Gerald H. Warner: September 1940-March 1941

(Foreign)Captain John Terry: March 1941-August 1942

(Foreign)Captain Angus D. Nicholl: August 1942-August 1944

(Foreign)Captain Frederick R. Parham: August 1944-January 1947

Captain Charles H. Duffett: January 1947-January 1949

Captain George B.H. Fawkes: January 1949-July 1951

Captain Patrick W. Brock: July 1951-October 1953

Captain John S.S. Litchfield: October 1953-December 1954

Captain Peter D.H.R. Pelly: December 1954-June 1956

Captain Walter Evershed: June 1956-June 1957

Captain Bryan C. Durant: June 1957-January 1959

Captain Eric V. St.J. Morgan: January 1959-May 1960

Captain Michael G. Haworth: May 1960-July 1961

Captain Ian M. Clegg: July 1961-January 1964

Captain Ian W. McLaughlan: January 1964-February 1966

Captain Geoffrey C. Mitchell: February 1966-November 1967

24

Captain Terence L. Martin: November 1967-May 1970

Captain David A. Loram: May 1970-March 1971

Captain Dennis W. Foster: March 1971-1972

Captain David W. Brown: ?-November 1972

Captain Gwynedd I. Pritchard: November 1972-July 1974

Captain John M.H. Cox: July 1974-April 1976

Captain Michael C. Henry: April 1976-March 1978

Captain George M.F. Vallings: March 1978-May 1980

Captain Brian R. Outhwaite: May 1980-February 1982

Captain John Garnier: February 1982-January 1985

Captain A. Peter Woodhead: January 1985-June 1986

Captain Geoffrey R.W. Biggs: June 1986-October 1989

Captain John S. Lang: October 1989-1991

Captain Peter J. Cowling: 1992-1994

Commodore Christopher W. Roddis: 1994-1996

Captain Martin D. Macpherson: 1996-1998

Commodore David G. Snelson: 1998-1999

Commodore Philip L. Wilcocks: 1999-2001

Commodore Andrew P. Dickson: 2001-February 2003

Commodore Peter J.F. Eberle: February-March 2003

25

Deputy Director of Operations(Home from 1940 until 1947):

Captain Henry W. Grant: July 1917-January 1918

Captain Bernard St.G. Collard: January 1918-February 1920

Captain Arthur de K. L. May: January-September 1919

Captain Hubert H. Holland: September 1919-January 1920

Captain Sidney R. Bailey: February 1920-March 1921

Captain Henry G.E. Lane: April 1920-September 1921

Captain Charles D. Burke: March 1921-April 1922

Captain Alister F. Beal: September 1921-July 1923

Captain Wilfred Tomkinson: July-November 1923

Captain Ambrose M. Peck: November 1923-October 1925

Captain Frank F. Rose: October 1925-April 1926

Captain Francis M. Austin: April 1926-August 1927

Captain Geoffrey Layton: August 1927-August 1929

Captain Robert R. Turner: August 1929-August 1931

Captain Francis H.W. Goolden: August 1931-December 1932

Captain Ernest J. Spooner: December 1932-July 1934

Captain Ronald W. Blacklock: July 1934-July 1936

Captain Irving M. Palmer: July 1936-September 1938

Captain Cecil H.J. Harcourt: September 1938-September 1939

Captain Ralph A.B. Edwards: October 1939-February 1941

Captain John F. Stevens: February 1941-August 1942

Captain Wilfred J.C. Robertson: August 1942-December 1943

Captain Francis B. Lloyd: December 1943-March 1945

Captain Christopher T. Jellicoe: March 1945-1947

26

Deputy Director of Operations(Foreign until 1947; and Trade from 1961):

Captain Gerald H. Warner: February-September 1940

Captain John Terry: September 1940-March 1941

Captain William W. Davis: March 1941-January 1942

Captain Hugh Dalrymple-Smith: January 1942-November 1943

Captain Ronald G. Mackay: November 1943-March 1946

Captain Terence A.K. Maunsell: March 1946-March 1948

Captain William H. Selby: March 1948-April 1950

Captain Ralph C. Medley: April 1950-April 1952

Captain John S.M. Richardson: April 1952-January 1954

Captain Peter Phipps: January 1954-March 1955

Captain John Plunkett-Cole: March 1955-January 1957

Captain N.F. Carrington: January 1957-February 1958

Captain Josef C. Bartosik: February 1958-April 1959

Captain Richard I. Peek: April 1959-December 1960

Captain J.A. Murray: December 1960-September 1961

Captain Roland F. Plugge: September 1961-November 1963

Captain A. Gordon Tait: November 1963-March 1965

Captain Derek F. Bazalgette: March 1965-May 1967

Captain Stanley L. McArdle: May 1967-January 1969

Captain David A. Loram: January 1969-January 1971

Captain Dennis W. Foster: January-March 1971

Captain David W. Brown: March 1971-

27

Director of Naval Plans(from 1917; and Resources from until 2012; Head of Financial and

Military Capability from 2012 until 2014):

Rear-Admiral Roger J.B. Keyes: September 1917-January 1918

Captain Cyril T.M.Fuller: January 1918-May 1920

Captain Barry E. Domvile: May 1920-May 1922

Captain A. Dudley P.R.Pound: May 1922-March 1925

Captain Wilfrid A. Egerton: March 1925-January 1928

Captain Roger M. Bellairs: January 1928-December 1930

Captain John H. D. Cunningham: December 1930-December 1932

Captain Henry R. Moore: December 1932-November 1933

Captain Edward L. S. King: November 1933-August 1935

Captain Tom S. V. Phillips: August 1935-April 1938

Captain Victor H. Danckwerts: April 1938-March 1940

Captain Charles S. Daniel: March 1940-July 1941

Captain E. Gerald H. Bellars: July 1941-March 1942

Captain Charles E. Lambe: March 1942-April 1944

Captain Guy Grantham: April 1944-January 1946

Captain John F. Stevens: January 1946-January 1948

Captain Thomas M. Brownrigg: January 1948-January 1950

Captain R. Dymock Watson: January 1950-April 1952

Captain Deric D.E. Holland-Martin: April 1952-November 1953

Captain Hector C.D. MacLean: November 1953-January 1956

Captain E. Duncan G. Lewin: January 1956-December 1957

Captain Richard M. Smeeton: December 1957-April 1959

Captain John F.D. Bush: April 1959-November 1960

Captain Edward B. Ashmore: November 1960-December 1961

Captain Andrew M. Lewis: December 1961-September 1963

Captain Peter W.B. Ashmore: September 1963-January 1966

Captain David Williams: January 1966-February 1968

Captain Henry C. Leach: February 1968-January 1970

Captain A. Desmond Cassidi: January 1970-May 1972

Captain Bryan J. Straker: May 1972-February 1974

Captain William D.M. Staveley: February 1974-August 1976

Captain Nicholas J.S. Hunt: August 1976-June 1978

Captain John F. Woodward: June 1978-April 1981

Captain John B. Kerr: April 1981-December 1982

Captain Barry N. Wilson: December 1982-December 1985

Captain Peter C. Abbott: January 1986-1989

Captain Jeremy J. Blackham: 1989-1992

28

Commodore Nigel R. Essenhigh: 1992-1994

Commodore Stephen R. Meyer: 1994-1997

Commodore Rory A.I. McLean: 1997-1998

Captain R. Paul Boissier: 1998-1999

Commodore Timothy J.H. Laurence: 2001-2004

Commodore Christopher A. Snow: 2004-September 2005

Commodore Peter D. Hudson: September 2005-December 2007

Commodore Timothy P. Fraser: December 2007-May 2010

Brigadier David A. Hook: May 2010-May 2011

Commodore Benjamin J. Key: May-November 2011

Commodore John M.L. Kingwell: November 2011-September 2013

Commodore Nicholas S. Roberts: September 2013-April 2014

29

Deputy Director of Plans(from August 1919):

Captain Barry E. Domvile: August 1919-May 1920

Captain Gerald L.C. Dickens: May 1920-June 1922

Captain John C. Hamilton: June 1922-May 1924

Captain Wilfrid A. Egerton: May 1924-March 1925

Captain T. Hugh Binney: April 1925-August 1927

Captain Stephen D. Tillard: August 1927-May 1928

Captain G. Frederick B. Edward-Collins: May 1928-December 1929

Captain John H.D. Cunningham: December 1929-December 1930

Captain Henry R. Moore: December 1930-Deember 1932

Captain Edward L.S. King: December 1932-December 1933

Captain John H. Godfrey: November 1933-December 1935

Captain E. Neville Syfret: December 1935-December 1937

Captain John H. Edelsten: December 1937-March 1940

Captain E. Gerald H. Bellars: March 1940-July 1941

Captain Charles E. Lambe: July 1941-January 1942

Captain Douglas H. Everett: January 1942-January 1943

Captain Robert K. Dickson: January 1943-November 1944

Captain Godfrey A. French: December 1944-July 1946

Captain Manley L. Power: February-July 1946

Captain Harold G. Dickinson: June 1946-December 1948

Captain Peter G.L. Cazalet: July 1946-1947

Captain J. David Luce: December 1948-February 1951

Captain Arthur R. Pedder: January 1949-February 1950

Captain Harold S. Hopkins: September 1951-February 1953

Captain Thomas D. Ross: February 1953-January 1954

Captain Robert P.S. Grant: January-December 1954

Captain Charles P. Coke: December 1954-December 1956

Captain Edward T. Graham: December 1956-December 1958

Captain Raymond Hart: December 1958-June 1960

Captain Edward B. Ashmore: June-November 1960

Captain Anthony T.F.G. Griffin: November 1960-December 1962

Captain Peter W.B. Ashmore: December 1962-July 1963

Captain Frank S. Hope: July 1966-November 1968

Captain George A. de G. Kitchin: November 1968-September 1970

Captain Anthony S. Tippet: September 1970-1972

Captain John F. Woodward: September 1972-June 1974

30

Director of Defence Plans(Naval):

Commodore David A. Dunbar-Nasmith: July 1963-January 1965

Captain E. Gerard N. Mansfield: January 1965-January 1967

Captain Edward F. Gueritz: January 1967-January 1968

Captain Iwan G. Raikes: January-December 1968

Commodore H.C. Nicholas Goodhart: December 1968-June 1970

Deputy Director:

Captain John C.Y. Roxburgh: April 1964-April 1965

Captain W.David S. Scott: April 1965-September 1966

Captain Charles B. Fetherston-Dilke: September 1966-

Director of Defence Policy(Naval):

Commodore Colin C.H. Dunlop: 1968-May 1969

Commodore Stephen F. Berthon: May 1969-May 1971

Commodore James F.R. Weir: May 1971-August 1973

Commodore Benjamin C. Perowne: August 1973-January 1976

Commodore Rhoderick S. Falconer: January 1976-October 1977

Commodore John R. Hill: October 1977-August 1980

Commodore Vincent M. Howard: August 1980-March 1982

Commodore Richard G. Heaslip: March 1982-1983

31

Director of Training and Staff Duties(Tactical and Staff Duties from 1945 until 1958):

Rear-Admiral James C. Ley: December 1917-April 1918

Captain Herbert W. Richmond: April 1918-January 1919

Captain Walter M. Ellerton: January 1919-December 1921

Captain Vernon H.S.Haggard: December 1921-September 1923

Captain Hugh J.Tweedie: September 1923-January 1926

Captain Arthur L. Snagge: January-July 1926

Captain Sidney J.Meyrick: July 1926-July 1927

Captain Noel F. Laurence: July 1927-April 1928

Captain Isham W. Gibson: April-December 1928

Captain Bernard W.M. Fairbairn: December 1928-April 1929

Captain Edward O. Cochrane: April 1929-August 1931

Captain James S. M. Ritchie: August 1931-June 1933

Captain Geoffrey S. Arbuthnot: June 1933-March 1934

Captain Frederick A. Buckley: March 1934-May 1936

Captain A. Lumley St. G. Lyster: May 1936-September 1937

Captain William L.Jackson: September 1937-April 1940

Captain James W. Rivett-Carnac: April 1940-July 1941

Captain Richard V. Symonds-Tayler: July 1941-July 1942

Captain Harry P. K. Oram: July 1942-June 1945

Captain Charles L. Robertson: June 1945-May 1947

Captain Royer M. Dick: May 1947-November 1948

Captain Richard G. Onslow: November 1948-April 1951

Captain W.Kaye Edden: April 1951-October 1953

Captain Walter A. Adair: October 1953-November 1955

Captain Guy W. Hawkins: November 1955-January 1958

32

Director, Tactical Division(from 1925 until 1939; and Tactical and Weapons Policy from 1958

until 1968):

Captain Alfred H.Taylor: February 1925-January 1927

Captain Bruce A. Fraser: January 1927-Deceember 1928

Captain Henry G. Thursfield: December 1928-May 1930

Captain Charles D.Burke: May 1930-May 1932

Captain John G.Crace: May 1932-May 1934

Captain Denis W.Boyd: May 1934-January 1936

Captain Colin Cantlie: January 1936-January 1938

Captain Douglas A.Budgen: January 1938-May 1939

Captain Maurice J. Ross: February 1958-September 1959

Captain Hugh C. Martell: September 1959-1962

Captain H. Richard B. Janvrin: March 1962-December 1963

Captain Terence T. Lewin: December 1963-December 1965

Captain Ian Easton: December 1965-1968

Director of Navy Staff Duties(from 1985; Director of the Naval Staff from 200 ):

Captain Roger C. Dimmock: January-February 1985

Captain E. S. Jeremy Larken: February-April 1985

Captain the Hon. Nicholas J. Hill-Norton: April 1985-June 1987

Captain Geoffrey W.R. Biggs: June 1987-August 1989

Captain Michael C. Boyce: August 1989-April 1991

Captain Michael P. Gretton: April 1991-July 1993

Captain Alan W.J. West: July 1993-1994

Commodore John H.S. McAnally: 1994-1995

Commodore Christopher D. Stanford: 1995-1997

Brigadier Robert A. Fry: 1997-1999

Commodore David G. Snelson: 1999-September 2000

Commodore Trevor A. Soar: September 2000-August 2002

Commodore Robert G. Cooling: August 2002-2003

Commodore Michael Kimmons: 2003-February 2005

Commodore Thomas A. Cunningham: February 2005-June 2007

Brigadier Francis H.R. Howes: June 2007-April 2008

Commodore Clive C.C. Johnstone: April-December 2008

Commodore Robert K. Tarrant: December 2008-August 2011

Commodore Neil L. Brown: August 2011-November 2013

Brigadier Peter S. Cameron: November 2013-April 2014

Commodore James M. Lines: April 2014-February 2016

Commodore Nicholas S. Roberts: February 2016-September 2017

Commodore Iain S. Lower: September 2017-

33

Deputy Director of Training and Staff Duties/Tactical, Torpedo and Staff Duties/

Tactical and Staff Duties/Tactical and Weapons Policy(until 1968):

Captain Edward A. Astley-Rushton: February 1919-February 1921

Captain Charles A. Scott: February 1921-November 1922

Captain Lachlan D.I. MacKinnon: July 1928-July 1930

Captain Harold M. Burrough: December 1928-March 1930

Captain Hubert Ardill: March 1930-March 1932

Captain W. Frederic Wake-Walker: July 1930-August 1932

Captain Geoffrey S. Arbuthnot: March 1932-June 1933

Captain Frederic N. Attwood: August 1932-August 1934

Captain Douglas B. Fisher: August-October 1933

Captain Frederick A. Buckley: October 1933-March 1934

Captain John C. Leach: March 1934-March 1936

Captain Rhoderick R. McGrigor: August 1934-August 1936

Captain Henry C. Bovell: March 1936-1938

Captain Harold T.C. Walker: August 1936-1938

Captain Reginald M. Servaes: March-May 1939

Captain E. Desmond B. McCarthy: May 1938-April 1940

Captain Geoffrey N. Oliver: May 1939-October 1940

Captain Eric W. Longley-Cook: October 1940-July 1941

Captain R. Oliver-Bellasis: July 1941-August 1942

Captain Jocelyn S.C. Salter: August 1942-April 1944

Captain Guy B. Sayer: March 1943-May 1945

Captain St. John Cronyn: April 1944-November 1945

Captain Ben J. Fisher: May 1945-February 1947

Captain Harry P. Currey: November 1945-October 1947

Captain Gerald T. Coney: February 1947-April 1949

Captain Peter D.H.R. Pelly: October 1947-October 1949

Captain Hector C.D. MacLean: April 1949-October 1950

Captain Geoffrey M. Sladen: October 1949-November 1951

Captain Rowland F. Leonard: October 1950-1952

Captain Viscount Jocelyn: November 1951-1954

Captain Talbot L. Eddison: September 1952-1954

Captain Albert H.F. Hunt: July 1954-March 1956

Captain Edward A.S. Bailey: November 1954-October 1956

Captain Michael N. Tufnell: March 1956-1958

Captain John G. Wells: October 1956-1958

Captain Hugh Murray-Clark: March 1958-July 1959

Captain Terence T. Lewin: November 1958-November 1960

34

Captain Joseph L. Blackham: July 1959-June 1961

Captain Edward F. Gueritz: June 1961-September 1963

Captain Ian S. McIntosh: September 1963-April 1966

Captain Alan G. Watson: April 1966- 1968

Director of Trade Division(from 1914 until 1928 and from 1939 until 1961):

Captain Richard Webb: August 1914-October 1917

Captain Alan G.Hotham: October 1917-May 1920

Captain Charles J.C.Little: May 1920-May 1922

Captain David T.Norris: May 1922-April 1924

Captain Martin E. Dunbar-Nasmith: April 1924-January 1926

Captain Richard A.S. Hill: January 1926-May 1928

Captain Maurice J. Mansergh: May 1939-April 1941

Captain Brian B. Schofield: April 1941-January 1943

Captain Reginald M. Servaes: January-February 1943

Captain William D. Stephens: July 1943-July 1945

Captain Peter Skelton: July 1945-May 1946

Captain Thomas L. Bratt: May 1946-April 1948

Captain Robert J. O.Otway-Ruthven: April 1948-May 1950

Captain Michael B. Laing: May 1950-June 1952

Captain George A.F. Norfolk: June 1952-June 1954

Captain Geoffrey H. Peters: June 1954-January 1957

Captain Edmund T. Larken: January 1957-July 1958

Captain Charles W. Malins: July 1958-July 1961

Deputy Director of Trade Division(from 1939):

Captain George R.G. Allen: May 1939-August 1942

Captain Colin J.L. Bittleston: August 1942-

Captain Francis B. Lloyd: June-December 1943

Captain Peter Skelton: December 1943-July 1945

35

Director of Operational Requirements(from 1968 until 1999):

Captain Raymond P. Dannreuther: June 1968-February 1970

Captain Richard P. Clayton: February 1970-1972

Captain Ronald D. Butt: ?-October 1972

Captain Cecil E. Price: October 1972-August 1973

Captain O. Nigel A. Cecil: August 1973-May 1975

Captain David J. Hallifax: May 1975-December 1977

Captain David M. Eckersley-Maslin: December 1977-January 1980

Captain J. Jeremy Black: January 1980-September 1981

Captain Robin I.T. Hogg: September 1981-January 1984

Captain John F. Coward: January 1984-1987

Captain Robert Walmsley: 1987-1989

Commodore Ian D.G. Garnett: 1989-1992

Commodore Peter Spencer: 1992-1995

Commodore Rees J.G. Ward: 1995-1997

Commodore Philip D. Greenish: 1997-1999

Deputy Director of Operational Requirements:

Captain Joseph D. Honywill: January 1969-January 1970

Captain Roger C. Morgan: January 1970-

Captain Richard E. Lambert: March 1975-December 1976

Captain Gordon F. Walwyn: April 1979-July 1981

36

Director of Gunnery(Artillery and Torpedoes from 1918 until 1920; until 1928; Gunnery and

Anti-Aircraft Warfare from 1941 until ; Surface Warfare from ; Warfare from

1969):

Captain Frederic C. Dreyer: June 1918-February 1919

Captain John W.L. McClintock: February 1919-April 1920

Captain Frederic C.Dreyer: April 1920-April 1922

Captain Bernard St. G. Collard: April 1922-April 1924

Captain Humphrey T.Walwyn: April 1924-March 1926

Captain H.J.Studholme Brownrigg: March 1926-April 1927

Captain Bernard W.M.Fairbairn: April 1927-December 1928

Captain Gerald M.B. Langley: July 1941-September 1943

Captain Edward M. Evans-Lombe: December 1943-July 1944

Captain Alex C. Chapman: July 1944-July 1946

Captain Robert F. Elkins: July 1946-July 1948

Captain George H. Oswald: July 1948-July 1950

Captain Edward K. Le Mesurier: July 1950-August 1952

Captain John Y. Thompson: August 1952-November 1954

Captain Herbert G. T. Padfield: November 1954-November 1956

Captain Ian F.M. Newnham: November 1956-November 1958

Captain John M.D. Gray: November 1958-September 1960

Captain Andrew M. Lewis: September 1960-September 1961

Captain Edward W. Briggs: September 1961-September 1963

Captain Harry D. Ellis: September 1963-December 1965

Captain John F.R. Dreyer: December 1965-January 1969

Captain Lancelot R. Bell Davies: January 1969-July 1971

Captain David Hepworth: July 1971-November 1973

Captain John D.E. Fieldhouse: November 1973-November 1974

Captain Martin La T. Wemyss: November 1974-July 1976

Captain Derek R. Reffell: July 1976-May 1978

Captain Richard G.A. Fitch: May 1978-October 1980

Captain John M. Webster: October 1980-February 1982

Captain Michael H. Livesay: February 1982-February 1984

Captain John P.B. O’Riordan: February 1984-January 1986

Captain Roy T. Newman: January 1986-1988

Captain Michael A.C. Moore: 1988-1990

Captain Jeremy T. Sanders: 1990-1992

Captain John P. Clarke: 1992

37

Deputy Director of Gunnery and Anti-Aircraft Warfare(from 1920 until 1928 and from 1941;

Surface Warfare from 196 until 196 ; Warfare from 196 ):

Captain H. J. Studholme Brownrigg: April 1920-January 1921

Captain Bernard W.M. Fairbairn: January 1921-August 1922

Captain Cecil V. Usborne: August 1922-March 1923

Captain Wilfred F. French: March 1923-May 1925

Captain H.J. Studholme Brownrigg: May 1925-March 1926

Captain Cyril G. Sedgwick: March 1926-July 1928

Captain Harold M. Burrough: July-December 1928

Captain Lennox A.K. Boswell: July 1941-1943

Captain Eric W. Longley-Cook: July 1941-March 1942 (Gunnery)

Captain Henry A. King: March 1942-March 1944 (Gunnery)

Captain Sir Charles E. Madden, Bt.: 1943-November 1944 (Anti-

Aircraft)

Captain Stephen H. Carlill: March 1944-March 1946 (Gunnery)

Captain W. Kaye Edden: November 1944-1946 (Anti-Aircraft)

Captain Robert A. Currie: March 1946-May 1948 (Gunnery)

Captain Michael G. Goodenough: May 1948-1949

Captain George R. Villar: March 1963-1965

Captain David J. Bent: 1965-October 1966

Captain Duncan D. Knight: October 1966-June 1968

Captain Frank S. Hope: June 1968-May 1970

Captain Michael L. Stacey: May 1970-1973

Captain Antony L.L. Skinner: October 1973-December 1975

38

Director, Anti-Submarine Warfare(from 1916 until 1920 and from 1939 until 1943; Anti-U Boat

Division from 1943 until 1945; Torpedo, Anti-Submarine and Minewarfare

from 1945 until 195 ; Undersurface Warfare from 195 until 1969):

Rear-Admiral Alexander L. Duff: December 1916-May 1917

Captain William W.Fisher: May 1917-January 1919

Captain Forster D. Arnold-Forster: January-April 1919

Captain Gilbert O. Stephenson: April 1919-April 1920

Captain Arthur G. Talbot: November 1939-September 1940

Captain George E. Creasy: September 1940-August 1942

Captain C. Philip Clarke: August 1942-September 1943

Captain Clarence D. Howard-Johnston: September 1943-? 1945

Captain Lord Ashbourne: September 1945-April 1947

Captain Robert S. Warne: April 1947-December 1948

Captain Wilfrid J.W. Woods: December 1948-November 1950

Captain Terence A.K. Maunsell: November 1950-January 1952

Captain Vernon D’A. Donaldson: January 1952-April 1954

Captain Edward C. Bayldon: April 1954-May 1957

Captain Bertram S. Pemberton: May 1957-September 1959

Captain Ian L.M. McGeoch: September 1959-July 1960

Captain George O. Symonds: July 1960-July 1962

Captain Edmund N. Poland: July 1962-May 1965

Captain Richard K.N. Emden: May 1965-February 1967

Captain Brian G.H.M. Baynham: February 1967-1969

39

Deputy Director of Anti-Submarine Warfare(from 1940; Torpedo, Anti-Submarine and

Minewarfare from 1945 until 195 ; Undersurface Warfare from 195 until 1969):

Captain C. Aubrey L. Mansergh: January 1940-November 1941

Captain C. Philip Clarke: November 1941-March 1942

Captain Neville A. Prichard: March 1942-July 1943

Captain Nicholas A. Copeman: December 1947-February 1950

Captain Terence A.K. Maunsell: February-November 1950

Captain John Grant: November 1950-September 1951

Captain Arthur R. Hezlet: September 1951-October 1952

Captain Robert L. Alexander: October 1952-October 1954

Captain Patrick J. Cowell: October 1954-October 1956

Captain C. Patrick Norman: October 1956-September 1958

Captain Ian L.M. McGeoch: September 1958-September 1959

Captain George O. Symonds: September 1959-July 1960

Captain Derrick G. Kent: July 1960-September 1962

Captain Iwan G. Raikes: September 1962-November 1964

Captain David Hepworth: November 1964-January 1967

Captain Stuart M.W. Farquharson-Roberts: January 1967-1969

Director of Torpedoes and Mining(from 1917)

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Edward S. Fitzherbert: April 1917-June 1918

Captain Frederick L.Field: June 1918-April 1920

Captain Albert P. Addison: April 1920-March 1922

Captain Leonard A.B.Donaldson: March 1922-May 1924

Captain Brien M. Money: May 1924-October 1926

Captain Arthur H. Walker: October 1926-December 1928

Captain Brian Egerton: December 1928-December 1931

Captain Henry R.Sawbridge: December 1931-April 1934

Captain William B. Mackenzie: April 1934-October 1935

Captain W.Frederic Wake-Walker: October 1935-January 1938

Captain John U.P.Fitzgerald: January 1938-February 1940

Captain Henry C. Phillips: February 1940-February 1942

Captain Gervase B. Middleton: February 1942-January 1943

Captain Anthony Fane de Salis: February 1943-November 1944

Captain William W. Davis: November 1944-September 1945

40

Deputy Director of Torpedoes and Mining(from 1919):

Captain Herbert N. Garnett: April 1919-January 1921

Captain Wion de M. Egerton: January 1921-November 1922

Captain Henry D. Bridges: November 1922-August 1924

Captain Patrick E. Parker: August 1924-September 1926

Captain Leonard F. Potter: September 1926-March 1929

Captain Charles O. Alexander: March 1929-September 1931

Captain John F.B. Carslake: September 1931-February 1936

Captain Gervase B. Middleton: February 1936-April 1938

Captain Norman V. Grace: May 1938-April 1940

Captain Gervase B. Middleton: April 1940-February 1942

Captain Edmund G. Abbott: December 1941-September 1944

Captain Anthony Fane de Salis: February 1942-February 1943

Captain Cecil R.L. Parry: September 1944-

41

Director, Naval Air Division(Naval Air Warfare (from 1924 until 1985):

Captain Thomas F.P.Calvert: February 1924-September 1926

Captain Cecil P.Talbot: September 1926-December 1928

Captain Isham W. Gibson: December 1928-March 1930

Captain Charles E. Turle: March 1930-March 1932

Captain Henry C.Rawlings: March 1932-July 1934

Captain Charles F.Harris: July 1934-January 1937

Captain Cosmo M. Graham: January 1937-February 1939

Captain Charles A.A. Larcom: February-November 1939

Captain Clement Moody: November 1939-September 1941

Captain A. Robin M. Bridge: September 1941-February 1943

Captain John P. Wright: February 1943-January 1945

Captain Guy Willoughby: January 1945-December 1946

Captain Ernest H. Shattock: December 1946-April 1950

Captain Charles L.G. Evans: April 1950-June 1951

Captain Arthur S. Bolt: June 1951-October 1953

Captain E. Duncan G. Lewin: October 1953-December 1954

Captain Frank H. E. Hopkins: December 1954-September 1956

Captain Dennis R.F. Cambell: September 1956-October 1957

Captain Richard E.N. Kearney: October 1957-December 1958

Captain Oswald N. Bailey: December 1958-October 1960

Captain Desmond Vincent-Jones: October 1960-January 1964

Captain George C. Baldwin: January 1964-May 1966

Captain John D. Treacher: May 1966-August 1968

Captain John O. Roberts: August 1968-January 1971

Captain Cecil E. Price: January 1971-October 1972

Captain Wilbert A. Tofts: October 1972-September 1973

Captain Alan J. Leahy: September 1973-August 1975

Captain John H. F. C. de Winton: August 1975-February 1978

Captain Linley E. Middleton: February 1978-June 1980

Captain Charles R.V. Doe: June 1980-January 1982

Captain D. Benjamin Bathurst: January 1982-September 1983

Captain Roger C. Dimmock: September 1983-January 1985

42

Deputy Director, Naval Air Division/Naval Air Warfare:

Captain Cosmo M. Graham: July 1936-January 1937

Captain Reginald H. Portal: January 1937-February 1938

Captain Gerald M.B. Langley: February 1938-November 1939

Captain Robert M. Ellis: November 1939-February 1941

Captain Edmund W. Anstice: February 1941-? 1942

Captain Barrington L. Moore: ? 1942-February 1943

Captain Arthur D. Torlesse: February 1943-July 1944

Captain Philip C.L. Yorke: July 1944-February 1946

Captain Alexander N.C. Bingley: February 1946-August 1948

Captain Edward O.F. Price: April 1948-April 1950

Captain George H. Beale: August 1948-August 1950

Captain Richard M. Smeeton: April 1950-August 1952

Captain Brian E.W. Logan: August 1950-October 1952

Captain F. Michael A. Torrens-Spence: August 1952-July 1954

Captain Arthur J.T. Roe: October 1952-May 1955

Captain John A. Ievers: July 1954-April 1957

Captain Alan S. Webb: May 1955-December 1956

Captain Richard E.N. Kearney: December 1956-April 1957

Captain T.W. Harrington: April 1957-May 1958

Captain John W. Collett: September 1957-1960

Captain Donald C.E.F. Gibson: May 1958-1960

Captain B.C. Godfrey Place: April 1960-February 1962

Captain Douglas G. Parker: June 1960-1961

Captain Eric M. Brown: February 1962-May 1964

Captain Raymond D. Lygo: May 1964-June 1966

Captain Roy W. Halliday: June 1966-February 1968

Captain Joseph J. Phillips: February 1968-March 1970

Captain Alan J. Leahy: March 1970-August 1971

Captain Wilbert A. Tofts: August 1971-October 1972

Captain Brian J. Williams: October 1972-February 1974

Captain Francis D. Stanley: February 1974-February 1975

Captain Christopher J. Isacke: February 1975-February 1977

Captain Anthony Casdagli: February 1977-March 1979

Captain Jack Worth: March 1979-June 1981

43

Director of Minesweeping:

Captain Lionel G. Preston: May 1917-1919

Captain Harold E. Morse: October 1939-June 1941

Captain the Hon. Robert O. Fitzroy: June 1941-July 1943

Captain John H.F. Crombie: August 1943-April 1946

Captain Reginald F. Nichols: April 1946-1947

Deputy Director of Minesweeping(from 1940):

Captain Robert O. Fitzroy: April 1940-June 1941

Captain Markham H. Evelegh: June 1941-May 1943

Captain John C. Maclean: May 1943-

Director of the Torpedo Division(from 1920 until 1928):

Rear-Admiral Arthur K. Waistell: April 1920-April 1922

Captain Stanley L. Willis: April 1922-August 1924

Captain Norton A. Sulivan: August 1924-July 1926

Captain Cyril St.C. Cameron: July 1926-June 1928

Captain Henry G. Thursfield: June-December 1928

Deputy Director of Torpedo Division(from 1920 until 1922):

Captain Gilbert O. Stephenson: April 1920-March 1921

Captain Frederick E.E.G. Schreiber: March 1921-April 1922

44

Director of Naval Training(Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel(Training) from 1951 until

1959; Director-General of Training from 1960 until 1969; Director-General, Naval

Manpower and Training from 1972 until 1994; Flag Officer, Training and Recruiting

from 1994 until 2007):

Rear-Admiral John W. Durnford: December 1944-August 1947

Rear-Admiral Philip Ruck-Keene: August 1947-July 1949

Rear-Admiral John F. Stevens: July 1949-August 1950

Rear-Admiral Charles F.W. Norris: August 1950-July 1952

Rear-Admiral Maxwell Richmond: July 1952-July 1954

Rear-Admiral Benjamin Bryant: July 1954-February 1957

Rear-Admiral R. Thomas Sandars: February 1957-August 1958

Rear-Admiral Norman E. Denning: August 1958-May 1959

Vice-Admiral Sir Norman E. Dalton: May 1959-April 1960

Vice-Admiral Sir Nigel S. Henderson: April 1960-July 1962

Rear-Admiral John M.D. Gray: July 1962-January 1965

Rear-Admiral Thomas H. Maxwell: January 1965-January 1967

Rear-Admiral George W. Gay: January 1967-1969

Vice-Admiral David Williams: April 1972-February 1974

Rear-Admiral Raymond D. Lygo: February 1974-June 1975

Vice-Admiral A. Desmond Cassidi: June 1975-December 1977

Vice-Admiral Sir Sir John S.C. Lea: December 1977-January 1980

Rear-Admiral Peter G.M. Herbert: January 1980-November 1981

Rear-Admiral Nicholas J.S. Hunt: November 1981-November 1983

Rear-Admiral Robert W.K. Gerken: November 1983-May 1985

Rear-Admiral D. Benjamin Bathurst: May 1985-November 1986

Rear-Admiral Brian T. Brown: November 1986-July 1988

Rear-Admiral Neville Purvis: July 1988-December 1990

Rear-Admiral Michael H.G. Layard: December 1990-March 1992

Rear-Admiral Nicholas J. Wilkinson: March 1992-April 1994

Rear-Admiral John P. Clarke: April 1994-January 1996

Rear-Admiral John H.S. McAnally: January 1996-July 1998

Rear-Admiral John Chadwick: July 1998-July 2001

Rear-Admiral Peter R. Davies: July 2001-September 2004

Rear-Admiral K. John Borley: September 2004-2007

45

Director of Naval Training(from 1955):

Captain James J.S. Yorke: December 1955-January 1958

Captain Derick H.F. Hetherington: January 1958-May 1959

Captain Morice G. Greig: May 1959-November 1961

Captain F. Brian P. Brayne-Nicholls: November 1961-July 1963

Captain Robert E. Lloyd: July 1963-May 1965

Captain Arfor R.E. Bishop: May 1965-February 1969

Captain David G. Roome: February 1969-April 1970

Captain Stanley L. McArdle: April 1970-December 1971

Captain Dennis K.L. Learmount: December 1971-March 1973

Captain Sefton R. Sandford: March 1973-April 1974

Captain George A.F. Bower: April 1974-October 1975

Captain Bruce M. Tobey: October 1975-October 1977

Captain Richard A. Stephens: October 1977-June 1980

Captain Kenneth A. Snow: June 1980-July 1983

Captain Jeremy M. Porter: July 1983-1985

Captain Roger Trussell: 1985-1986

Captain Peter H. Wright: 1986-October 1988

Captain David A.J. Blackburn: October 1988-1990

Deputy Director of Training(until 1955):

Captain G.David A. Gregory: January 1952-January 1954

Captain George D. Pound: January 1954-1955

46

Director of Personal Services(Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel(Personal Services) from

1943 until 1959; Director-General of Naval Personnel and Officer Appointments

from 1959 until 1966; Naval Personnel and Training from 1966 until 1972):

Rear-Admiral Arthur L. Snagge: March 1932-May 1934

Rear-Admiral James F. Somerville: May 1934-February 1936

Rear-Admiral Geoffrey Layton: February 1936-May 1938

Rear-Admiral Henry D. Pridham-Wippell: May 1938-May 1940

Rear-Admiral W. E. Campbell Tait: May 1940-November 1941

Rear-Admiral Harold T. C. Walker: November 1941-December 1943

Rear-Admiral Harold R. G. Kinahan: December 1943-November 1945

Rear-Admiral Michael M. Denny: November 1945-August 1947

Rear-Admiral Sir William G. Agnew: August 1947-October 1949

Rear-Admiral Frederick R. Parham: October 1949-July 1951

Rear-Admiral Dennis M. Lees: July 1951-January 1953

Rear-Admiral Hilary W. Biggs: January 1953-January 1955

Rear-Admiral Laurence G. Durlacher: January 1955-April 1957

Rear-Admiral George A. F. Norfolk: April 1957-July 1959

Rear-Admiral Christopher H. Hutchinson: July 1959-January 1962

Rear-Admiral Richard A.J. Owen: January 1962-February 1964

Rear-Admiral Anthony Woodifield: February 1964-July 1966

Rear-Admiral George C. Crowley: July 1966-September 1968

Rear-Admiral John E.L. Martin: September 1968-June 1970

Vice-Admiral Denis B.H. Wildish: June 1970-August 1972

Rear-Admiral Alan G. Watson: August 1972-October 1974

Rear-Admiral Thomas B. Homan: October 1974-January 1978

Vice-Admiral Thomas H.E. Baird: January 1978-September 1979

Rear-Admiral John F. Cadell: September 1979-November 1981

Rear-Admiral Kenneth D. E. Wilcockson: November 1981-December 1983

Rear-Admiral William A. Higgins: December 1983-January 1986

Rear-Admiral Brian T. Brown: January-November 1986

Rear-Admiral Anthony M. Norman: November 1986-February 1989

Rear-Admiral Douglas M. Dow: February 1989-1992

47

Deputy Chief of Naval Personnel(Officer Appointments) (until 1958):

Rear-Admiral Robert S. Warne: August 1951-March 1953

Rear-Admiral Malcolm W. St.L. Searle: March 1953-August 1955

Rear-Admiral Sir Charles E. Madden, Bt.: August 1955-May 1957

Rear-Admiral Deric D.E. Holland-Martin: May-October 1957

Rear-Admiral Charles L.G. Evans: October 1957-May 1959

Deputy Director of Personal Services(Personnel)(from 1932):

Captain William J. Whitworth: March 1932-July 1933

Captain Thomas B. Drew: July 1933-September 1935

Captain Daniel de Pass: September 1935-September 1937

Captain Marcel H.A. Kelsey: September 1937-January 1940

Captain Daniel de Pass: January 1940-April 1941

Captain William K.D. Dowding: April 1941-April 1943

Captain Casper S.B. Swinley: April 1943-June 1944

Captain John S.M. Mackenzie-Grieve: September 1944-1946

Director of Naval Personnel(until 2017):

Commodore Peter C. Wykeham-Martin: 1998-2000

Commodore Peter D. Hudson: October 2004-August 2005

Commodore Alan R. Rymer: December 2005-October 2007

Commodore David J.R. Dickens: November 2007-June 2009

Commodore Michael P. Mansergh: June 2009-January 2012

Commodore S. Jonathan Woodcock: January-September 2012

Commodore Ian J.P. Bisson: September 2012-January 2013

Commodore Michael E. Farrage: January 2013-May 2017

48

Director of Naval Personnel Strategy/Assistant Chief of Staff(People Capability from 2017:

Commodore Charles P.R. Montgomery: 2003-February 2006

Commodore Ian F. Corder: 2006-November 2008

Commodore Simon P. Williams: November 2008-January 2011

Commodore Paul M. Bennett: January 2011-February 2013

Brigadier Robert A. Magowan: March 2013-January 2015

Commodore Michael A.W. Bath: January 2015-2018

Director of Naval Service Conditions:

Captain Casper S.B. Swinley: June 1944-April 1945

Captain Leonard H. Bell: April 1945-December 1946

Captain Ralph Heathcote: December 1946-February 1949

Captain John F. Whitfield: February-October 1949

Captain Cecil C. Hardy: October 1949-April 1952

Captain Humphrey G. Scott: April 1952-June 1953

Captain Harry P. Koelle: June 1953-March 1955

Captain Jack K. Highton: March 1955-1957

Captain G.C. Wilson: April 1957-September 1960

Captain Horace C. Lyddon: September 1960-June 1962

Captain Henry S. Spittle: June 1962-May 1965

Captain Peter G. Lachlan: May 1965-February 1967

Captain Alastair J. Petrie-Hay: February 1967-September 1969

Captain Robert N. Heard: September 1969-March 1972

Captain Arthur W. Hemsted: March 1972-May 1974

Captain Brian K. Shattock: May 1974-February 1976

Captain Richard J. Bates: February 1976-May 1978

Captain Graham R. Lowden: May 1978-February 1980

Captain Anthony R. Barnden: February 1980-August 1981

Captain Peter H. Coward: August 1981-1983

Captain Keith S. Pitt: 1983-September 1985

Captain Graham Meredith: September 1985-October 1988

Captain Fabian M. Malbon: October 1988-1990

Captain Andrew S. Ritchie: 1990-1993

Captain Derek J. Anthony: 1993-1996

Commodore Barry Bryant: 1997–July 2001

Commodore Peter J. Wilkinson: July 2001-2003

49

Director of Mobilization(from 1909 until 1932; Manning from until 1973):

Rear-Admiral Herbert G. King-Hall: October 1909-October 1911

Rear-Admiral Alexander L. Duff: October 1911-October 1914

Captain Hugh F.P. Sinclair: October 1914-June 1916

Rear-Admiral Michael Culme-Seymour: June 1916-September 1918

Rear-Admiral Edmond Hyde Parker: September 1918-December 1920

Rear-Admiral George H.Baird: January 1921-January 1923

Rear-Admiral John W. L.McClintock: January 1923-December 1924

Rear-Admiral Robert N.Bax: December 1924-December 1926

Rear-Admiral Rudolf M.Burmester: December 1926-December 1928

Rear-Admiral Edward A.Astley-Rushton: December 1928-December 1930

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Reginald A.R.Plunkett-

Ernle-Erle-Drax: December 1930-March 1932

Captain Charles P. Clarke: March 1946-January 1948

Captain Hugh St. L. Nicolson: January-November 1948

Captain George E. Fardell: November 1948-March 1950

Captain Royston H. Wright: March 1950-December 1951

Captain Roger S. Wellby: December 1951-December 1953

Captain Nigel H.G. Austen: December 1953-December 1955

Captain Lionel W. L. Argles: December 1955-December 1957

Captain Godfrey B. Teale: December 1957-May 1960

Captain Peter J. Wyatt: May 1960-September 1961

Captain Hugo H. Bracken: September 1961-December 1963

Captain Henry R. Hewlett: December 1963-September 1965

Captain Ronald C.C. Greenlees: September 1965-January 1968

Captain Barrie H. Kent: January 1968-March 1970

Captain John L. Spanyol: March 1970-1973

50

Director of Naval Recruiting:

Captain Harold Drew: October 1946-July 1948

Captain Godfrey N. Brewer: October 1948-December 1950

Captain Thomas L. Bratt: December 1950-June 1952

Captain George C. Blundell: June 1952-December 1956

Captain Douglas H.R. Bromley: December 1956-August 1958

Captain George O. Roberts: August 1958-August 1960

Captain Rupert C.P. Wainwright: August 1960-October 1962

Captain George H. Evans: October 1962-August 1964

Captain Alan R. Aldous: August 1964-January 1966

Captain C. Courtenay Anderson: January 1966-January 1969

Captain Michael W. Sylvester: January 1969-December 1971

Captain Maurice J. Button: December 1971-November 1974

Captain Peter B. Hogg: November 1974-October 1976

Captain W. Duncan Lang: October 1976-April 1978

Captain John K. Robertson: April 1978-October 1979

Captain Michael A. Vallis: October 1979-1982

51

Director of Naval Ordnance(until 1958):

Rear-Admiral Astley Cooper Key: September 1866-July 1869

Captain Arthur W.A. Hood: July 1869-May 1874

Rear-Admiral Henry Boys: May 1874-May 1878

Rear-Admiral Richard Vesey Hamilton: June 1878-March 1880

Rear-Admiral Frederick A. Herbert: April 1880-April 1883

Rear-Admiral John O. Hopkins: April 1883-November 1886

Rear-Admiral John A. Fisher: November 1886-May 1891

Rear-Admiral Compton E. Domvile: May 1891-March 1894

Captain Henry C. Kane: March 1894-August 1897

Rear-Admiral Edmund Jeffreys: August 1897-January 1901

Captain William H. May: January-April 1901

Rear-Admiral Angus Macleod: April 1901-January 1904

Rear-Admiral Henry D. Barry: January 1904-February 1905

Rear-Admiral John R. Jellicoe: February 1905-August 1907

Captain Reginald H.S. Bacon: August 1907-December 1909

Captain Archibald G.H.W. Moore: December 1909-June 1912

Captain Frederick C.T.Tudor: June 1912-August 1914

Captain Morgan Singer: August 1914-March 1917

Captain Frederic C.Dreyer: March 1917-June 1918

Captain Henry R. Crooke: June 1918-September 1920

Captain Roger R.C.Backhouse: September 1920-December 1922

Captain Joseph C.W.Henley: December 1922-May 1925

Captain Charles M. Forbes: July 1925-July 1928

Captain Julian F.C.Patterson: July 1928-April 1931

Captain F. Thomas B. Tower: April 1931-July 1933

Captain Bruce A. Fraser: July 1933-March 1936

Captain Charles E. B. Simeon: March 1936-May 1939

Captain John C. Leach: May 1939-January 1941

Captain William R. Slayter: January-August 1941

Captain Oliver Bevir: August 1941-March 1944

Captain Charles H. L. Woodhouse: March 1944-February 1946

Captain Dennis M. Lees: February 1946-December 1948

Captain Henry A. King: December 1948-June 1951

Captain William J. Yendell: June 1951-March 1954

Captain John G. Hamilton: March 1954-March 1956

Captain Richard E. Washbourn: March 1956-May 1958

Rear-Admiral Gilbert C. de Jersey: May-July 1958

52

Deputy Director of Naval Ordnance(from 1919):

Captain Cecil V. Usborne: January 1919-May 1921

Captain Roger R.C. Backhouse: August-September 1920

Captain G.T. Carlisle P. Swabey: May 1921-October 1923

Captain George R.B. Blount: October 1923-August 1925

Captain Charles A. Scott: August 1925-April 1928

Captain A. Ramsay Dewar: April 1928-September 1929

Captain Frank Elliott: September 1929-March 1932

Captain A. Francis Pridham: March 1932-April 1933

Captain Eric R. Bent: April 1933-October 1934

Captain Gerard W.T. Robertson: October 1934-March 1936

Captain Harold R.G. Kinahan: March 1936-June 1937

Captain Francis W.H. Jeans: June 1937-July 1938

Captain Michael M. Denny: July 1938-March 1940

Captain William R. Slayter: March 1940-January 1941

Captain Frederick R. Parham: January 1941-August 1942

Captain Patrick V. McLaughlin: August 1942-March 1943

Captain Robert F. Elkins: March 1943-November 1944

Captain Kenneth L. Harkness: April 1943-February 1945

Captain Henry N.S. Brown: February 1945-October 1947

Captain Alan F. Campbell: September 1946-September 1948

Captain Thomas V. Briggs: October 1947-1949

Captain William J. Lamb: September 1948-1950

Captain Desmond P. Dreyer: July 1949-September 1952

Captain Richard E. Washbourn: September 1950-1953

Captain F.W.R. Larken: September 1952-November 1955

Captain Thomas W. Best: November 1955-

53

Director of Naval Equipment(until 1939; Vice-Controller from 1939; and Deputy/Vice-

Controller of the Navy from 1946 until 1957):

Rear-Admiral Arthur W.Waymouth: September 1912-December 1914

Rear-Admiral Clement Greatorex: December 1914-October 1917

Rear-Admiral Edward M. Phillpotts: October 1917-May 1920

Rear-Admiral Edward F. Bruen: May 1920-May 1922

Rear-Admiral Douglas L.Dent: May 1922-May 1924

Rear-Admiral Arthur A.M.Duff: May 1924-May 1926

Rear-Admiral Henry W.Parker: May 1926-May 1928

Rear-Admiral Joseph C.W.Henley: May 1928-February 1930

Rear-Admiral Harold O. Reinold: February 1930-January 1931

Rear-Admiral Percy L. H. Noble: January 1931-November 1932

Rear-Admiral Cecil P. Talbot: November 1932-December 1934

Rear-Admiral St.Aubyn B.Wake: December 1934-December 1936

Vice-Admiral F. Thomas B. Tower: December 1936-July 1944

Vice-Admiral Sir Henry C. Phillips: July 1944-June 1947

Rear-Admiral Matthew S. Slattery: May 1945-January 1948 (Vice-Controller

Air))

Rear-Admiral Geoffrey A.B. Hawkins: June 1947-October 1949

Rear-Admiral Lachlan D. Mackintosh: January 1948-February 1950 (Vice-

Controller(Air))

Rear-Admiral C.Aubrey L. Mansergh: October 1949-June 1950

Rear-Admiral E.M. Conolly Abel Smith: February 1950-1953 (Vice-Controller(Air))

Rear-Admiral John Hughes-Hallett: June 1950-June 1952

Rear-Admiral Gerald V. Gladstone: June 1952-October 1953

Rear-Admiral Guy B. Sayer: October 1953-April 1956

Rear-Admiral Nicholas A. Copeman: April 1956-April 1957

Captain Maurice L. Hardie: April 1957-February 1959

Captain John P. Scatchard: February 1959-September 1960

Captain George E. Hunt: September 1960-January 1963

Captain Geoffrey J. Kirkby: January 1963-January 1965

Captain J. Anthony R. Troup: January-July 1965

Captain J. Ernle Pope: July 1965-January 1967

Captain Thomas W. Stocker: January 1967-August 1968

Captain Roger E.S. Wykes-Sneyd: August 1968-May 1970

Captain Darby E.P. George: May 1970-August 1971

Captain Ian S.S. Mackay: August 1971-April 1974

Captain John F. Kidd: July 1974-August 1976

Captain D. John Mackenzie: August 1976-August 1978

54

Commodore John A.B. Thomas: August 1978-March 1982

Commodore James W.F. Briggs: March 1982-April 1984

Captain Colin A.F. Buchanan: April 1984-1985

Deputy Controller of the Navy:

Rear-Admiral James W.S. Dorling: August 1939-April 1941

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles E.B.Simeon: April 1941-March 1946

Rear-Admiral Alexander C.G. Madden: March 1946-June 1948

Rear-Admiral C. Aubrey L. Mansergh: June 1948-October 1949

Rear-Admiral John W. Cuthbert: February 1951-June 1953

Rear-Admiral Robin L.F. Durnford-Slater: June 1953-February 1956

Rear-Admiral Peter Dawnay: February 1956-January 1958

Rear-Admiral Thomas V. Briggs: January-? 1958

Deputy Director of Naval Equipment:

Captain Hugh A.C. Dick: February 1940-December 1943

Captain Hon. Oswald W. Cornwallis: December 1943-January 1945

Captain Gerald O.C. Davies: January 1945-August 1946

Captain William P. McCarthy: August 1946-August 1948

Captain S. Brian De Courcy-Ireland: August 1948-March 1951

Captain Charles W. Greening: March 1951-August 1952

Captain Howard F. Bone: August 1952-July 1954

Captain Richard L.S. Gaisford: July 1954-August 1955

Captain William W. Stewart-Fitzroy: December 1954-1956

Captain Richard L.H. Marsh: August 1955-1957

Captain Thomas N. Catlow: 1958-July 1959

Captain Ian S. McIntosh: July 1959-July 1961

Captain Frederick W. Hayden: July 1961-July 1963

Captain J. Anthony R. Troup: July 1963-January 1965

Captain B.F.P. (Peter) Samborne: January 1965-April 1967

Captain Thomas H.E. Baird: April 1967-June 1969

Captain Peter G.M. Herbert: June 1969-June 1970

Captain Robin J.P. Heath: June 1970-1973

Captain Kenneth H. Mills: December 1974-December 1977

Captain C. Grant: December 1977-March 1980

Captain Alan J.B. Laybourne: March 1980-April 1982

55

Director of Signals:

Captain Rudolf M. Burmester: November 1919-April 1920

Captain John K. im Thurn: April 1920-July 1921

Captain Henry K.Kitson: July 1921-February 1923

Captain Raymond Fitzmaurice: February 1923-February 1925

Captain James F.Somerville: February 1925-February 1927

Captain Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis: February 1927-March 1930

Captain James W.S.Dorling: March 1930-April 1932

Captain Arthur J. L. Murray: April 1932-September 1934

Captain Guy W.Hallifax: September 1934-October 1935

Captain W. Tofield Makeig-Jones: October 1935-September 1937

Captain Philip F. Glover: September 1937-March 1942

Rear-Admiral Cedric S. Holland: March 1942-November 1943

Rear-Admiral L. Vaughan Morgan: November 1943-October 1945

Captain John R.S. Haines: October 1945-April 1947

Captain Gilbert R. Waymouth: April 1947-September 1949

Captain Ralph G. Swallow: September 1949-December 1951

Captain Roy S. Foster-Brown: December 1951-February 1954

Captain Alwyn D. Lenox-Conyngham: February 1954-November 1955

Captain Robert F. T. Stannard: November 1955-November 1957

Captain Christopher A. James: November 1957-November 1959

Captain Edward T.L. Dunsterville: November 1959-March 1960

Captain W. John Parker: March 1960-November 1961

Captain John R.G. Trechman: November 1961-January 1965

Captain North E.F. Dalrymple-Hamilton: January 1965-October 1966

Captain Christopher B.H. Wake-Walker: October 1966-December 1968

Captain J. Ernle Pope: December 1968-July 1969

Captain Douglas A. Poynter: July 1969-February 1972

Captain Harry R. Keate: February 1972-January 1974

Captain Richard D. Franklin: January 1974-August 1975

Captain William T.T. Pakenham: August 1975-October 1977

Captain Michael J.L. Freeman: September 1977-February 1979

Captain Hugh M. Balfour: February 1979-July 1981

Captain Anthony R.Wood: July 1981-July 1983

Captain Nigel I.C. Kettlewell: July 1983-1986

Captain Jeremy T. Sanders: April 1989-1990

Captain B. Brian Perowne: 1990-1992

56

Deputy Director of Signals:

Captain Patrick W.B. Brooking: August 1939-July 1941

Captain Francis J. Wylie: July 1941-March 1943

Captain Charles L. Firth: July 1941-May 1943

Captain Sir Philip W. Bowyer-Smith, Bt.: November 1941-October 1943

Captain J.Peter L. Reid: March 1943-December 1944

Captain Herbert F.H. Layman: February 1944-1945

Captain Charles L. Firth: December 1944-December 1945

Captain Laurence G. Durlacher: December 1945-March 1948

Captain Peter Dawnay: March 1948-March 1950

Captain Earl Cairns: March 1950-March 1952

Captain Edward T.L. Dunsterville: March 1952-March 1954

Captain Charles P. Mills: March 1954-April 1956

Captain Christopher A. James: April 1956-November 1957

Captain Robert R.B. Mackenzie: November 1957-December 1959

Captain Ian F. Sommerville: December 1959-February 1961

Captain the Hon. David P. Seely: February 1961-August 1963

Captain Douglas A. Poynter: August 1963-August 1965

Captain Cameron Rusby: August 1965-November 1967

Captain Stephen F. Berthon: November 1967-February 1969

Captain Peter C. Prince: February 1969-December 1971

Captain John B.D. Miller: December 1971-

57

Director of Navigation(until 1968):

Captain Philip Nelson-Ward: December 1912-August 1916

Captain John A. Webster: August 1916-August 1919

Captain John E.T.Harper: August 1919-November 1921

Captain Frederick P.Loder Symonds: November 1921-November 1923

Captain the Hon.Arthur C.Strutt: November 1923-November 1925

Captain Alfred H.Norman: November 1925-November 1927

Captain Oswald H. Dawson: November 1927-January 1930

Captain Kenelm E. L. Creighton: January 1930-December 1931

Captain James D. Campbell: December 1931-September 1933

Captain John W.Clayton: September 1933-September 1935

Captain William G. Benn: September 1935-June 1938

Captain Charles E. Morgan: June 1938-October 1940

Captain Ronald G. Bowes-Lyon: October 1940-June 1942

Rear-Admiral William G. Benn: June 1942-December 1945

Captain Richard W. Ravenhill: December 1945-December 1947

Captain Francis B. Lloyd: December 1947-December 1949

Captain Wilfred G. Brittain: December 1949-December 1951

Captain Earle H. Thomas: December 1951-January 1954

Captain Maurice E. Butler-Bowden: January 1954-December 1956

Captain John E. Jowitt: December 1956-October 1958

Captain Donald McEwen: October 1958-January 1961

Captain Colin D. Madden: January 1961-March 1962

Captain John W.H. Bennett: March 1962-June 1964

Captain David N. Forbes: June 1964-December 1965

Captain John S. Le Blanc Smith: December 1965-1968

Deputy Director of Navigation(until 1968):

Captain Charles P. Coke: November 1951-June 1953

Captain Peter J. Norton: June 1953-June 1955

Captain Graham J.A. Lumsden: June 1955-June 1957

Captain Anthony T.F.G. Griffin: June 1957-June 1959

Captain Robert H. Graham: June 1959-June 1961

Captain Martin S. Ollivant: June 1961-June 1965

Captain John K. Stevens: June 1965-July 1967

Captain David T. Smith: July 1967-1968

58

Director of Naval Public Relations/Corporate Communications (Navy)(until 2004):

Captain Kenneth J. Douglas-Morris: March 1970-March 1971

Captain Raymond D. Lygo: March 1971-January 1972

Captain Kenneth A. Crawley: January 1972-September 1974

Captain Keith A. Leppard: September 1974-May 1977

Captain Derek C. Blacker: May 1977-December 1979

Captain Frederick A.Collins: December 1979-April 1982

Captain Ian B. Sutherland: April 1982-1984

Captain Guy F. Liardet: 1984-1986

Captain Anthony G.M.A. Provest: 1986-1989

Captain Christopher J. Esplin-Jones: June 1992-November 1994

Captain C.R. Beagley: November 1994-1996

Commodore Barry Leighton: August 1996-1998

Commodore Hugh A.H.G. Edleston: 1998-December 2000

Commodore Richard D. Leaman: December 2000-December 2002

Commodore Anthony J. Rix: January-November 2003

Commodore Allan A. S. Adair: November 2003-2004

59

Naval Assistant to First Sea Lord:

Captain Charles E. Madden: December 1905-August 1907

Captain Archibald G.H.W. Moore: August 1907-December 1908

Captain Henry F. Oliver: December 1908-January 1912

Captain Charles M. de Bartolome: January 1912-August 1914

Captain T. Percy H. Beamish: August-October 1914

Captain Thomas E. Crease: October 1914-May 1915

Captain A. Dudley P.R. Pound: January-October 1915

Captain Allan F. Everett: July 1915-December 1916

Captain Edward M. Phillpotts: December 1916-October 1917

Captain John P.R. Marriott: April 1918-November 1919

Captain Roger M. Bellairs: November 1919-October 1925

Captain Sidney R. Bailey: October 1925-November 1927

Captain William M. James: November 1927-March 1929

Captain Herbert Fitzherbert: March 1929-? 1930

Captain Guy Grantham: June 1939-May 1940

Captain Cecil C.A.Allen: May 1940-May 1941

Captain John W.A. Waller: May 1941-March 1942

Captain Francis H.W. Goolden: March 1942-February 1943

Captain Geoffrey Thistleton-Smith: February 1943-January 1945

Captain George K. Collett: January 1945-February 1946

Captain Sir Charles E. Madden, Bt.: February 1946-July 1947

Captain Walter A. Adair: July 1947-September 1948

Captain Christopher T. Jellicoe: September 1948-September 1950

Captain Peter W. Gretton: September 1950-May 1952

Captain Charles W. Malins: May 1952-April 1954

Captain F. Brian P. Brayne-Nicholls: April 1954-December 1955

Captain Peter N. Howes: December 1955-December 1957

Captain L. Derek Empson: December 1957-August 1959

Captain J. Anthony R. Troup: August 1959-August 1961

Captain David Williams: August 1961-January 1964

Captain David G. Roome: January 1964-March 1966

Captain Michael R. Collins: March 1966-April 1968

Captain Martin La T. Wemyss: April 1968-1970

Captain John F. Cadell: 1970-August 1972

Captain David G. Armytage: August 1972-July 1974

Captain Richard G.A. Fitch: July 1974-May 1976

Captain D. Benjamin Bathurst: May 1976-June 1978

Captain John F. Coward: June 1978-June 1980

60

Captain George M. Tullis: June 1980-January 1983

Captain John F.S. Trinder: January 1983-September 1984

Captain Thomas M. Le Marchand: September 1984-August 1986

Captain Peter M. Franklyn: August 1986-April 1988

Captain William C. McKnight: April-December 1988

Captain R. John Lippiett: December 1988-1990

Captain Michael G. Wood: 1991-1992

Captain A. James G. Miller: 199 -

Captain Ian F. Corder: 1999-2001

Captain James A. Morse: 2002-November 2004

Captain Jeremy J.F. Blunden: November 2004-November 2006

Commander William N. Entwisle: 200 -200

Captain James D. Morley: 2009-2010

Commander Iain S. Lower: 201 -201

Commander David J.D. Dominy: September 2012-September 2014

61

Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord(Director of Seamen Officer Appointments from 1957

until ):

Captain Robert F. Scott: March-December 1909

Captain William O. Boothby: December 1909-March 1911

Captain Cecil F. Lambert: March 1911-July 1912

Captain Edward M. Phillpotts: July 1912-March 1915

Captain the Hon. Hubert G. Brand: March 1915-June 1916

Captain Henry T. Buller: June 1916-April 1918

Captain the Hon. Herbert Meade: April 1918-March 1919

Captain Alexander Lowndes: March 1919-September 1920

Captain Arthur J. Davies: September 1920-August 1922

Captain Theodore J.Hallett: August 1922-August 1924

Captain Arthur F. E.Bedford: August 1924-July 1926

Captain Robin C. Dalglish: July 1926-June 1928

Captain F.Burges Watson: June 1928-July 1930

Captain John C.Tovey: July 1930-March 1932

Captain G.Frederick B.Edward-Collins: March 1932-December 1934

Captain H. Evelyn C.Blagrove: December 1934-April 1937

Captain John G.Crace: April 1937-August 1939

Captain Claud B. Barry: August 1939-October 1940

Captain Leslie H.Ashmore: October 1940-April 1942

Captain Alexander C.G.Madden: April 1942-October 1944

Captain the Hon. Guy H.E.Russell: October 1944-October 1945

Captain H. Geoffrey Norman: October 1945-June 1947

Captain St.John A. Micklethwait: June 1947-December 1949

Captain Ballin I. Robertshaw: December 1949-December 1951

Captain Sir St.John R.J. Tyrwhitt, Bt.: December 1951-June 1953

Captain Michael S. Townsend: June 1953-December 1955

Captain Edmund N.V. Currey: December 1955-April 1958

Captain George I.M. Balfour: April 1958-November 1959

Captain John H. Walwyn: November 1959-June 1962

Captain Dudley L. Davenport: June 1962-June 1964

Captain Ian W. Jamieson: June 1964-July 1966

Captain Martin N. Lucey: July 1966-September 1968

Captain Ronald W. Forrest: September 1968-June 1970

Captain Peter W. Buchanan: June 1970-July 1972

Captain Ian R. Bowden: July 1972-August 1974

Captain Paul W. Greening: August 1974-July 1976

Captain David W. Brown: July 1976-June 1978

62

Captain Anthony M.G. Pearson: June 1978-January 1980

Captain W. Richard S. Thomas: January 1980-February 1983

Captain Norman R.D. King; February 1983-July 1984

Captain Michael C. Cole: July 1984-October 1986

Captain John F.S. Trinder: October 1986-March 1989

Captain Peter G.J. Murison: March 1989-

Captain Peter M. Franklyn: 1993-1994

Naval Assistant to the Naval Secretary:

Captain Peter E. Fanshawe: February 1963-August 1966

Captain Evelyn F. Hamilton-Meikle: August 1966-September 1970

Captain David V. Morgan: September 1970-February 1975

Captain James W. M. Pertwee: February 1975-February 1979

Captain Michael C.M. Mansergh: February 1979-February 1982

Captain Charles E.T. Baker: February 1982-January 1985

Captain Gordon F. Walwyn: January 1985-1988

Captain John Hall: 1988-

Commodore Malcolm B. Avery: January 2006 –January 2008

Commodore Paul H. Robinson: January 2008–July 2009

Commodore David J. R. Dickens: July 2009-September 2011

Commodore M. Rupert B. Wallace: September 2011-October 2013

Commodore Ross Albon: October 2013-

Commodore, Contract-Built Ships:

Commodore Richard L.H. Marsh: May 1957-October 1962

Commodore Roland C. Watkin: October 1962-April 1966

Commodore Thomas N. Catlow: April 1966-October 1969

Commodore Denis Jermain: October 1969-April 1973

Commodore George A. de G. Kitchin: April 1973-April 1976

Commodore Harry R. Keate: April 1976-1978

63

Commodore, Naval Drafting:

Commodore George B. Rowe: April 1957-February 1958

Commodore Ralph W.F. Northcott: February 1958-November 1960

Commodore Raymond Hart: November 1960-December 1962

Commodore Rupert C.T. Wainwright: December 1962-September 1964

Commodore Denis B.H. Wildish: September 1964-June 1966

Commodore James P.K.Harkness: June 1966-October 1969

Commodore Peter K.C. Harris: October 1969-December 1971

Commodore Paul W. Greening: December 1971-February 1974

Commodore Geoffrey C. Lloyd: February 1974-December 1975

Captain John W.T. Walters: December 1975-March 1978

Captain Peter Hames: March 1978-March 1980

Captain Christopher J. Phillips: March 1980-March 1982

Captain Neil A.D. Grant: March 1982-September 1984

Captain J. Patrick W. Middleton: September 1984-March 1987

Captain Roger H.C. Hepinstall: March 1987-1988

Chief, Strategic Systems Executive(from 1980):

Rear-Admiral John S. Grove: 1980-1985

Rear-Admiral John S. Cooper: 1985-1988

Rear-Admiral Ian H. Pirnie: 1988-1992

Rear-Admiral Richard O. Irwin: 1992-1995

Rear-Admiral Paul A.M. Thomas: 1995-1998

Geoffrey N. Beaven: 1998-

Commodore Ian F. Corder: November 2004-April 2006

Commodore David J. Jarvis: April 2006-November 2008

Rear-Admiral Stephen R. Lloyd: November 2008-July 2012

Rear-Admiral Mark A. Beverstock: July 2012-November 2014

Rear-Admiral Keith A. Beckett: November 2014-

64

(b) HOME COMMANDS INDEX:

Air (Home)/ Naval Air Command, Flag Officer: page 86

Chief of Staff/Commodore, Naval Aviation: page 87

Air Station, R.N., Brawdy (“Goldcrest”), Captain of: page 127

Air Station, R.N., Culdrose (“Seahawk”), Captain of: page 126

Air Station, R.N., Lossiemouth (“Fulmar”), Captain of: page 127

Air Station, R.N., Portland (“Osprey”)/Anti-Submarine

Establishment, Captain of: page 123

Air Station, R.N., Yeovilton (“Heron”), Captain of: page 124

Aircraft Carriers/Carriers and Amphibious Ships, Flag Officer: page 84

Chief Staff Officer: page 85

Carrier Strike, Capability Director: page 85

Chatham, Naval Depot, Captain/R.N. Barracks, Commodore: page 119

Chatham, H.M. Dockyard, Admiral Superintendent/Flag

Officer, Medway: page 108

Captain of the Dockyard: page 110

Chatham Dockyard Reserve/Medway Steam Reserve, Captain: page 111

Clyde Submarine Base, Commodore: page 122

Coast Guard Districts, Captains-

Buncrana: page 100

Eastern: page 97

Humber: page 98

Irish Sea: page 99

Kingstown: page 99

Nore: page 99

North of Ireland: page 98

North of Scotland: page 98

Plymouth: page 99

Portsmouth: page 99

Queenstown: page 99

Rosyth: page 98

Scottish: page 96

South of Ireland: page 98

Southern: page 97

Western: page 97

Devonport, Naval Depot, Captain/R.N. Barracks, Commodore: page 119

Devonport, Fleet Reserve, Captain: page 96

65

Devonport, H.M. Dockyard, Admiral Superintendent: page 105


Devonport Dockyard /Steam Reserve, Captain: page 107

Home Command, Naval, C.-in-C. (see C.-in-C., Portsmouth

and Second Sea Lord-page 7)

Ireland, Coast of, C.-in-C.: page 82

Chief of Staff: page 83

Medway, Flag Officer (see Chatham Dockyard)

Medway, Fleet Reserve, Captain: page 96

Nore, The, C.-in-C.: page 75

Flag Captain/Chief of Staff: page 77

Northern Ireland, Senior Naval Officer: page 83

Orkneys and Shetlands, C.in-C.: page 82

Pembroke Dockyard, Captain of: page 116

Plymouth (Devonport), C.-in-C./Flag Officer: page 71


Plymouth, Naval Base, Commander (see Devonport Naval Depot)

Portland, Dockyard, Captain of/Senior Naval Officer, Portland: page 115

Portsmouth, C.-in-C.: page 66


Portsmouth, Flag Officer (see H.M. Dockyard)

Portsmouth, Naval Depot, Captain/R.N. Barracks, Commodore/

Naval Base, Commander: page 117

Portsmouth Dockyard Reserve/Steam Reserve, Captain: page 104

Portsmouth, Fleet Reserve, Captain: page 95

Portsmouth, H.M. Dockyard, Admiral Superintendant: page 101


Reserves, Admiral Commanding: page 92

Assistant/Chief Staff Officer: page 94

Rosyth, C.-in-C. (see Scotland and Northern Ireland)

Rosyth, H.M. Dockyard, Admiral Superintendent/Port Admiral: page 113


Royal Yachts, Flag Officer: page 100

Scotland, Coast of, C.-in-C. (see Rosyth)

Scotland and Northern Ireland, Flag Officer: page 79

Chief of Staff/Chief Staff Officer: page 81

Sheerness Dockyard, Captain of: page 112

Submarines, Flag Officer: page 88

Chief of Staff/Chief Staff Officer: page 90

Western Approaches, C.-in-C. (see Coast of Ireland)

66

Commander-in-Chief. Portsmouth(Naval Home Command from 1969 until 2012; and Second Sea

Lord from 1994):

Admiral Sir Henry W. Bruce: March 1860-March 1863

Admiral Sir Michael Seymour: March 1863-March 1866

Admiral Sir Thomas S. Pasley, Bt.: March 1866-February 1869

Admiral Sir James Hope: February 1869-March 1872

Admiral Sir George R. Mundy: March 1872-March 1875

Admiral Sir George A. Elliot: March 1875-March 1878

Admiral Edward G. Fanshawe: March 1878-November 1879

Admiral Alfred P. Ryder: November 1879-November 1882

Admiral Sir Geoffrey T.Phipps Hornby: November 1882-November 1885

Admiral Sir George O.Willes: November 1885-June 1888

Admiral Sir John E. Commerell: June 1888-June 1891

Admiral the Earl of Clanwilliam: June 1891-June 1894

Admiral Sir Nowell Salmon: June 1894-August 1897

Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bt.: August 1897-October 1900

Admiral Sir Charles F. Hotham: October 1900-August 1903

Admiral Sir John A. Fisher: August 1903-March 1904

Admiral Sir Archibald L. Douglas: March 1904-March 1907

Admiral Sir Day H.Bosanquet: March 1907-March 1908

Admiral Sir Arthur D.Fanshawe: March 1908-April 1910

Admiral the Hon. Sir Assheton G.Curzon-Howe: April 1910-March 1911

Admiral Sir Arthur W. Moore: March 1911-July 1912

Admiral of the Fleet the Hon. Sir Hedworth Meaux: July 1912-March 1916

Admiral the Hon. Sir Stanley C. J. Colville: March 1916-March 1919

Admiral Sir Cecil Burney: March 1919-April 1920

Admiral the Hon. Sir Somerset A. Gough-Calthorpe: April 1920-April 1923

Admiral Sir Sydney R. Fremantle: April 1923-April 1926

Admiral Sir Osmond de B. Brock: April 1926-April 1929

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger J. B. Keyes, Bt.: April 1929-May 1931

Admiral Sir Arthur K. Waistell: June 1931-January 1934

Admiral Sir John D. Kelly: January 1934-July 1936

Admiral Sir William W. Fisher: July 1936-June 1937

Admiral of the Fleet the Earl of Cork and Orrery: July 1937-June 1939

Admiral Sir William M. James: June 1939-October 1942

Admiral Sir Charles J. C. Little: October 1942-February 1945

Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton: March 1945-May 1947

Admiral Lord Fraser of North Cape: May 1947-July 1948

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Algernon U. Willis: July 1948-September 1950

67

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur J. Power: September 1950-September 1952

Admiral Sir John H. Edelsten: September 1952-September 1954

Admiral of the Fleet Sir George E. Creasy: September 1954-July 1957

Admiral Sir Guy Grantham: July 1957-March 1959

Admiral Sir Manley L. Power: March 1959-October 1961

Admiral Sir Alexander N. C. Bingley: October 1961-February 1963

Admiral Sir Wilfrid J.W. Woods: February 1963-August 1965

Admiral Sir Varyl C. Begg: August 1965-March 1966

Admiral Sir Frank H.E. Hopkins: March 1966-November 1967

Admiral Sir John B. Frewen: November 1967-March 1970

Admiral Sir Horace R. Law: March 1970-May 1972

Admiral Sir Andrew M. Lewis: May 1972-July 1974

Admiral Sir L. Derek Empson: July 1974-November 1975

Admiral Sir Terence T. Lewin: November 1975-March 1977

Admiral Sir David Williams: March 1977-March 1979

Admiral Sir Richard P. Clayton: March 1979-July 1981

Admiral Sir James H.F. Eberle: July 1981-December 1982

Admiral Sir A. Desmond Cassidi: December 1982-October 1985

Admiral Sir Peter M. Stanford: October 1985-October 1987

Admiral Sir John F. Woodward: October 1987-October 1989

Admiral Sir J. Jeremy Black: October 1989-March 1991

Admiral Sir John B. Kerr: March 1991-March 1994

Admiral Sir Michael H.G. Layard: March 1994-March 1995

(see Second Sea Lord)

68

Flag Captain/Chief of Staff, /Naval Home Command:

Captain Robert Coote: March 1860-March 1863

Captain Francis Scott: March 1863-March 1866

Captain the Hon. Francis Egerton: March 1866-August 1867

Captain F. Beauchamp P. Seymour: August 1867-December 1868

Captain George Le G. Bowyear: December 1868-March 1869

Captain Richard W. Courtenay: March-June 1869

Captain George Hancock: June 1869-March 1872

Captain the Hon. Henry C. Glyn: March 1872-March 1875

Captain Francis W. Sullivan: March 1875-October 1876

Captain the Hon. Walter C. Carpenter: October 1876-July 1879

Captain Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bt.: July 1879-May 1882

Captain Charles J. Rowley: May 1882-October 1884

Captain Philip H. Colomb: October 1884-May 1886

Captain Edward H.Seymour: May 1886-December 1887

Captain Robert Woodward: December 1887-January 1891

Captain Henry St. L. Bury Palliser: January-December 1891

Captain Henry C. Kane: December 1891-February 1894

Captain Wollaston C. Karslake: February 1894-May 1897

Captain William H. May: May-August 1897

Captain Francis C.B. Bridgeman: August 1897-October 1900

Captain Edward P. Jones: October 1900-May 1903

Captain Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot: May 1903-March 1905

Captain Spencer H.M. Login: March-May 1905

Captain Richard F. Phillimore: May 1905-February 1907

Captain Archibald G.H.W. Moore: February-August 1907

Captain William H. Baker-Baker: September 1907-March 1908

Captain Edmond Hyde Parker: March 1908-April 1910

Captain John de M. Hutchison: May 1910-March 1911

Captain Edwyn S.Alexander-Sinclair: March 1911-August 1913

Captain Richard G.A.W. Stapleton-Cotton: September 1913-August 1916

Captain Francis A. Marten: October 1916-August 1917

Captain Thomas L. Goldie: August-October 1917

Captain Francis H. Mitchell: October 1917-October 1918

Captain Anselan J.B. Stirling: November 1918-April 1919

Captain Colin Mackenzie: April 1919-August 1920

Captain Fawcet Wray: September-October 1920

Captain Rudolf M. Burmester: April 1920-April 1922

Captain Colin K. Maclean: June 1922-August 1924

69

Captain Gilbert O.Stephenson: September 1924-July 1926

Captain Francis G.G.Chilton: August 1926-April 1928

Captain Max K. Horton: April 1928-April 1930

Captain the Hon. E. Rupert Drummond: April 1930-April 1932

Captain William P.Mark-Wardlaw: April 1932-January 1934

Rear-Admiral Lachlan D. MacKinnon: January 1934-July 1936

Rear-Admiral Stephen St. L. Moore: July 1936-September 1937

Rear-Admiral Ralph Leatham: September 1937-March 1938

Rear-Admiral Henry R. Moore: March 1938-March1939

Rear-Admiral Ronald H. C. Hallifax: March-May 1939

Commodore Sir Atwell H. Lake, Bt.: May 1939-November 1941

Captain Robert G. Duke: November 1941-February 1944

Commodore E. Gerald H. Bellars: February 1944-February 1945

Rear-Admiral Richard V. Symonds-Tayler: February 1945-February 1946

Commodore John A.S. Eccles: February 1946-January 1947

Captain William G. Andrewes: January-September 1947

Captain Kenneth L. Harkness: September 1947-June 1949

Rear-Admiral Dennis M. Lees: June 1949-May 1951

Rear-Admiral J. Peter L. Reid: May 1951-February 1953

Rear-Admiral Ballin I. Robertshaw: February 1953-May 1955

Rear-Admiral Philip W. Burnett: May 1955-February 1957

Rear-Admiral Varyl C. Begg: February 1957-September 1958

Rear-Admiral Edmund N.V. Currey: September 1958-May 1961

Commodore Donald McEwen: May 1961-June 1963

Commodore Michael F. Fell: June 1963-June 1965

Commodore Edward M.B. Hoare: June 1965-June 1967

Commodore A. Rodney B. Sturdee: June 1967-June 1969

Rear-Admiral Ian J. (Tim) Lees-Spalding: June 1969-June 1971

Rear-Admiral Herbert Gardner: June 1971-December 1973

Rear-Admiral Roderick D. Macdonald: December 1973-April 1976

Rear-Admiral Thomas H.E. Baird: April 1976-November 1977

Rear-Admiral John M.H. Cox: November 1977-July 1979

Rear-Admiral Kenneth H.G. Willis: July 1979-September 1981

Rear-Admiral Trevor O.K. Spraggs: September 1981-April 1983

Rear-Admiral John P. Barker: April 1983-December 1985

Rear-Admiral Peter F. Grenier: December 1985-April 1987

Rear-Admiral Christopher J. Howard: April 1987-April 1989

Rear-Admiral James Carine: April 1989-October 1991

Rear-Admiral J. Robert Shiffner: October 1991-May 1993

Rear-Admiral Jeremy J. Blackham: May 1993-February 1995

70

Rear-Admiral Rodney B. Lees: February 1995-January 1998

Rear-Admiral Peter A. Dunt: January 1998-August 2000

Rear-Admiral Roger G. Lockwood: August 2000-September 2002

Rear-Admiral Richard F. Cheadle: September 2002-December 2003

Rear-Admiral Richard G. Melly: December 2003-March 2005

Rear-Admiral Michael Kimmons: March 2005-2008

71

Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth(Flag Officer, Plymouth from 1969 until 1996):

Admiral Sir Houston Stewart: October 1860-October 1863

Admiral Sir Charles H. Fremantle: October 1863-October 1866

Admiral Sir William F. Martin: October 1866-November 1869

Admiral Sir Henry J. Codrington: November 1869-November 1872

Admiral the Hon. Sir Henry Keppel: November 1872-November 1875

Admiral Sir Thomas M.C. Symonds: November 1875-November 1878

Admiral Arthur Farquhar: November 1878-January 1880

Admiral of the Fleet the Hon. Sir Charles G. J. B. Elliot: January 1880-December 1881

Admiral Sir William H.Stewart: December 1881-December 1884

Admiral Augustus Phillimore: December 1884-May 1887

Admiral of the Fleet Lord John Hay: May 1887-December 1888

Admiral Sir William M. Dowell: December 1888-August 1890

Admiral of the Fleet the Duke of Edinburgh: August 1890-June 1893

Admiral Sir Algernon McL. Lyons: June 1893-June 1896

Admiral the Hon. Sir Edmund R. Fremantle: June 1896-June 1899

Admiral Sir Henry Fairfax: June 1899-March 1900

Admiral Lord Charles T. Montagu-Douglas-Scott: March 1900-March 1903

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward H.Seymour: March 1903-March 1905

Admiral Sir Lewis A. Beaumont: March 1905-April 1908

Admiral Sir Wilmot H. Fawkes: April 1908-April 1911

Admiral Sir William H. May: April 1911-March 1913

Admiral Sir George le C. Egerton: March 1913-March 1916

Vice-Admiral Sir George J.S.Warrender, Bt.: March-November 1916

Admiral the Hon. Sir Alexander E.Bethell: November 1916-August 1918

Admiral Sir Cecil F. Thursby: August 1918-September 1920

Admiral Sir Montague E. Browning: September 1920-October 1923

Admiral Sir Richard F. Phillimore: October 1923-October 1926

Admiral Sir Rudolf W. Bentinck: October 1926-October 1929

Admiral the Hon. Sir Hubert G. Brand: October 1929-October 1932

Admiral Sir Eric J. A Fullerton: October 1932-June 1935

Admiral the Hon. Sir Reginald A. R. Plunkett-

Ernle-Erle-Drax: June 1935-October 1938

Admiral Sir Martin E. Dunbar-Nasmith: October 1938-May 1941

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles M. Forbes: May 1941-August 1943

Admiral Sir Ralph Leatham: August 1943-November 1945

Admiral Sir Henry D. Pridham-Wippell: November 1945-December 1947

Admiral Sir Robert L. Burnett: December 1947-March 1950

Admiral Sir Rhoderick R. McGrigor: March 1950-October 1951

72

Admiral Sir Maurice J. Mansergh: October 1951-November 1953

Admiral Sir Alexander C.G. Madden: November 1953-December 1955

Admiral Sir C.T. Mark Pizey: December 1955-February 1958

Admiral Sir Richard G. Onslow: February 1958-November 1960

Admiral Sir Charles E. Madden, Bt.: November 1960-November 1962

Admiral Sir Nigel S. Henderson: November 1962-June 1965

Vice-Admiral Sir A.A. Fitzroy Talbot: June 1965-July 1967

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles P. Mills: July 1967-July 1969

Vice-Admiral John C.Y. Roxburgh: July-September 1969

Vice-Admiral Sir Anthony T.F.G. Griffin: September 1969-December 1970

Vice-Admiral Sir J. Rae McKaig: December 1970-March 1973

Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur M. Power: March 1973-February 1975

Vice-Admiral Sir A. Gordon Tait: February 1975-January 1977

Vice-Admiral Sir John M. Forbes: January 1977-January 1979

Vice-Admiral Sir Peter E.C. Berger: January 1979-February 1981

Vice-Admiral Sir Simon A.C. Cassels: February 1981-September 1982

Vice-Admiral Sir David W. Brown: September 1982-1985

Vice-Admiral Sir Robert W.F. Gerken: 1985-March 1987

Vice-Admiral Sir John M. Webster: March 1987-April 1990

Vice-Admiral Sir Alan Grose: April 1990-September 1992

Vice-Admiral Sir Roy T. Newman: September 1992-1996

73

Flag Captain/Chief of Staff, Plymouth:

Captain Lord Frederick H. Kerr: May 1860-April 1861

Captain Charles Vesey: April 1861-October 1863

Captain Henry Caldwell: November 1863-February 1864

Captain F. Beauchamp P. Seymour: February 1864-October 1866

Captain George W. Preedy: October 1866-November 1869

Captain Trevenen P. Coode: November 1869-November 1872

Captain Algernon C.F. Heneage: November 1872-November 1875

Captain John O. Hopkins: November 1875-November 1878

Captain William H. Whyte: November 1878-November 1879

Captain William B. Grant: November 1879-November 1882

Captain Richard Carter: November 1882-December 1884

Captain William E. Gordon: December 1884-March 1885

Captain William H. Cuming: March 1885-April 1887

Captain Harry W. Brent: April 1887-September 1888

Captain Richard Duckworth-King: September 1888-September 1890

Captain Arthur T. Brooke: September 1890-April 1893

Captain Bouverie F. Clark: April 1893-May 1896

Captain Charles Johnstone: May 1896-October 1898

Captain Harry T. Grenfell: October 1898-April 1900

Captain Sir Richard Poore, Bt.: April-August 1900

Captain Gerald C. Langley: August 1900-June 1901

Captain Robert S. Rolleston: June 1901-October 1902

Captain Arthur W.E. Prothero: October 1902-October 1903

Captain Cecil F. Thursby: October 1903-January 1905

Captain Montague E. Browning: January 1905-May 1907

Captain the Hon. Edward S. Fitzherbert: May 1907-April 1908

Captain Lionel Halsey: April 1908-April 1911

Captain Arthur L. Cay: April 1911-March 1913

Captain Eric P.C. Back: March 1913-June 1915

Captain Charles F. Thorp: June 1915-July 1917

Captain Cecil H. Fox: July 1917-August 1918

Captain Charles La P. Lewin: August 1918-September 1920

Captain Alexander Lowndes: September 1920-April 1921

Captain Humphrey W.Bowring: April 1921-April 1923

Captain Lawrence W.Braithwaite: April 1923-April 1925

Captain Robert A.Hornell: April 1925-April 1927

Captain H.J.Studholme Brownrigg: April 1927-April 1929

Captain James M.Pipon: April 1929-September 1930

74

Captain Stephen St. L. Moore: September 1930-August 1933

Rear-Admiral T. Hugh Binney: August 1933-June 1935

Captain Patrick Macnamara: June 1935-November 1936

Captain Guy D’Oyly Hughes: November 1936-January1938

Captain Eric R.Bent: January 1938-January 1939

Captain the Hon.Claude P.Hermon-Hodge: January-September 1939

Rear-Admiral Frederic N. Attwood: September 1939-May 1941

Rear-Admiral Eric R. Bent: May 1941-February 1942

Commodore Thomas B.Fellowes: February-December 1942

Commodore Clifford Caslon: December 1942-September 1944

Commodore William Y. La R. Beverley: September 1944-October 1946

Captain W.R. Christopher Leggatt: October 1946-November 1947

Captain Jocelyn L. Storey: November 1947-January 1949

Captain Villiers N. Surtees: January 1949-June 1950

Captain Henry N.S. Brown: June 1950-March 1951

Captain Thomas V. Briggs: March 1951-April 1954

Captain Horace R. Law: April 1954-May 1956

Captain Christopher R.L. Argles: May 1956-May 1958

Captain John Howson: May 1958-January 1961

Captain Henry H.R. Moore: January 1961-March 1963

Captain John G.B. Morrow: March 1963-May 1966

Captain Terence G.V. Percy: May 1966-December 1967

Captain Frank W.Watson: December 1967-October 1969

Commodore William R.D. Gerard-Pearse: October 1969-February 1973

Commodore James W.M. Pertwee: February 1973-January 1975

Commodore Oliver P. Sutton: January 1975-October 1977

Commodore John A.F. Lawson: October 1977-April 1979

Commodore Noel Bearne: April 1979-April 1981

Commodore John M. Tait: April 1981-April 1982

Commodore Daniel J. Bradby; April 1982-October 1983

Commodore Ian W. Powe: October 1983-October 1985

Commodore Geoffrey Jacques: October 1985-1987

Captain Robert B. Mortlock: 1987-August 1989

Captain Michael D. Bracelin: August 1989-

75

Commander-in-Chief, The Nore(until 1961):

Vice-Admiral Sir William J.H. Johnstone: June 1860-June 1863

Admiral Sir George R. Lambert: June 1863-March 1864

Admiral Sir Charles Talbot: March 1864-April 1866

Vice-Admiral Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, Bt.: April 1866-April 1869

Admiral Richard L. Warren: April 1869-April 1870

Admiral the Hon. Charles G.J.B. Elliot: July-February 1873

Vice-Admiral the Hon George F. Hastings: February 1873-February 1876

Admiral Henry Chads: February 1876-September 1877

Admiral Sir William King Hall: September 1877-August 1879

Admiral Sir Reginald J.J.G. Macdonald: August 1879-July 1882

Admiral Sir Edward B. Rice: July 1882-October 1884

Admiral John Corbett: October 1884-July 1885

Admiral Prince Ernest of Leiningen: July 1885-July 1887

Admiral Charles L.D. Waddilove: July 1887-July 1888

Admiral Sir Thomas B. Lethbridge: July 1888-August 1890

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles T.Curme: August 1890-February 1892

Admiral Sir Algernon C.F. Heneage: February 1892-December 1894

Admiral Sir Richard Wells: December 1894-June 1896

Admiral Sir Henry F. Nicholson: June 1896-December 1897

Admiral Sir Charles F. Hotham: December 1897-July 1899

Admiral Sir Nathaniel Bowden-Smith: July 1899-September 1900

Admiral Sir William R. Kennedy: September 1900-November 1901

Admiral Sir Albert Hastings Markham: November 1901-January 1904

Admiral Sir Hugo L. Pearson: January 1904-January 1907

Admiral Sir Gerard H. U. Noel: January 1907-December 1908

Admiral Sir Charles C.Drury: December 1908-August 1911

Admiral Sir Richard Poore, Bt.: August 1911-January 1915

Admiral of the Fleet Sir George A.Callaghan: January 1915-March 1918

Admiral Sir F. C. Doveton Sturdee, Bt.: March 1918-March 1921

Admiral Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas: March 1921-March 1924

Admiral Sir William E. Goodenough: March 1924-May 1927

Admiral Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair: May 1927-May 1930

Admiral Sir Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, Bt.: May 1930-May 1933

Admiral Sir Hugh J. Tweedie: May 1933-December 1935

Admiral Sir Edward R. G. R. Evans: December 1935-January 1939

Admiral Sir H. J. Studholme Brownrigg: January-December 1939

Admiral the Hon. Sir Reginald A. R. Plunkett-

Ernle-Erle-Drax: December 1939-April 1941

76

Admiral Sir George H. D’Oyly Lyon: April 1941-July 1943

Admiral of the Fleet Lord Tovey: July 1943-April 1946

Admiral Sir Harold M. Burrough: April 1946-November 1948

Admiral Sir Henry M. Moore: November 1948-November 1950

Admiral Sir Cecil H.J.Harcourt: November 1950-November1952

Admiral the Hon. Sir Cyril E. Douglas-Pennant: November 1952-May 1953

Admiral Sir Geoffrey N. Oliver: May 1953-October 1955

Admiral Sir Frederick R. Parham: October 1955-July 1958

Admiral Sir Robin L.F. Durnford-Slater: July 1958-March 1961

77

Flag Captain/Chief of Staff, The Nore(until 1901 and from 1907 until 1961):

Captain William G. Luard: July 1860-July 1863

Captain John Fulford: July 1863-April 1866

Captain Donald McL. Mackenzie: April 1866-June 1869

Captain Thomas Miller: June 1869-June 1870

Captain John C. Wilson: June 1870-January 1872

Captain George W. Watson: January 1872-January 1875

Captain Charles T. Curme: January 1875-February 1876

Captain St. George C. D’Arcy-Irvine: February 1876-September 1877

Captain Thomas B. Lethbridge: September 1877-January 1879

Captain Thomas B.M. Sulivan: January 1879-July 1881

Captain John D’Arcy: July 1881-September 1883

Captain James A. Poland: September 1883-September 1886

Captain Frederick C.B. Robinson: September 1886-July 1887

Captain Arthur C. Curtis: July 1887-July 1890

Captain Leicester C. Keppel: July 1890-August 1892

Captain Henry H. Boys: August 1892-October 1894

Captain William H.C. St.Clair: October 1894-February 1896

Captain James L. Hammet: February 1896-January 1898

Captain William F.S. Mann: January 1898-July 1899

Captain Charles Campbell: July-October 1899

Captain Henry C. Bigge: October 1899-February 1901

Captain Archibald Y. Pocklington: February 1901-December 1902

Captain Arthur Y. Moggridge: January 1907–April 1908

Captain Clement Greatorex: April-December 1908

Captain Henry J. L. Clarke: December 1908-August 1911

Captain Philip H. Colomb: August 1911-January 1915

Captain Ernest A. Taylor: January 1915-May 1916

Captain William Bowden-Smith: May-July 1916

Captain Alexander V. Campbell: July 1916-April 1918

Captain Cecil M. Staveley: April-October 1918

Captain Theobald W.B. Kennedy: October 1918-May 1921

Captain Wilfred Tomkinson: May 1921-June 1923

Captain Herbert W.W. Hope: June 1923-December 1924

Captain the Hon. William S. Leveson-Gower: December 1924-May 1927

Captain the Hon. E. Barry S. Bingham: May 1927-May 1929

Captain Douglas B. Le Mottee: May 1929-May 1931

Captain Reginald V. Holt: May 1931-August 1933

Captain Hector Boyes: August 1933-November 1934

78

Captain Robert B. Ramsay: November 1934-December 1935

Captain Reginald B. Darke: December 1935-August 1937

Captain P. Esmonde Phillips: August 1937-July 1938

Captain the Hon. George Fraser: July 1938-May 1940

Rear-Admiral Alfred H. Taylor: May 1940-March 1943

Commodore George H. Creswell: March-October 1943

Commodore Robert G.H. Linzee: October 1943-April 1946

Captain Albert L. Poland: April 1946-July 1948

Captain Lennox A. K. Boswell: July 1948-May 1949

Captain Arthur M. Knapp: May 1949-June 1951

Captain Herbert F.H. Layman: June 1951-January 1953

Captain Ronald E. Portlock: January 1953-December 1954

Captain John A. W. Tothill: December 1954-July 1956

Captain William A.F. Hawkins: July 1956-December 1957

Captain Roger B.N. Hicks: December 1957-April 1960

Captain Barry J. Anderson: April 1960-March 1961

79

Commander-in-Chief, Rosyth(from 1913 until 1919 and from 1939 until 1946; Coast of Scotland

from 1919 until 1939; Flag Officer, Scotland and Northern Ireland from 1946):

Admiral Sir Robert Lowry: July 1913-June 1916

Admiral Sir Frederick T.Hamilton: June 1916-October 1917

Admiral Sir Cecil Burney: October 1917-March 1919

Admiral Sir Herbert L. Heath: March 1919-April 1922

Vice-Admiral Sir John F.E.Green: April 1922-June 1923

Rear-Admiral Sir Reginald Y.Tyrwhitt, Bt.: June 1923-June 1925

Vice-Admiral Sir Walter H. Cowan: June 1925-June 1926

Rear-Admiral Humphrey W. Bowring: June 1926-June 1928

Rear-Admiral John E. Cameron: June 1928-July 1929

Rear-Admiral Theodore J. Hallett: July 1929-July 1931

Rear-Admiral the Hon. William S. Leveson Gower: July 1931-July 1933

Rear-Admiral Everard J. Hardman-Jones: July 1933-July 1935

Rear-Admiral Robert C. Davenport: July 1935-July 1937

Vice-Admiral Evelyn C. O. Thomson: July 1937-August 1939

Admiral Sir Charles G. Ramsey: August 1939-June 1942

Admiral Sir Wilbraham T. R. Ford: June 1942-June 1944

Admiral Sir William J. Whitworth: June 1944-July 1946

Admiral Sir Frederick H.G. Dalrymple-Hamilton: July 1946-July 1948

Vice-Admiral Sir Ernest R. Archer: July 1948-July 1950

Vice-Admiral Sir Angus E.M.B. Cunninghame

Graham: July 1950-August 1951

Rear-Admiral John H.F. Crombie: August 1951-October 1953

Vice-Admiral Sir W. Geoffrey A. Robson: October 1953-March 1956

Vice-Admiral Sir John W. Cuthbert: March 1956-July 1958

Vice-Admiral J. David Luce: July 1958-December 1959

Vice-Admiral Sir Royston H. Wright: December 1959-September 1961

Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur R. Hezlet: September 1961-June 1964

Vice-Admiral Sir G.David A. Gregory: June 1964-July 1966

Vice-Admiral Sir John O.C. Hayes: July 1966-July 1968

Vice-Admiral Sir Ian L.M. McGeoch: July 1968-May 1970

Rear-Admiral David A. Dunbar-Nasmith: May 1970-July 1972

Rear-Admiral Martin N. Lucey: July 1972-August 1974

Vice-Admiral Sir J. Anthony R. Troup: August 1974-June 1977

Vice-Admiral Sir Cameron Rusby: June 1977-November 1979

Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas H.E. Baird: November 1979-January 1982

Vice-Admiral Robert R. Squires: January 1982-December 1983

Vice-Admiral Sir Nicholas J.S. Hunt: December 1983-May 1985

80

Vice-Admiral Sir George M.F. Vallings: May 1985-October 1987

Vice-Admiral Sir Jock C.K. Slater: October 1987-February 1989

Vice-Admiral Sir Michael H. Livesay: February 1989-March 1991

Vice-Admiral Sir Hugo M. White: March 1991-November 1992

Vice-Admiral Sir C. Christopher Morgan: November 1992-April 1996

Rear-Admiral John G. Tolhurst: April 1996-September 1997

Rear-Admiral A. Michael Gregory: September 1997-August 2000

Rear-Admiral Derek J. Anthony: August 2000-May 2003

Rear-Admiral Nicholas H.L. Harris: May 2003-April 2006

Rear-Admiral Philip L. Wilcocks: April-December 2006

Rear-Admiral C. Anthony Johnstone-Burt: December 2006-February 2008

Rear-Admiral Philip A. Jones: February-September 2008

Rear-Admiral Martin B. Alabaster: September 2008-September 2011

Rear-Admiral Christopher J. Hockley: September 2011-August 2014

Rear-Admiral John R.H. Clink: August 2014-May 2015

Rear-Admiral John S. Weale: May 2015-

81

Chief of Staff, Rosyth:

Captain Henry W. Parker: February 1918-April 1919

Captain the Hon. Herbert Meade: April 1919-May 1921

Rear-Admiral Henry T. Buller: May 1921-January 1922

Captain Percy L.H. Noble: January 1922-June 1922

Vice-Admiral Evelyn C. O. Thomson: October 1939-October 1940

Rear-Admiral William G. Benn: October 1940-May 1942

Vice-Admiral the Hon. Edmund R. Drummond: May 1942-September 1945

Commodore John W. Farquhar: September 1945-1947

Captain John W. Boutwood: April 1947-April 1949

Captain Raymond M.T.Taylor: April 1949-June 1950

Captain Robert J.O. Otway-Ruthven: June 1950-July 1952

Captain Richard B. Honnywill: July 1952-March 1954

Captain the Earl of Roden: March 1954-October 1956

Captain Archibald J.F. Milne-Home: October 1956-April 1959

Captain Ian M. Clegg: April 1959-June 1961

Captain Barry J. Anderson: June 1961-October 1962

Captain Edward M. Usherwood: October 1962-February 1964

Captain Thomas N. Catlow: February 1964-November 1965

Captain Robert A. Gilchrist: November 1965-November 1967

Captain Cecil A. Johnson: November 1967-August 1969

Captain John H. Murray: August 1969-May 1972

Captain James S. Launders: May 1973-August 1974

Captain Robert S. Browning: August 1974-June 1976

Captain Arthur Checksfield: June 1976-May 1978

Captain Richard J. Bates: May 1978-March 1980

Captain James B. Wallace: March 1980-March 1982

Captain David N. O’Sullivan: March 1982-1983

Captain Michael C. Gordon-Lennox: October 1985-1988

Captain Robert M. Lawson: 1988-June 1990

Captain Richard A. Smith: June 1990-

82

Commander-in-Chief, Orkneys and Shetlands(from 1914 until 1920 and from 1939 until 1945):

Admiral the Hon. Sir Stanley C.J. Colville: September 1914-February 1916

Admiral Sir Frederic E.E.Brock: February 1916-January 1918

Admiral Sir Herbert G. King-Hall: January 1918-March 1919

Vice-Admiral Sir Robert J. Prendergast: March 1919-February 1920

Admiral Sir Wilfred F. French: September-December 1939

Vice-Admiral Sir T. Hugh Binney: December 1939-January 1942

Admiral Sir Lionel V. Wells: January 1942-April 1944

Vice- Admiral Sir Henry H. Harwood: April 1944-March 1945

Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches(from 1939 until 1945; Coast of Ireland until 1922):

Rear-Admiral Sir Lewis T. Jones: March 1862-March 1865

Vice-Admiral Charles Frederick: March 1865-October 1867

Rear-Admiral Claude H.M. Buckle: November 1867-November 1869

Rear-Admiral Arthur Forbes: November 1869-May 1871

Rear-Admiral Edmund Heathcote: May 1871-January 1874

Rear-Admiral Robert Coote: January 1874-June 1876

Rear-Admiral Henry S. Hillyar: June 1876-September 1878

Vice-Admiral William M. Dowell: September 1878-April 1880

Rear-Admiral Richard Vesey Hamilton: April 1880-April 1883

Rear-Admiral Thomas B. Lethbridge: April 1883-March 1885

Rear-Admiral Henry D. Hickley: March 1885-December 1886

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Walter C. Carpenter: January 1887-December 1888

Rear-Admiral James E. Erskine: December 1888-January 1892

Rear-Admiral Henry C. St.John: January 1892-January 1895

Rear-Admiral Claude E. Buckle: January 1895-January 1898

Rear-Admiral Atwell P.M. Lake: January 1898-February 1901

Vice-Admiral Edmund F. Jeffreys: February 1901-January 1904

Vice-Admiral Angus Macleod: January 1904-March 1906

Rear-Admiral George F. King-Hall: March 1906-July 1908

Rear-Admiral Sir Alfred W. Paget: July 1908-April 1911

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles H.Coke: April 1911-July 1915

Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly: July 1915-July 1919

Admiral Sir Reginald G.O.Tupper: July 1919-April 1921

Vice-Admiral Sir Ernest F.A.Gaunt: April 1921-June 1922

Admiral Sir Martin E.Dunbar-Nasmith: September 1939-February 1941

Admiral Sir Percy L.H.Noble: February 1941-October 1942

83

Admiral Sir Max K.Horton: November 1942-August 1945

Chief of Staff, Western Approaches:

Captain Charles D. Carpendale: August 1915-June 1917

Captain Francis M. Leake: June 1917-June 1919

Captain Cecil D.S. Raikes: June 1919-February 1921

Captain Arthur E.Wood: February 1921-June 1922

Commodore John M. Mansfield: February 1941-January 1943

Commodore Alfred S. Russell: January-November 1943

Commodore Ian A.P. Macintyre: November 1943-1945

Senior Naval Officer, Northern Ireland(until 1970):

Captain Richard G. Onslow: February 1947-November 1948

Captain Anthony F. Pugsley: November 1948-December 1950

Captain Maxwell Richmond: December 1950-January 1952

Captain Donald H. Connell-Fuller: January 1952-January 1954

Captain Auberon C.A.C. Duckworth: January 1954-April 1956

Captain Philip F. Powlett: April 1956-May 1958

Captain Christopher R.L. Argles: May 1958-October 1959

Captain Erroll N. Sinclair: October 1959-November 1961

Captain Dennis H. Mason: November 1961-October 1963

Captain John C. Cartwright: October 1963-October 1965

Captain Donald V.M. Macleod: October 1965-November 1968

Captain Anthony S. Morton: November 1968-1970

84

Vice-Admiral/Flag Officer, Aircraft Carriers(until 1970; Carriers and Amphibious Ships from

1970 until 1979):

Rear-Admiral Reginald G. H. Henderson: September 1931-September.1933

Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Alexander R. M. Ramsay: September 1933-March 1936

Vice-Admiral Noel F. Laurence: March 1936-July 1937

Vice-Admiral Guy C. C. Royle: July 1937-July 1939

Vice-Admiral Lionel V. Wells: July 1939-August 1940

Rear-Admiral Walter T. Couchman: ?-December 1954

Rear-Admiral Arthur R. Pedder: December 1954-May 1956

Vice-Admiral Manley L. Power: May 1956-October 1957

Rear-Admiral Hector C. D. MacLean: October 1957-January 1958

Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander N.C. Bingley: January 1958-January 1959

Vice-Admiral Charles L.G. Evans: January 1959-March 1960

Rear-Admiral Richard M. Smeeton: March 1960-January 1962

Vice-Admiral Frank H.E. Hopkins: January 1962-January 1963

Rear-Admiral Donald C.E.F. Gibson: January 1963-April 1964

Rear-Admiral H. Richard B. Janvrin: April 1964-February 1966

Rear-Admiral William D. O’Brien: February 1966-April 1967

Rear-Admiral L. Derek Empson: April 1967-June 1968

Rear-Admiral Michael F. Fell: June 1968-July 1970

Rear-Admiral John D. Treacher: July 1970-May 1972

Rear-Admiral Raymond D. Lygo: May 1972-January 1974

Rear-Admiral A. Desmond Cassidi: January 1974-May 1975

Rear-Admiral James H.F. Eberle: May 1975-March 1977

Rear-Admiral William D.M. Staveley: March 1977-July 1978

Rear-Admiral Peter G.M. Herbert: July 1978-1979

85

Chief Staff Officer:

Captain Brian Egerton: May 1933-May 1935

Captain Maitland W.S. Boucher: May 1935-July 1937

Captain Charles A.A. Larcom: July 1937-January 1939

Captain Arthur J. Power: January 1939-April 1940

Captain H. Richard B. Janvrin: September 1955-October 1956

Captain Alan W.F. Sutton: October 1956-November 1958

Captain B.C. Godfrey Place: November 1958-April 1960

Captain Nigel G. Hallett: April 1960-October 1961

Captain Cedric K. Roberts: October 1961-November 1962

Captain Jack M. Henry: November 1962-June 1964

Captain John O. Roberts: June 1964-July 1966

Captain Edgar G. Brown: July 1966-February 1968

Captain Denis H. Frazer: February 1968-July 1969

Captain Ian J. Brown: July 1969-July 1971

Captain Alan J. Leahy: July 1971-August 1973

Captain David T. McKeown: August 1973-September 1975

Captain Linley E. Middleton: September 1975-January 1978

Captain Roger C. Dimmock: January 1978-1970

Capability Director, Carrier Strike(from 2003 until 2009 and from 2013):

Rear-Admiral Nigel C.F. Guild: December 2003-2009

Rear-Admiral Henry H. Parker: February 2013-July 2014

Rear-Admiral Graeme A. Mackay: July 2014-

86

Flag Officer, Air(Home)(Naval Air Command from 1963 until 2003 and from 2008; and

Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff(Carriers and Aviation) from 2012):

Vice-Admiral Denis W. Boyd: June 1945-April 1946

Rear-Admiral Geoffrey N. Oliver: April-September 1946

Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas H. Troubridge: September 1946-November1947

Admiral Sir Reginald H. Portal: November 1947-March 1951

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles E. Lambe: March 1951-January 1953

Vice-Admiral Sir John A.S. Eccles: January 1953-June 1955

Vice-Admiral Sir Caspar John: June 1955-March 1957

Admiral Sir Walter T. Couchman: March 1957-January 1960

Admiral Sir Deric D.E. Holland-Martin: January 1960-May 1961

Vice-Admiral Desmond P. Dreyer: May 1961-October 1962

Vice-Admiral Sir John G. Hamilton: October 1962-January 1964

Vice-Admiral Sir Richard M. Smeeton: January 1964-October 1965

Vice-Admiral Sir Donald C.E.F. Gibson: October 1965-October 1968

Vice-Admiral Sir H. Richard B. Janvrin: October 1968-November 1970

Vice-Admiral Michael F. Fell: November 1970-June 1972

Vice-Admiral John D. Treacher: June 1972-August 1973

Vice-Admiral Sir Peter M. Austin: August 1973-August 1976

Rear-Admiral John O. Roberts: August 1976-February 1978

Vice-Admiral Sir A. Desmond Cassidi: February 1978-June 1979

Rear-Admiral Edward R. Anson: June 1979-May 1982

Vice-Admiral Sir John M.H. Cox: May 1982-September 1983

Vice-Admiral Sir Derek R. Reffell: September 1983-September 1984

Rear-Admiral Linley E. Middleton: September 1984-February 1987

Rear-Admiral Roger C. Dimmock: February 1987-August 1988

Rear-Admiral Michael H.G. Layard: August 1988-December 1990

Rear-Admiral Colin H.D. Cooke-Priest: December 1990-February 1993

Rear-Admiral Ian D.G. Garnett: February 1993-June 1995

Rear-Admiral Terence W. Loughran: June 1995-October 1998

Rear-Admiral Iain R. Henderson: October 1998-July 2001

Rear-Admiral Scott Lidbetter: July 2001-2003

Rear-Admiral Simon B. Charlier: September 2008-April 2010

Rear-Admiral Thomas A. Cunningham: April 2010-September 2012

Rear-Admiral Russell G. Harding: September 2012-May 2015

Rear-Admiral Keith E. Blount: May 2015-

87

Chief of Staff(Commodore, Naval Aviation from 2000):

Captain Sir Anthony W. Buzzard, Bt.: January 1948-December 1949

Captain Alexander N.C. Bingley: December 1949-July 1952

Captain Kenneth S. Colquhoun: July 1952-May 1954

Captain Arthur S. Bolt: May 1954-April 1956

Captain David G. Goodwin: April 1956-July 1957

Captain Sidney Grattan Cooper: July 1957-October 1959

Captain Hugh S. Barber: October 1959-June 1962

Captain Frederick Stovin-Bradford: June 1962-September 1965

Captain Alfred R. Rawbone: September 1965-October 1967

Captain Keith A. Leppard: October 1967-August 1969

Captain Antony L.L. Skinner: August 1969-August 1970

Commodore Cyril J. Cunningham: August 1970-May 1972

Commodore Donald B. Morison: May 1972-October 1974

Commodore W. Duncan Lang: October 1974-September 1976

Commodore Derek C. Matthews: September 1976-November 1978

Commodore Brian G. Young: November 1978-April 1981

Commodore Anthony Casdagli: April 1981-February 1984

Captain Peter J. Williams: February 1984-October 1985

Captain Walter J. Flindell: October 1985-1987

Captain Noel C.H. James: 1987-1990

Commodore Christopher J.S. Craig: 1991-1993

Commodore Peter A. Fish: 199 -199

Commodore Simon C. Thornewill: 199 -2000

Commodore Christopher H.T. Clayton: 2000-September 2002

Commodore Steven C. Jermy: September 2002-November 2004

Commodore Simon B. Charlier: November 2004-October 2006

Commodore Jeremy H. Stanford: October 2006-January 2009

Commodore Martin W. Westwood: January 2009-August 2011

Commodore Graeme A. Mackay: August 2011-April 2014

Commodore Matthew P. Briers: April 2014-August 2016

Commodore Stephen M. Allen: August 2016-

88

Flag Officer/ Rear-Admiral, Submarines(and Commander/Chief of Staff, Operations, The Fleet

from 1993 until 2015; Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff(Ships and Submarines) from 2014

until 2015; Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff(Submarines) from 2015):

Rear-Admiral Douglas L. Dent: August 1919-August 1921

Rear-Admiral Hugh F.P.Sinclair: August 1921-September 1923

Vice-Admiral Wilmot S. Nicholson: September 1923-September 1925

Rear-Admiral Vernon H.S.Haggard: September 1925-September 1927

Rear-Admiral Henry E.Grace: September 1927-September 1929

Rear-Admiral Martin E. Dunbar-Nasmith: September 1929-September 1931

Rear-Admiral Charles J. C. Little: September 1931-December 1932

Rear-Admiral Noel F. Laurence: December 1932-December 1934

Rear-Admiral Cecil P. Talbot: December 1934-December 1936

Rear-Admiral Robert H. T. Raikes: December 1936-December 1938

Rear-Admiral Bertram C. Watson: December 1938-January 1940

Vice-Admiral Sir Max K. Horton: January 1940-November 1942

Rear-Admiral Claud B. Barry: November 1942-September 1944

Rear-Admiral George E. Creasy: September 1944-November 1946

Vice-Admiral Sir John M. Mansfield: November 1946-August 1948

Rear-Admiral Guy Grantham: August 1948-January 1950

Rear-Admiral Sydney M. Raw: January 1950-January 1952

Rear-Admiral George W.G. Simpson: January 1952-February 1954

Rear-Admiral George B.H. Fawkes: February 1954-December 1955

Rear-Admiral Wilfrid J.W. Woods: December 1955-November 1957

Rear-Admiral Bertram W. Taylor: November 1957-November 1959

Rear-Admiral Arthur R. Hezlet: November 1959-September 1961

Rear-Admiral Hugh S. Mackenzie: September 1961-May 1963

Rear-Admiral Horace R. Law: May 1963-May 1965

Rear-Admiral Ian L.M. McGeoch: May 1965-December 1967

Vice-Admiral Sir Michael P. Pollock: December 1967-November 1969

Vice-Admiral Sir John C.Y. Roxburgh: November 1969-July 1972

Vice-Admiral J. Anthony R. Troup: July 1972-June 1974

Vice-Admiral Sir Iwan G. Raikes: June 1974-November 1976

Vice-Admiral John D.E. Fieldhouse: November 1976-December 1978

Vice-Admiral Robert R. Squires: December 1978-December 1981

Vice-Admiral Sir Peter G.M. Herbert: December 1981-May 1983

Vice-Admiral Sir John F. Woodward: May 1983-November 1984

Rear-Admiral Richard G. Heaslip: November 1984-May 1987

Rear-Admiral Peter F. Grenier: May 1987-September 1989

Vice-Admiral Sir John F. Coward: September 1989-September 1991

89

Rear-Admiral R. Toby Frere: September 1991-December 1993

Rear-Admiral Roger C. Lane-Nott: December 1993-August 1996

Rear-Admiral James F. Perowne: August 1996-August 1998

Rear-Admiral Robert P. Stevens: August 1998-January 2002

Rear-Admiral Niall S.R. Kilgour: February 2002-June 2004

Rear-Admiral Paul Lambert: June 2004-September 2006

Rear-Admiral David J. Cooke: September 2006-January 2009

Rear-Admiral Mark Anderson: January 2009-March 2011

Rear-Admiral Ian F. Corder: March 2011-May 2013

Rear-Admiral Matthew J. Parr: May 2013-July/October 2015

Rear-Admiral Alexander J. Burton: October 2014-December 2015

Rear-Admiral John S. Weale: July/October 2015- (Submarines)

Rear-Admiral Christopher R.S. Gardner: December 2015- (Ships)

90

Chief of Staff:

Captain Max K. Horton: July 1920-March 1922

Captain Cecil P. Talbot: March 1922-December 1924

Captain Geoffrey Layton: December 1924-July 1927

Captain Philip E. Phillips: July 1927-July 1929

Captain Allan Poland: July 1929-July 1931

Captain Colin Cantlie: July 1931-June 1933

Captain Cyril G.B. Coltart: June 1933-September 1934

Captain Claud B. Barry: September 1934-February 1937

Captain Geoffrey M. K. Keble-White: February 1937-February 1939

Captain Ian A.P. Macintyre: February 1939-February 1942

Captain Sydney M. Raw: June 1942-December 1943

Captain George B.H. Fawkes: December 1943-1946

Captain David C. Ingram: 1946-April 1947

Captain Wilfrid J.W. Woods: April 1947-November 1948

Captain J.E. Slaughter: November 1948-November 1950

Captain Bertram W. Taylor: November 1950-November 1952

Captain Arthur R. Hezlet: November 1952-November 1954

Captain Robert L. Alexander: November 1954-December 1956

Captain Hugh S. Mackenzie: December 1956-November 1958

Captain George E. Hunt: November 1958-August 1960

Captain Thomas E. Barlow: August 1960-May 1962

Captain Michael L.C. Crawford: May 1962-January 1965

Captain Brian G.H.M. Baynham: January 1965-December 1966

Captain W. David S. Scott: December 1966-February 1969

Captain A. Gordon Tait: February 1969-June 1970

Captain Brian C.G. Hutchings: June 1970-May 1972

Captain Peter G.M. Herbert: May 1972-January 1974

Captain Anthony J. Whetstone: January 1974-January 1976

Captain Robin J.P. Heath: January 1976-April 1978

Captain James B. Wallace: April 1978-January 1980

Captain Terence D.A. Thompson: January 1980-1982

Captain Richard J. Husk: 1982-February 1984

Captain Norman F. Dingemans: February 1984-October 1985

Captain R. Toby Frere: October 1985-March 1988

Captain A. Paul Hoddinott: March 1988-February 1990

Captain James B. Taylor: February 1990-1992

Commodore Roger C. Lane-Nott: 1992-July 1993

Commodore Martin D. Macpherson: July 1993-1996

91

Commodore Derek J. Anthony: 1996-May 1997

Commodore Timothy P. McClement: May 1997-1999

Commodore Nicholas H.L. Harris: 1999-2000

Commodore David J. Russell: 2000-2002

92

Admiral Commanding Reserves(from 1875 until 1976):

Vice-Admiral Sir J. Walter Tarleton: January 1875-November 1876

Vice-Admiral Augustus Phillimore: November 1876-December 1879

Rear-Admiral Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh: November 1879-November 1882

Rear-Admiral Sir Anthony H. Hoskins: November 1882-September 1885

Vice-Admiral John K.E. Baird: September 1885-April 1888

Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon: April 1888-April 1891

Vice-Admiral Robert O’B. Fitzroy: April 1891-April 1894

Vice-Admiral Sir Edward H.Seymour: April 1894-May 1897

Vice-Admiral Sir Compton E. Domvile: May 1897-May 1900

Vice-Admiral Sir Gerard H. U. Noel: May 1900-May 1903

Admiral Ernest Rice: May 1903-February 1905

Admiral Sir Reginald F.H.Henderson: February 1905-December 1909

Admiral Sir Frederick S. Inglefield: December 1909-January 1913

Admiral Sir Arthur M.Farquhar: January 1913-June 1915

Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Alexander E.Bethell: June 1915-November 1916

Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Somerset A. Gough-Calthorpe: November 1916-July 1917

Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil F.Thursby: July 1917-July 1918

Admiral Sir Dudley R.S. de Chair: July 1918-July 1921

Vice-Admiral Sir Morgan Singer: July 1921-July 1923

Admiral Sir Hugh H. D. Tothill: July 1923-July 1925

Admiral Sir Lewis Clinton-Baker: July 1925-August 1927

Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur A. M. Duff: August 1927-August 1929

Admiral Sir John D. Kelly: August 1929-August 1931

Vice-Admiral Henry W. Parker: August 1931 –October 1933

Admiral Sir George K. Chetwode: October 1933-January 1936

Vice-Admiral Sir H. J. Studholme Brownrigg: January 1936-November 1938

Admiral Sir Noel F. Laurence: November 1938-January 1941

Vice-Admiral John G. P. Vivian: January 1941-October 1945

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles E. Morgan: October 1945-October 1947

Admiral Sir Wilfrid R. Patterson: October 1947-October 1949

Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Guy H.E.Russell: October 1949-October 1950

Vice-Admiral Sir William R. Slayter: October 1950-June 1952

Vice-Admiral John A.S. Eccles: June 1952-January 1953

Vice-Admiral Alan K. Scott-Moncrieff: April 1953-April 1955

Vice-Admiral John W. Cuthbert: April 1955-January 1956

Vice-Admiral Geoffrey Thistleton-Smith: January 1956-April 1958

Vice-Admiral Sir W. Kaye Edden: April 1958-April 1960

Vice-Admiral Sir R. Alastair Ewing: April 1960-August 1962

93

Rear-Admiral Hugh C. Martell: August 1962-April 1965

Rear-Admiral Geoffrey H. Carew-Hunt: April 1965-April 1968

Rear-Admiral B. C. Godfrey Place: April 1968-May 1970

Rear-Admiral Ian D. McLaughlan: May 1970-July 1972

Rear-Admiral Ian G.W. Robertson: July 1972-August 1974

Rear-Admiral Hubert W.E. Hollins: August 1974-December 1976

94

Assistant/Chief Staff Officer, Reserves:

Captain William H. Whyte: November 1879-January 1881

Captain R. Gordon Douglas: January 1881-January 1883

Captain Lindesay Brine: January 1883-March 1886

Captain Charles F. Hotham: March 1886-December 1887

Captain Edward H. Seymour: December 1887-July 1889

Captain Francis Durrant: July 1889-January 1891

Captain Edmund C. Drummond: February 1891-April 1892

Captain Arthur H. Alington: April 1892-May 1894

Captain Arthur D. Fanshawe: May 1894-February 1897

Captain Robert W. Stopford: February 1897-August 1899

Captain Charles J. Norcock: August 1899-October 1902

Captain George F. King-Hall: October 1902-October 1904

Captain John E. Bearcroft: October 1904-April 1906

Captain Thomas P. Walker: April 1906-March 1908

Captain Frederick A. Warden: March 1908-March 1909

Captain Richard P.F.Purefoy: March 1909-March 1911

Captain Mark E.F. Kerr: March 1911-November 1912

Captain Cresswell J. Eyres; November 1912-April 1913

Captain Hugh H.D. Tothill: April 1913-December 1914

Rear-Admiral William H. Baker-Baker: December 1914-January 1916

Captain Philip H. Colomb: January 1916-February 1917

Captain Edward L. Booty: February 1917-December 1919

Captain Vincent B. Molteno: December 1919-1921

Captain George Trewby: February 1920-February 1922

Captain Edward C. Kennedy: February 1922-March 1923

Captain Cecil M. Staveley: March 1923-September 1924

Captain Basil G. Washington: September 1924-September 1926

Captain Horace W. Longden: September 1926-August 1927

Captain Ronald Howard: August 1927-August 1929

Captain Charles G. Ramsey: August 1929-September 1931

Captain Herbert A. Forster: September 1931-September 1932

Captain Vernon S. Butler: September 1932-September 1934

Captain Frederic C. Bradley: September 1934-June 1935

Captain Kenneth H.L. Mackenzie: September 1935-December 1936

Captain Leslie H. Ashmore: December 1936-March 1938

Captain Humphrey B. Jacomb: March 1938-November 1939

Captain Vernon S. Butler: November 1939-December 1941

Captain Frederic N. Attwood: December 1941-June 1942

95

Commodore John M. Dick: June 1942-1946

Commodore D.A. Carey: July 1943-1945

Commodore Hugh C.C. Forsyth: 1945-1946

Captain Richard T. White: October 1945-January 1948

Captain Ian M.R. Campbell: January-December 1948

Captain William L.G. Adams: December 1948-November 1950

Captain Alan D.H. Jay: November 1950-March 1952

Captain Edmund N.V. Currey: March 1952-September 1954

Captain Archibald J.F. Milne-Home: September 1954-March 1956

Captain W. Frank N. Gregory-Smith: March 1956-July 1958

Captain Ronald de L. Brooke: July 1958-June 1960

Captain Herbert T. Harrel: June 1960-May 1962

Captain Richard E. Roe: May 1962-May 1964

Captain Ronald W. Forrest: May 1964-May 1966

Captain Michael L. Stacey: May 1966-May 1968

Captain Michael W.G. Fawcett: May 1968-April 1970

Captain Arthur Checksfield: April 1972-June 1974

Captain Colin N. MacEacharn: June 1974-March 1976

Captain, Fleet Reserve, Portsmouth(from 1891 until 1905):

Captain Robert Woodward: August 1891-May 1893

Captain Charles J. Balfour: June 1893-March 1895

Captain Atwell P.M. Lake: March 1895-March 1896

Captain Thomas S. Jackson: March-October 1896

Captain Andrew K. Bickford: November 1896-January 1898

Rear-Admiral James L. Hammet: January 1898-April 1900

Captain William des V. Hamilton: April 1900-April 1901

Capain James L. Burr: April 1901-August 1902

Captain Harry L.F. Royle: August 1902-February 1904

Captain George H. Cherry: February 1904-January 1905

96

Captain, Fleet Reserve, Devonport(from 1891 until 1905):

Captain Charles L. Oxley: August 1891-August 1894

Captain William M. Lang: August 1894-December 1896

Captain William H. Henderson: December 1896-March 1898

Captain John H. Rainier: March 1898-March 1901

Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Chichester, Bt.: March 1901-June 1902

Captain Arthur W.E. Prothero: July 1902-January 1905

Captain, Fleet Reserve, Medway (from 1891 until 1905):

Captain Ernest Rice: July 1891-July 1893

Captain Swinton C. Holland: July 1893-July 1896

Captain Robert F. Hammick: July 1896-October 1898

Captain Angus Macleod: October 1898-February 1899

Captain William C.C. Forsyth: February 1899-February 1902

Captain Alvin C. Corry: February 1902-August 1903

Captain Archibald J. Pocklington: August 1903-June 1905

Captain, Scottish Coast Guard District(from 1903 until 1920 and from 1922 until 1923):

Captain Robert S.D. Cumming: May 1903-May 1906

Rear-Admiral Charles H. Robertson: May 1906-December 1908

Captain Heathcoat S. Grant: December 1908-December 1910

Captain Sir Arthur J. Henniker-Hughan, Bt.: December 1910-December 1912

Captain Stuart St.J. Farquhar: December 1912-September 1916

Captain Marcus R. Hill: September 1916-May 1918

Captain Warren H. D’Oyly: May-October 1918

Captain Clement C. Horne: October 1918-June 1919

Captain Louis C.S. Woollcombe: June 1919-February 1920

Captain Wilfrid Nunn: May 1922-January 1923

97

Captain, Eastern Coast Guard District(from 1903 until 1920):

Captain Frederick F. Fegen: May-November 1903

Captain Henry P. Routh: November 1903-September 1906

Rear-Admiral Charles H. Dare: September 1906-April 1909

Rear-Admiral William O. Story: April 1909-October 1911

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Robert F. Boyle: October 1911-June 1914

Captain Charles W. Keighly-Peach: June 1914-August 1917

Rear-Admiral Charles F. Thorp: August 1917-August 1919

Captain Herbert A. Adam: August 1919-January 1920

Captain, Southern Coast Guard District(from 1903 until 1920):

Captain Edward P. Jones: May 1903-August 1905

Rear-Admiral Leslie C. Stuart: August 1905-April 1906

Captain Charles W. Winnington-Ingram: April 1906-April 1909

Captain Evelyn R. Le Marchant: April 1909-January 1911

Captain William H. Baker-Baker: January 1911-April 1913

Captain John S. Luard: April 1913-May 1916

Rear-Admiral Robert E.R. Benson: May 1916-October 1918

Captain Warren H. D’Oyly: October 1918-September 1919

Captain Fawcet Wray: September 1919-January 1920

Captain, Western Coast Guard District (from 1903 until 1920):

Captain Henry L. Fleet: May 1903-May 1905

Rear-Admiral James E.C. Goodrich: May-November 1905

Captain Edward P. Ashe: November 1905-April 1907

Captain Julian C.A. Wilkinson: April 1907-February 1909

Captain Hubert Grant-Dalton: February 1909-February 1911

Captain Henry V.W. Elliott: February 1911-March 1913

Captain Herbert C.C. da Costa: March 1913-September 1916

Captain William J.S. Alderson: September 1916-April 1918

Rear-Admiral George B. Hutton: April 1918-April 1919

Captain Charles B. Miller: April 1919-January 1920

98

Captain, North of Ireland Coast Guard District(from 1903 until 1920 and from 1922 until 1923):

Captain Frederick O. Pike: May 1903-February 1906

Rear-Admiral Frederick St.G. Rich: February 1906-June 1907

Rear-Admiral Charles H.H. Moore: June 1907-June 1910

Captain Gerald C.A. Marescaux: June 1910-June 1912

Rear-Admiral Ernest G. Barton: June 1912-June 1919

Captain William D. Church: June 1919-January 1920

Captain Robert G.D. Dewar: July 1922-January 1923

Captain, South of Ireland Coast Guard District(from 1903 until 1920):

Captain Thomas Y. Greet: June 1903-February 1904

Captain Peyton Hoskyns: February 1904-October 1907

Rear-Admiral Robert G. Fraser: October 1907-February 1910

Captain Claud A.W. Hamilton: February 1910-January 1912

Captain Hugh T. Hibbert: January 1912-June 1915

Rear-Admiral Henry V.W. Elliott: June 1915-July 1919

Captain Hugh G.C. Somerville: July 1919-January 1920

Captain, North of Scotland Coast Guard District(from 1920 until 1922):

Captain Alan C. Bruce: February 1920-May 1922

Captain, Rosyth Coast Guard District(from 1920 until 1923):

Captain Louis C.S. Woollcombe: February 1920-June 1921

Captain Wilfrid Nunn: June 1921-May 1922

Captain, Humber Coast Guard District(from 1920 until 1922):

Captain Stephen H. Radcliffe: January 1920-January 1922

Captain the Hon. Arthur L.O. Forbes-Sempill : January-May 1922

99

Captain, Nore Coast Guard District(from 1920 until 1923):

Captain Herbert A. Adam: January-September 1920

Captain Harry H. Smyth: October 1920-May 1922

Captain the Hon. Arthur L.O. Forbes-Sempill: May 1922-January 1923

Captain, Portsmouth Coast Guard District(from 1920 until 1923):

Captain Fawcet Wray: January 1920-September 1921

Captain George M. Keane: September 1921-November 1922

Captain Percival H. Hall-Thompson: November 1922-January 1923

Captain, Plymouth Coast Guard District(from 1920 until 1923):

Rear-Admiral Charles B. Miller: January-May 1920

Captain Hugh J. Tweedie: May 1920-May 1922

Captain Ernest A. Taylor: May 1922-January 1923

Captain, Irish Sea Coast Guard District(from 1920 until 1922):

Captain Denis B. Crampton: January 1920-January 1922

Captain Ernest A. Taylor: January-May 1922

Captain, Kingstown Coast Guard District(from 1920 until 1922):

Captain William D. Church: January 1920-July 1921

Rear-Admiral Cecil H. Fox: July 1921-July 1922

Captain, Queenstown Coast Guard District(from 1920 until 1922):

Captain Hugh G.C. Somerville: January 1920-July 1921

Captain John C.T. Glossop: July 1921-January 1922

Captain Hugh G.C. Somerville: January-July 1922

100

Captain Buncrana Coast Guard District(from 1920 until 1922):

Captain Edward G. Lowther-Crofton: January-October 1920

Captain Robert G.D. Dewar: October 1920-July 1922

Flag Officer Commanding, Royal Yachts(until 1914 and from 1953 until 1997):

Vice-Admiral Sir John R.T. Fullerton: October 1884-April 1901

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Hedworth Lambton: April 1901-April 1903

Rear-Admiral Sir Archibald Berkeley Milne, Bt.: April 1903-August 1905

Rear-Admiral Sir Colin R. Keppel: August 1905-August 1909

Commodore Norman C. Palmer: August 1909-December 1913

Commodore Douglas R. L. Nicholson: December 1913-August 1914

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir Hubert G. Brand: May 1919-April 1922

Admiral Sir Henry T. Buller: April 1922-December 1931

Admiral the Hon. Sir Herbert Meade-

Fetherstonhaugh: April 1931-December 1934

Vice-Admiral Sir Dudley B.N. North: December 1934-September 1939

Vice-Admiral Sir E.M. Conolly Abel Smith: February 1953-January 1958

Vice-Admiral Sir Peter Dawnay: January 1958-January 1962

Rear-Admiral Sir Joseph C.C. Henley: January 1962-March 1965

Rear-Admiral Sir Patrick J. Morgan: March 1965-August 1970

Rear-Admiral Sir Richard J. Trowbridge: August 1970-September 1975

Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh P. Janion: September 1975-February 1981

Rear-Admiral Sir Paul W. Greening: February 1981-September 1985

Rear-Admiral Sir John Garnier: September 1985-September 1990

Rear-Admiral Sir Robert N. Woodard: September 1990-April 1995

Commodore Anthony J.C. Morrow: April 1995-December 1997

101

Admiral Superintendent, H. M. Dockyard, Portsmouth(Flag Officer, Portsmouth from 1969

until 1996):

Rear-Admiral George G. Wellesley: June 1865-June 1869

Rear-Admiral Astley Cooper Key: July 1869-June 1870

Vice-Admiral William Loring: June 1870-November 1871

Rear-Admiral William H. Stewart: November 1871-April 1872

Rear-Admiral Sir F. Leopold McClintock: April 1872-April 1877

Vice-Admiral the Hon. Fitzgerald A.C. Foley: April 1877-April 1882

Rear-Admiral John D. McCrea: May 1882-March 1883

Rear-Admiral Frederick A. Herbert: April 1883-November 1886

Rear-Admiral John O. Hopkins: November 1886-August 1888

Rear-Admiral William E. Gordon: August 1888-May 1891

Rear-Admiral John A. Fisher: May 1891-February 1892

Rear-Admiral Charles G. Fane: February 1892-February 1896

Vice-Admiral Ernest Rice: February 1896-September 1899

Rear-Admiral Pelham Aldrich: September 1899-September 1902

Vice-Admiral Reginald F. H.Henderson: September 1902-February 1905

Rear-Admiral Sir Henry D. Barry: February 1905-November 1906

Vice-Admiral Charles G. Robinson: November 1906-May 1909

Vice-Admiral F. Alban A. G. Tate: May 1909-May 1912

Rear-Admiral Herbert L.Heath: May 1912-August 1915

Rear-Admiral Arthur W.Waymouth: August 1915-January 1917

Rear-Admiral Charles L.Vaughan-Lee: January1917-April 1920

Rear-Admiral Sir Edwyn S.Alexander-Sinclair: April 1920-September 1922

Vice-Admiral Sir E.Percy F.G.Grant: September 1922-January1925

Rear-Admiral Bertram S. Thesiger: January 1925-May 1927

Vice-Admiral Leonard A. B. Donaldson: May 1927-May 1931

Vice-Admiral Sir Henry K. Kitson: May 1931-September 1935

Vice-Admiral Sir Robert R. Turner: September 1935-November 1940

Vice-Admiral Sir Marshal L. Clarke: November 1940-November 1945

Vice-Admiral Sir L. Vaughan Morgan: November 1945-July 1949

Vice-Admiral William Y. La R. Beverley: July 1949-October 1951

Rear-Admiral A. Gordon V. Hubback: October 1951-October 1954

Vice-Admiral Jocelyn S.C. Salter: October 1954-October 1957

Rear-Admiral John H. Unwin: October 1957-January 1961

Rear-Admiral Sir John S.W. Walsham,Bt.: January 1961-January 1964

Rear-Admiral Joseph L. Blackham: January 1964-May 1966

Rear-Admiral Richard C. Paige: May 1966-July 1968

Rear-Admiral Arthur M. Power: July 1968-May 1971

102

Rear-Admiral Peter G. La Niece: May 1971-May 1973

Rear-Admiral Stanley L. McArdle: May 1973-August 1975

Rear-Admiral E.James W. Flower: August 1975-October 1976

Rear-Admiral Wilfrid J. Graham: October 1976-January 1979

Rear-Admiral Paul E. Bass: January 1979-January 1981

Rear-Admiral Anthony S. Tippet: January 1981-September 1983

Rear-Admiral John C. Warsop: September 1983-November 1985

Rear-Admiral Anthony Wheatley: November 1985-November 1987

Rear-Admiral Kenneth J. Eaton: November 1987-July 1989

Rear-Admiral Jonathan J.R. Tod: July 1989-September 1990

Rear-Admiral David K. Bawtree: September 1990-October 1993

Rear-Admiral Neil E. Rankin: October 1993-1996

103

Captain of Dockyard, Portsmouth:

Captain R. Nelson Ommanney: January 1900-March 1903

Captain George A. Callaghan: October 1903-April 1904

Captain Francis R. Pelly: April 1904-December 1905

Captain Alban G. Tate: December 1905-July 1907

Captain Henry Loftus Tottenham: July 1907-March 1909

Captain William B. Fawckner: March 1909-February 1912

Rear-Admiral Cyril E. Tower: February 1912-June 1916

Rear-Admiral Edward H. Moubray: June 1916-May 1918

Captain Albert C. Scott: May 1918-December 1920

Captain Charles Tibbits: December 1920-February 1923

Captain Alfred H. Norman: February 1923-March 1925

Captain James D. Campbell: March 1925-December 1926

Captain Alexander R.W. Woods: December 1926-November 1928

Captain Reginald St. P. Parry: November 1928-January 1931

Captain Albert J. Robertson: January 1931-February 1933

Captain Edward B. Cloete: February 1933-May 1935

Captain William S.F. Macleod: May 1935-December 1936

Captain Kenneth H.L. Mackenzie: December 1936-March 1939

Captain Cuthbert Coppinger: March 1939-February 1941

Captain Irving M. Palmer: February 1941-January 1943

Captain Walter C. Tancred: January 1943-March 1945

Captain Edward F.B. Law: March 1945-March 1947

Captain Cecil R.L. Parry: March 1947-November 1948

Captain George V.M. Dolphin: November 1948-December 1950

Captain Peter Skelton: December 1950-October 1953

Captain P. Unwin: October 1953-October 1954

Captain John H. Unwin: October 1954-? 1955

Captain Archibald G. Forman: November 1955-April 1957

Captain Robin H. Maurice: April 1957-May 1959

Captain Bertie Pengelly: May 1959-May 1961

Captain Francis P.Baker: May 1961-May 1963

Captain John A. Marrack: May 1963-December 1965

Captain Terence L. Martin: December 1965-November 1967

Captain Kenneth H. Martin: November 1967-September 1968

Captain Philip R.G. Smith: September 1968-July 1969

Captain Kenneth H. Martin: July 1969-May 1971

Captain Henry E. Howard: May 1971-? 1973

104

Captain Stanley W. Clayden: December 1973-March 1975

Captain John L. Ommanney: April 1975-October 1977

Captain John R. Grindle: October 1977-February 1979

Captain Peter A. Pinkster: February 1979-May 1980

Captain Clifford J. Caughey: May 1980-February 1982

Captain Anthony R. Wavish: February 1982-1984

Captain Christopher J.T. Chamberlen: July 1984-1987

Captain Richard A. Smith: 1987-November 1989

Captain of the Portsmouth Dockyard Reserve(Steam Reserve until 1891; until 1903):

Captain George T. Gordon: April 1859-May 1861

Captain Henry Broadhead: May 1861-February 1864

Captain Henry Caldwell: February 1864-April 1866

Captain William C. Chamberlain: April 1866-November 1868

Captain Edward B. Rice: November 1868-December 1871

Captain Lord Gillford: December 1871-March 1874

Captain Charles L.D. Waddilove: March 1874-May 1877

Captain George H. Parkin: May-October 1877

Captain Theodore M. Jones: October 1877-January 1879

Captain Richard Wells: January 1879-August 1880

Captain William Codrington: August 1880-June 1881

Captain Philip H. Colomb: June 1881-June 1884

Captain Henry F. Nicholson: June 1884-July 1885

Captain Richard E. Tracey: July 1885-January 1888

Captain Alfred T. Dale: January 1888-November 1889

Captain Albert Hastings Markham: November 1889-August 1891

Captain Armand T. Powlett: August 1891-January 1892

Captain John C. Burnell: January 1892-January 1895

Captain Alexander G. McKechnie: January 1895-January 1898

Captain Reginald F.H. Henderson: January 1898-June 1899

Captain Alfred A.C. Parr: June 1899-May 1901

Captain William Wilson: June 1901-April 1903

Captain George A. Callaghan: May-October 1903

105

Admiral Superintendent, H. M. Dockyard, Devonport(until 1970):

Vice-Admiral the Hon. James R. Drummond: May 1866-July 1870

Rear-Admiral William H. Stewart: July 1870-November 1871

Vice-Admiral Sir William King-Hall: November 1871-August 1875

Rear-Admiral William C. Chamberlain: August 1875-May 1876

Rear-Admiral George O. Willes: May 1876–February 1879

Rear-Admiral Charles W. Hope: February 1879-February 1880

Rear-Admiral Charles T. Curme: February 1880-July 1885

Vice-Admiral Henry D. Grant: July 1885-August 1888

Vice-Admiral Sir Walter J. Hunt-Grubbe: August 1888-August 1891

Rear-Admiral Robert H. More-Molyneux: August 1891-August 1894

Rear-Admiral Edmund J. Church: August 1894-November 1896

Rear-Admiral Henry J. Carr: November 1896-July 1899

Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas S. Jackson: July 1899-July 1902

Vice-Admiral William H. Henderson: July 1902-March 1906

Vice-Admiral Charles J. Barlow: March 1906-March 1908

Vice-Admiral Charles H. Cross: March 1908-October 1910

Vice-Admiral Robert H.S. Stokes: October 1910-December 1913

Rear-Admiral Godfrey H.B.Mundy: December 1913-December 1916

Rear-Admiral Sir Arthur Henniker-Hughan, Bt.: December1916-September 1919

Rear-Admiral Edwin V.Underhill: September 1919-September 1922

Rear-Admiral Hugh L.P.Heard: September 1922-November 1924

Vice-Admiral Louis C. S.Woollcombe: November1924-March 1927

Vice-Admiral Oliver Backhouse: March 1927-March 1931

Vice-Admiral Harold O. Reinold: March 1931-March 1935

Vice-Admiral Arthur L. Snagge: March 1935-September 1938

Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur N. Dowding: September 1938-December 1945

Vice-Admiral Sir R.S. Gresham Nicholson: December 1945-February1950

Admiral Sir Philip K. Enright: February 1950-March 1954

Vice-Admiral Leslie N. Brownfield: March 1954-November 1957

Vice-Admiral Sir Lancelot A.B. Peile: November 1957-September 1960

Vice-Admiral G. David A. Gregory: September 1960-April 1964

Rear-Admiral Arthur J. Cawthra: April 1964-October 1966

Rear-Admiral Denis B.H. Wildish: October 1966-May 1970

106

Captain of Dockyard, Devonport:

Captain John A. Tuke: January-November 1903

Captain Charles H. Cochran: November 1903-June 1905

Captain Cecil Burney: June-July 1905

Captain Arthur J. Horsley: July 1905-September 1907

Captain R. Nelson Ommanney: September 1907-November 1908

Captain John A. Tuke: November 1908-January 1911

Captain Evelyn R. Le Marchant: January 1911-January 1913

Captain Henry J.L. Clarke: January 1913-June 1916

Rear-Admiral John Nicholas: June 1916-April 1918

Captain William J.S. Alderson: April 1918-November 1919

Captain Christopher R. Payne: November 1919-April 1920

Captain Richard Hyde: April 1920-April 1922

Captain Horace C. Watson: April 1922-March 1923

Captain John W. Carrington: March 1923-March 1924

Captain Geoffrey Mackworth: March 1924-March 1926

Captain Edward C. Boyle: March 1926-March 1928

Captain George W. Taylor: March 1928-April 1930

Captain Richard M. King: April 1930-December 1932

Captain John S.G. Fraser: December 1932-July 1934

Rear-Admiral Kenneth D.W. Macpherson: July 1934-December 1936

Captain Piers K. Kekewich: December 1936-January 1939

Captain Walter N.T. Beckett: January 1939-October 1940

Captain Colin S. Thomson: October 1940-February 1941

Rear-Admiral Algernon R. Smithwick: February 1941-November 1943

Rear-Admiral Albert J. Robertson: November 1943-October 1945

Captain Lawrence F. N. Ommanney: October 1945-July 1946

Captain Francis J. Butler: July 1946-August 1948

Captain Harry P. Currey: August 1948-August 1950

Captain John Jefferis: August 1950-August 1953

Captain Hugh C.B. Coleridge: August 1953-September 1955

Captain John R. Barnes: September 1955-December 1957

Captain William G. Parry: December 1957-January 1959

Captain Patrick J. Cowell: January 1959-November 1960

Captain Norman H. Pond: November 1960-May 1964

Captain William J.M. Teale: May 1964-August 1966

Captain Peter Keith-Welsh: August 1966-October 1969

Captain Dennis K.L. Learmount: October 1969-November 1971

Captain Michael C.M. Mansergh: November 1971-December 1973

107

Captain Peter J. Shaw: December 1973-July 1976

Captain John R. Wadman: July 1976-October 1978

Captain Arthur Checksfield: October 1978-April 1980

Captain Keith S. Pitt: April 1980-January 1982

Captain Peter H. Wright; January-December 1982

Captain Charles G. Le Mesurier: December 1982-February 1984

Captain Christopher P.R. Belton: February 1984-October 1985

Captain William H.H. McLeod: October 1985-1987

Captain John C.W. Lock: 1988-

Captain of the Devonport Dockyard Reserve(Steam Reserve until 1891; from 1891 until 1903):

Captain Astley Cooper-Key: July 1860-July 1863

Captain William Edmonstone: July 1863-April 1866

Captain George O. Willes: April 1866-January 1869

Captain William G. Luard: January 1869-May 1870

Captain Charles Fellowes: May 1870-May 1873

Captain Richard Vesey Hamilton: May 1873-March 1875

Captain Radulphus B. Oldfield: March 1875-September 1876

Captain Frederick A. Herbert: September 1876-January 1877

Captain Charles T. Curme: January 1877-January 1880

Captain Alfred J. Chatfield: January 1880-October 1882

Captain Edward Kelly: October 1882-October 1885

Captain Harry H. Rawson: October 1885-January 1889

Captain Walter Stewart: January 1889-August 1891

Captain Martin J. Dunlop: August 1891-October 1894

Captain Henry Rose: October 1894-September 1897

Captain William A.D. Acland: September 1897-June 1899

Captain William Marrack: June 1899-January 1902

Captain John Ferris: February 1902-November 1903

108

Admiral Superintendent, H. M. Dockyard, Chatham(and Flag Officer, Medway from 1961

until 1983):

Captain George Goldsmith: March 1856-April 1861

Captain Edward G. Fanshawe: April 1861-November 1863

Captain William H. Stewart: November 1863-November 1868

Captain William C. Chamberlain: December 1868-January 1874

Rear-Admiral Charles Fellowes: January 1874-February 1879

Rear-Admiral Thomas Brandreth: February 1879-December 1881

Vice-Admiral George W. Watson: December 1881-April 1886

Rear-Admiral William Codrington: April 1886-November 1887

Rear-Admiral Edward Kelly: November 1887-January 1892

Rear-Admiral G. Digby Morant: January 1892-September 1895

Rear-Admiral Hilary G. Andoe: September 1895-September 1899

Vice-Admiral Swinton C. Holland: September 1899-September 1902

Vice-Admiral Robert W. Craigie: September 1902-September 1905

Rear-Admiral Alvin C. Corry: September 1905-January 1907

Vice-Admiral George W. Giffard: February 1907-August 1909

Rear-Admiral Robert Nelson Ommanney: August 1909-August 1912

Rear-Admiral Charles E.Anson: August 1912-August 1915

Vice-Admiral Arthur D.Ricardo: August 1915-May 1919

Rear-Admiral Sir William E.Goodenough: May 1919-May 1920

Rear-Admiral Lewis Clinton-Baker: May 1920-September 1921

Rear-Admiral Edward B.Kiddle: September 1921-December 1923

Rear-Admiral Percy M.R.Royds: December 1923-December 1925

Rear-Admiral Charles P. Beaty-Pownall: December 1925-December 1927

Rear-Admiral Anselan J.B. Stirling: December 1927-October 1931

Vice-Admiral Charles W. Round-Turner: October 1931-October 1935

Vice-Admiral Sir Clinton F. S. Danby: October 1935-October 1942

Admiral Sir John G. Crace: October 1942-July 1946

Vice-Admiral Gervase B. Middleton: July 1946-September 1950

Vice-Admiral Sir Albert L. Poland: September 1950-October 1954

Rear-Admiral George V.M. Dolphin: October 1954-October 1958

Rear-Admiral John Y. Thompson: October 1958-February 1961

Rear-Admiral I.William T. Beloe: February 1961-December 1963

Rear-Admiral Ian L.T.Hogg: December 1963-July 1966

Vice-Admiral Sir W. John Parker: July 1966-September 1969

Rear-Admiral Frederick C.W. Lawson: September 1969-November 1971

Rear-Admiral Colin C.H. Dunlop: November 1971-January 1974

Rear-Admiral Stephen F. Berthon: January 1974-July 1976

109

Rear-Admiral Christopher M. Bevan: July 1976-August 1978

Rear-Admiral Charles B. Williams: August 1978-August 1980

Rear-Admiral George M.K. Brewer: August 1980-August 1982

Rear-Admiral William A. Higgins: August 1982-1983

110

Captain of Dockyard, Chatham:

Captain Frank H. Henderson: February 1904-June 1905

Captain Francis G. Kirby: June-September 1905

Captain Thomas Y. Greet: September 1905-July 1907

Captain William de Salis: July 1907-July 1909

Captain Arthur D. Ricardo: July 1909-August 1911

Captain Hubert Grant-Dalton: August 1911-September 1913

Captain Ernest H. Grafton: September 1913-September 1916

Captain Mortimer L’E. Silver: September 1916-October 1919

Captain Charles S. Wills: October 1919-March 1922

Captain Richard Horne: March 1922-February 1923

Captain Ernest W. Leir: February 1923-February 1924

Captain Alfred F. B. Carpenter: February 1924-February 1926

Captain Robert C. Hamilton: February 1926-February 1928

Captain Arthur Kemmis Betty: February 1928-August 1929

Captain Niel O’Neill: August 1929-August 1931

Captain Aubrey T. Tillard: August 1931-October 1932

Captain Algernon R. Smithwick: October 1932-March 1935

Captain Charles G. Stuart: March 1935-May 1937

Captain Edye K. Boddam-Whetham: May 1937-July 1939

Captain Cecil S. Sandford: July 1939-1941

Captain Lawrence F.N. Ommanney: 1941-November 1942

Captain Alban E.T. Tate: November 1942-September 1943

Captain John B. May: September 1943-February 1946

Captain Cyril I. Horton: February-August 1946

Captain Francis B. Lloyd: August 1946-November 1947

Captain Reginald F. Nichols: November 1947-November 1949

Captain Basil Jones: November 1949-October 1951

Captain Richard C. Boyle: October 1951-October 1953

Captain John F. Cochrane: October 1953-October 1955

Captain Roger C. Lewis: October 1955-July 1958

Captain Christopher C. Suther: July 1958-March 1961

Captain Peter G.C. Dickens: March 1961-November 1964

Captain Ian G.H. Garnett: November 1964-June 1966

Captain David V. Morgan: June 1966-May 1968

Captain Sir Edward F.Archdale, Bt.: May 1968-July 1971

Captain Laurence W.H. Taylor: July 1971-May 1974

Captain David C.R. Walters: May 1974-August 1976

Captain Peter J. Shaw: August 1976-April 1979

111

Captain Edward M.C. Walker: April 1979-May 1982

Captain Allan J.B. Laybourne: May 1982-1984

Captain of the Chatham Dockyard Reserve(Medway Steam Reserve until 1891; from 1891 until

1904):

Captain Charles F. Schomberg: January 1860-February 1862

Captain Thomas P. Thompson: February 1862-April 1863

Captain William King-Hall: April 1863-April 1865

Captain George G. Randolph: May 1865-June 1866

Captain George W. Preedy: June-October 1866

Captain the Hon. Arthur A.L.P. Cochrane: October 1866-May 1870

Captain William G. Luard: May 1870-Dcember 1871

Captain Charles Murray-Aynsley: December 1871-January 1875

Captain John C. Soady: January 1875-December 1877

Captain Frederick W. Richards: January-October 1878

Captain Walter J. Hunt-Grubbe: November 1878-November 1881

Captain Lord Walter T. Kerr: November 1881-March 1885

Captain Alexander Buller: March 1885-January 1887

Captain Lord Charles T. Montagu-Douglas-

Scott: January 1887-April 1888

Captain Henry F. Stephenson: April 1888-July 1890

Captain Hilary G. Andoe: July 1890-July 1893

Captain Lord Charles W. de la P. Beresford: July 1893-April 1896

Captain Albert B. Jenkings: April 1896-December 1897

Captain George L. Atkinson-Willes: December 1897-December 1900

Captain John Durnford: December 1900-January 1901

Captain Walter H.B. Graham: January 1901-August 1902

Captain Edward H. Bayly: August 1902-February 1904

112

Captain of Sheerness Dockyard:

Captain Charles Wise: July 1860-April 1865

Captain William King-Hall: April 1865-March 1869

Captain the Hon. Arthur A.L.P. Cochrane: April 1869-May 1870

Captain William G. Luard: May 1870-January 1875

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Fitzgerald A.C. Foley: January 1875-January 1877

Captain Thomas Brandreth: January 1877-January 1879

Captain Theodore M. Jones: January 1879-January 1883

Captain John O. Hopkins: January-April 1883

Captain William Codrington: April 1883-July 1885

Captain Henry F. Nicholson: July 1885-July 1886

Captain Sir Robert H. More-Molyneux: July 1886-June 1888

Captain Charles G. Fane: June 1888-August 1890

Captain Richard Duckworth-King: August 1890-January 1892

Captain Armand T. Powlett: January 1892-January 1894

Captain John Fellowes: January 1894-January 1895

Captain John C. Burnell: January 1895-January 1898

Captain Andrew K. Bickford: January 1898-June 1899

Captain Reginald F.H. Henderson: June 1899-June 1901

Captain Gerald C. Langley: June 1901-August 1902

Captain Walter H.B. Graham: August 1902-January 1905

Captain Frederick L. Campbell: January 1905-January 1906

Rear-Admiral James Startin: February 1906-May 1907

Captain John Casement: May 1907-July 1908

Captain Robert H. Johnston Stewart: July 1908-December 1909

Captain Henry H. Torlesse: December 1909-December 1911

Rear-Admiral Robert J. Prendergast: December 1911-September 1915

Rear-Admiral Edmund Hyde Smith: September 1915-April 1919

Captain F. Shirley Litchfield-Speer: April 1919-March 1922

Captain Herbert N. Garnett: March 1922-February 1923

Captain Oliver Backhouse: February 1923-February 1925

Captain Frederick C. Fisher: February 1925-April 1927

Captain Dashwood F. Moir: April 1927-April 1929

Captain Benjamin W. Barrow: April 1929-July 1930

Captain Hugh D. Hamilton: July 1930-July 1932

Captain Robert S. MacFarlan: July 1932-July 1934

Captain James V.V. Magrane: July 1934-September 1935

Captain Henry B. Maltby: September 1935-December 1937

Captain Hugh Marrack: December 1937-July 1943

113

Rear-Admiral Colin S. Thomson: July 1943-October 1945

Commodore Jack T. Borrett: October 1945-August 1948

Captain Hubert V.P. McClintock: August 1948-September 1950

Captain Villiers N. Surtees: September 1950-September 1953

Captain Sydney J.S. Boord: September 1953-November 1955

Captain Francis R. Main: November 1955-October 1957

Captain Paul M.B. Chavasse: October 1957-March 1960

Admiral Superintendant/Port Admiral, H.M. Dockyard, Rosyth(until 1923 and from 1939 until

1983):

Rear-Admiral Sir Henry H. Bruce: June 1915-April 1920

Vice-Admiral Sir John F.E. Green: April 1920-June 1923

Rear-Admiral Colin Cantlie: September 1939-April 1944

Rear-Admiral Henry C. Bovell: April 1944-April 1947

Vice-Admiral Sir Angus E.M.B. Cunninghame Graham: April 1947-August 1951

Rear-Admiral John H.F. Crombie: August 1951-November 1953

Rear-Admiral Peter Skelton: November 1953-September 1956

Rear-Admiral Peter D.H.R. Pelly: September 1956-November 1957

Rear-Admiral Walter Evershed: November 1957-September 1960

Rear-Admiral Ian G. Aylen: September 1960-September 1963

Rear-Admiral John G. Watson: September 1963-September 1966

Rear-Admiral William T.C. Ridley: September 1966-February 1972

Rear-Admiral Peter White: February 1972-April 1974

Rear-Admiral Anthony J. Monk: April 1974-January 1976

Rear-Admiral William T. Pillar: January 1976-November 1977

Rear-Admiral John R.D. Nunn: November 1977-January 1980

Rear-Admiral James E.C. Kennon: January 1980-August 1981

Rear-Admiral John C. Warsop: August 1981-August 1983

Vice-Admiral Robert R. Squires: August-December 1983

114

Captain of Dockyard, Rosyth:

Captain William F. Slayter: January 1915-October 1917

Rear-Admiral Charles F. Henderson: October 1917-April 1919

Captain Harry M. K. Betty: April 1919-April 1921

Captain William M. Kerr: April 1921-October 1923

Captain Archibald Cochrane: October 1923-?

Captain Philip H. E. Welby-Everard: November 1953-November 1954

Captain Peter N. Buckley: November 1954-February 1957

Captain William W. Stewart-Fitzroy: February 1957-February 1959

Captain Arfor R.E. Bishop: February 1959-February 1961

Captain A. John R. White: February 1961-February 1963

Captain Peter B. Marriott: February 1963-October 1964

Captain George H. Evans: October 1964-May 1966

Captain James S. Launders: May 1966-September 1967

Captain Ernest J.D. Turner: September 1967-June 1968

Captain Michael R. Collins: June 1968-July 1970

Captain Thomas G. Briggs: July 1970-February 1973

Captain David J. Bent: February 1973-September 1974

Captain Peter K.C. Harris: September 1974-April 1976

Captain Frederick N. Buckler: April 1976-May 1978

Captain Robert O. Tordoff: May 1978-January 1981

Captain Harry Mucklow: January 1981-October 1982

Captain William H.H. McLeod: October 1982-October 1985

Captain Anthony H.F. Wilks: October 1985-March 1988

115

Captain of Dockyard, Portland(Senior Naval Officer until 1919 and from 1939 until 1945;

until 1958):

Rear-Admiral Charles E. Anson: October 1908-June 1911

Captain Owen F. Gillett: June 1911-September 1913

Rear-Admiral Gerald C. A. Marescaux: September 1913-April 1914

Commodore Joseph R. Bridson: April 1914-February 1915

Rear-Admiral Frank E.C. Ryan: February 1915-September 1916

Rear-Admiral Richard M. Harbord: September 1916-November 1917

Rear-Admiral Vivian H.G. Bernard: November 1917-November 1919

Captain James R.P. Hawksley: April 1920-April 1922

Captain Arthur C.S. Hughes D’Aeth: April 1922-March 1923

Captain Humphrey H. Smith: March 1923-May 1925

Captain Charles T. Hardy: May 1925-July 1926

Captain Arthur G. Craufurd: July 1926-January 1928

Captain Leonard L. P. Willan: January 1928-April 1929

Captain Ernest W. Leir: April 1929-April 1931

Captain Hugh S. Shipway: April 1931-July 1932

Captain Arthur M. Lecky: July 1932-May 1933

Captain John H. K. Clegg: May 1933-May 1935

Captain Edward B. Cloete: May 1935-July 1936

Captain James Powell: July 1936-August 1938

Captain Colin S. Thomson: August 1938-September 1940

Vice-Admiral the Hon. Edmund R. Drummond: August 1939-February 1942

Vice-Admiral G.T. Carlisle P. Swabey: February 1942-October 1944

Rear-Admiral Richard J.R. Scott: October 1944-August 1945

Captain Mervyn S. Thomas: August 1945-August 1947

Captain Roderick L.M. Edwards: August 1947-October 1949

Captain Casper S.B. Swinley: October 1949-June 1951

Captain Sydney J.S. Boord: June 1951-June 1953

Captain Geoffrey M. Sladen: June 1953-May 1955

Captain Ronald G. Mills: May 1955-July 1957

Captain Arthur F.P. Lewis: July 1957-December 1958

116

Captain of Dockyard, Pembroke(until 1926):

Captain George Ramsay: July 1857-September 1862

Captain William Loring: September 1862-March 1866

Captain Robert Hall: March 1866-March 1871

Captain William Armytage: February 1871-January 1872

Captain Richard W. Courtenay: January 1872-March 1875

Captain Richard Vesey Hamilton: March 1875-October 1877

Captain George H. Parkin: October 1877-October 1882

Captain Alfred J. Chatfield: October 1882-January 1886

Captain Edward Kelly: January 1886-June 1887

Captain G. Digby Morant: June 1887-January 1889

Captain Samuel Long: January 1889-August 1891

Captain Walter Stewart: August 1891-January 1893

Captain Charles C.Penrose Fitzgerald: January 1893-March 1895

Captain William H. Hall: March 1895

Captain Charles J. Balfour: March 1895-October 1896

Captain Burges Watson: October 1896-October 1899

Captain Charles J. Barlow: October 1899-October 1902

Captain Gerald W. Russell: October 1902-October 1904

Captain John Denison: October 1904-October 1906

Rear-Admiral Henry C. Kingsford: October 1906-December 1908

Rear-Admiral Godfrey H.B. Mundy: December 1908-December 1911

Rear-Admiral Alfred E.A. Grant: December 1911-September 1915

Captain Frederick D. Gilpin Brown: September 1915-April 1918

Captain John G. Armstrong: April 1918-February 1920

Captain David Murray Anderson: February 1920-April 1922

Captain the Hon. Arthur B. S. Dutton: April 1922-July 1924

Captain Leonard A.B. Donaldson: July 1924-? 1926

117

Captain, Naval Depot/Commodore, Royal Naval Barracks, Portsmouth(Commander, Naval

Base, Portsmouth from 196 :

Captain Francis C.B. Bridgeman: October 1897-May 1898

Rear-Admiral James L. Hammet: May 1898-April 1900

Captain William des V. Hamilton: April 1900-January 1903

Captain Henry D. Barry: January-November 1903

Commodore Spencer H.M. Login: November 1903-February 1906

Commodore Walter G.Stopford: February-December 1906

Commodore Arthur A.C. Galloway: December 1906-January 1908

Commodore Edward G.Shortland: January 1908-July 1909

Commodore Christopher G.F.M. Cradock: July 1909-October 1910

Commodore Alexander L. Duff: October 1910-October 1911

Commodore John B. Eustace: October 1911-September 1913

Commodore Charles L. Vaughan-Lee: September 1913-December 1914

Rear-Admiral John B. Eustace: December 1914-June 1916

Commodore Henry B. Pelly: June 1916-November 1918

Commodore Arthur Gordon Smith: November 1918-October 1920

Commodore John W.L.McClintock: October 1920-August 1922

Commodore Cyril S. Townsend: August 1922-August 1924

Commodore Oliver E.Leggett: August 1924-July 1926

Commodore Gilbert O.Stephenson: July 1926-July 1928

Commodore Frank F. Rose: July 1928-November 1929

Commodore the Hon. Alexander R. M. Ramsay: November 1929-November 1931

Commodore Hubert E.Dannreuther: November 1931-October 1932

Commodore James F. Somerville: October 1932-May 1934

Commodore Geoffrey Layton: May 1934-February 1936

Commodore Lancelot E. Holland: February 1936-August 1937

Rear-Admiral W.E. Campbell Tait: August 1937-April 1940

Commodore Harold T. C. Walker: April 1940-July 1941

Commodore Ernest R. Archer: July 1941-March 1943

Commodore Humphrey B. Jacomb: March 1943-May 1945

Commodore Geoffrey A. B. Hawkins: May 1945-January 1947

Commodore Angus D. Nicholl: January 1947-May 1948

Commodore Dering P. Evans: May 1948-March 1950

Commodore Robert S. Warne: March 1950-June 1951

Rear-Admiral Malcolm W. St. L. Searle: June 1951-December 1952

Commodore Sir Robert W. Stirling-Hamilton, Bt.: December1952-January 1954

Commodore Charles L.G. Evans: January 1954-January 1956

Commodore John Y. Thompson: January 1956-October 1957

118

Commodore A.A. Fitzroy Talbot: October 1957-September 1959

Commodore Viscount Kelburn: September 1959-May 1961

Commodore Douglas H.R. Bromley: May 1961-June 1963

Commodore Philip G. Sharp: June 1963-April 1965

Commodore Geoffrey A. Henderson: April 1965-November 1966

Commodore Edward H. Lee: November 1966-October 1968

Commodore Edward W. Ellis: October 1968-June 1971

Commodore Cecil J.A. Johnson: June 1971-October 1972

Commodore John S.C. Lea: October 1972-April 1975

Commodore Gerard Hayne: April 1975-April 1977

Commodore Peter I.F. Beeson: April 1977-October 1978

Commodore William E.C. Perkins: October 1978-March 1981

Commodore Michael F. Simpson: March 1981-1983

Commodore David F. Watts: 1983-1984

Commodore Christopher J. Howard: 1984-1987

Commodore John Hall: 1987-1988

Commodore John G. Tolhurst: 1988-November 1989

Commodore David C. Hebron: 1989-April 1992

Commodore Roger J. Lowndes: April 1992-April 1994

Commodore Andrew E. Slater: April 1994-October 1996

Commodore Iain R. Henderson: October 1996-September 1998

Commodore Stephen W. Graham: September 1998-September 2000

Commodore R. Paul Boissier: September 2000-July 2002

Commodore Amjad J. Hussain: July 2002-November 2005

Commodore David G. Steel: November 2005-November 2008

Commodore Robert J. Thompson: November 2008-September 2011

Commodore Anthony D. Radakin: September 2011-October 2012

Commodore Jeremy C. Rigby: October 2012-January 2018

Commodore James D. Higham: January 2018-

119

Captain, Naval Depot/Commodore, Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport(Commander, Naval Base,

Plymouth from 196 ):

Captain Harry T. Grenfell: October 1898-March 1900

Captain Sir Richard Poore, Bt.: March 1900-December 1902

Rear-Admiral Harry S.F. Niblett: December 1902-February 1905

Commodore William B. Fisher: February 1905-January 1907

Commodore Frederic E.E. Brock: January 1907-April 1908

Commodore Arthur Y. Moggridge: April 1908-August 1909

Commodore Rosslyn E. Wemyss: August 1909-September 1910

Commodore Lionel G. Tufnell: September 1910-January 1911

Commodore Rosslyn E. Wemyss: January-April 1911

Commodore John de M. Hutchison: April 1911-June 1913

Commodore Arthur D. Ricardo: June 1913-April 1914

Commodore T. Dawson L. Sheppard: April-December 1914

Rear-Admiral John de M. Hutchison: December 1914-January 1917

Commodore Charles F. Corbett: January 1917-February 1919

Commodore Edward Reeves: February 1919-July 1921

Commodore William H.D.Boyle: July 1921-October 1923

Commodore Charles W.R.Royds: October 1923-October 1925

Commodore Wilfred Tomkinson: October 1925-October1926

Commodore Charles W. Round-Turner: October 1926-October 1928

Commodore Arthur E.F.Bedford: October 1928-January 1930

Commodore Noel F. Laurence: January 1930-January 1932

Commodore James M. Pipon: January 1932-January 1934

Commodore Richard H. O. Lane-Poole: January 1934- February 1936

Rear-Admiral Richard Bell Davies: February 1936-April 1938

Rear-Admiral Alban T. B. Curteis: April 1938-May 1940

Commodore Victor A. C. Crutchley: May 1940-March 1942

Commodore Lionel C. P. Tudway: March 1942-August 1944

Commodore Robert L. B. Cunliffe: August 1944-January 1946

Commodore Douglas Young-Jamieson: January 1946-January 1947

Commodore Sydney M. Raw: January 1947-June 1949

Commodore P. Sydney Smith: June 1949-January 1951

Commodore Benjamin Bryant: January 1951-January 1953

Commodore John E. H. McBeath: January 1953-December 1954

Commodore Royston H. Wright: January 1955-January 1956

Commodore Charles E. Keys: February 1956-January 1958

Commodore Talbot L. Eddison: January 1958-September 1959

Commodore Isaac W.T. Beloe: September 1959-December 1960

120

Commodore John O.C. Hayes: December 1960-June 1962

Commodore Thomas E.Barlow: June 1962-January 1964

Commodore George C. Leslie: January 1964-September 1965

Commodore Percival E.I. Bailey: September 1965-November 1968

Commodore Jack M. Henry: November 1968-June 1971

Commodore Stephen F. Berthon: June 1971-October 1973

Commodore Robin W. Garson: October 1973-May 1975

Commodore John R. Grindle: May 1975-October 1977

Commodore John H. Carlill: October 1977-February 1980

Commodore William A. Higgins: February 1980-1982

Commodore Richard J. Husk: 1984-April 1986

Commodore Nigel I.C. Kettlewell: April 1986-February 1988

Commodore James Carine: February 1988-March 1989

Commodore Christopher J.S. Craig: March 1989-March 1990

Commodore D.G. Wilson: September 1990-March 1992

Commodore Michael R. Thomas: March 1992-October 1993

Commodore K.A. Johnson: October 1993-1996

Commodore Jonathan A. Burch: 1996-February 1998

Commodore Jonathon Reeve: February 1998-March 2000

Commodore Richard F. Cheadle: March 2000-September 2002

Commodore Andrew D.H. Mathews: September 2002-April 2005

Commodore Simon R. Lister: April 2005-April 2008

Commodore Ian M. Jess: April 2008-August 2010

Commodore Steven R. Dearden: August 2010-July 2012

Commodore Graham T.Little: July 2012-January 2015

Commodore Ian Shipperley: January 2015-

121

Captain, Naval Depot/Commodore, Royal Naval Barracks, Chatham(until 1961):

Captain Ernest Rice: July 1891-July 1893

Captain Swinton C. Holland: July 1893-July 1896

Captain Robert F. Hammick: July 1896-October 1898

Captain Angus Macleod: October 1898-May 1901

Captain Reginald C. Prothero: May 1901-October 1902

Captain Lewis E. Wintz: October 1902-July 1904

Commodore Frederick G.Stopford: July 1904-May 1907

Commodore Edward E. Bradford: May 1907-December 1908

Commodore Ernest C.T. Troubridge: December 1908-February 1910

Commodore Cecil F. Thursby: February 1910-August 1911

Commodore Seymour E. Erskine: August 1911-April 1913

Commodore Ernest F. A. Gaunt: April 1913-August 1915

Rear-Admiral Seymour E.Erskine: August 1915-July 1918

Commodore Harry L. de E. Skipwith: July 1918-August 1920

Commodore Gerald W.Vivian: August 1920-June 1921

Commodore Louis C.S.Woollcombe: June 1921-May 1922

Commodore Alexander V.Campbell: May 1922-November 1923

Commodore Eric J.A.Fullerton: November 1923-December 1925

Commodore Geoffrey Hopwood: December 1925-December 1927

Commodore Hugh S. Shipway: December 1927-November 1929

Commodore Arthur L. Snagge: November 1929-July 1931

Commodore Andrew B. Cunningham: July 1931-December 1932

Commodore Robert C. Davenport: January 1933-July 1935

Commodore John C. Tovey: January 1935-July 1937

Commodore Stuart S. Bonham-Carter: July 1937-March 1939

Commodore Robert L. Burnett: March 1939-November 1940

Commodore R. S. Gresham Nicholson: November 1940-August 1943

Commodore Angus M. B. Cunninghame Graham: August 1943-January 1945

Commodore Marcel H.A. Kelsey: January 1945-February 1946

Rear-Admiral Basil C. B. Brooke: February 1946-February 1948

Commodore John A.S. Eccles: February 1948-October 1949

Commodore Peter G.L. Cazalet: October 1949-October 1950

Commodore Gerald V. Gladstone: October 1950-May 1952

Commdore Geoffrey Thistleton-Smith: May 1952-November 1953

Commodore Peter L. Collard: November 1953-November 1955

Commodore Hugh C.B. Coleridge: November 1955-May 1957

Commodore John F.D. Bush: May 1957-March 1959

Commodore Lionel W.L. Argles: March 1959-March 1961

122

Commodore, Clyde Submarine Base(from 1967):

Commodore Derrick G. Kent: August 1967-May 1969

Commodore Peter G. La Niece: May 1969-February 1971

Commodore Peter E.C. Berger: February 1971-August 1973

Commodore Anthony J. Cooke: August 1973-October 1975

Commodore Alan J. Leahy: October 1975-May 1978

Commodore Colin N. MacEacharn: May 1978-October 1980

Commodore George M.F. Vallings: October 1980-October 1982

Commodore David H. Morse: October 1982-October 1984

Commodore David Pentreath: October 1984-June 1986

Commodore Patrick B. Rowe: June 1986-December 1988

Commodore Robert N. Woodard: December 1988-June 1990

Commodore David A.J. Blackburn: June 1990-1992

Commodore Stuart M. Tickner: 1992

Commodore John A. Trewby: March 1992-February 1994

Commodore B. Brian Perowne: February 1994-1996

Commodore Frederick G. Thompson: 1996-199

Commodore Richard J. Lord: 199 –January 2001

Commodore K. John Borley: January 2001–June 2004

Commodore Carolyn J. Stait: June 2004-October 2007

Commodore Christopher J. Hockley: October 2007-January 2011

Commodore Michael P. Wareham: January 2011-September 2013

Commodore Keith A. Beckett: September 2013-October 2014

Commodore A.Mark Adams: October 2014-February 2016

Commodore Mark E. Gayfer: February 2016-

123

Captain, Royal Naval Air Station, Portland(“HMS Osprey”)(from 1959 until 1999; Anti-

Submarine Establishment from 1930 until 196 ):

Captain John G. Crace: April 1930-April 1932

Captain Douglas A. Budgen: April 1932-April 1934

Captain Harold E. Morse: April 1934-April 1936

Captain W. Edward Parry: April 1936-January 1938

Captain Alexander C.G. Madden: January 1938-December 1939

Captain Newton J.W. William-Powlett: December 1939-November 1940

Captain Geoffrey M.K. Keble-White: November 1940-January 1943

Captain Richard G. Onslow: January-November 1943

Captain Robert H. Bevan: December 1943-July 1944

Captain Alfred S. Russell: July 1944-May 1945

Captain Robert J. Shaw: May 1945-May 1947

Captain William E. Banks: May 1947-May 1949

Captain Manley L. Power: May 1949-July 1950

Captain Archibald G. Forman: July 1950-June 1952

Captain John B. Frewen: June 1952-April 1954

Captain George I.M. Balfour: April 1954-September 1956

Captain Robert W. Mayo: September 1956-September 1958

Captain George D. Pound: September 1958-May 1961

Captain Gordon T.S. Gray: May 1961-December 1962

Captain Cedric K. Roberts: December 1962-July 1964

Captain Angus Turnbull: July 1964-November 1966

Captain Kenneth Lee-White: November 1966-September 1968

Captain Edgar G. Brown: September 1968-June 1970

Captain Donald B. Morison: June 1970-April 1972

Captain John R.C. Johnston: April 1972-May 1974

Captain Bruce M. Tobey: May 1974-October 1975

Captain David T. McKeown: October 1975-May 1977

Captain Christopher J. Isacke: May 1977-August 1979

Captain Robert Mcqueen: August 1979-March 1982

Captain Charles R.V. Doe: March 1982-October 1983

Captain Anthony N. Wigley: October 1983-December 1984

Captain Robert N. Woodard: December 1984-1986

Captain Christopher J.S. Craig: 1986-March 1989

Captain Robert N.E. Payne: March 1989-February 1991

Captain Alastair B. Ross: February 1991-July 1993

Captain Robert M. Turner: July 1993-1994

Captain John B. Harvey: 1994-199

124

Captain, Royal Naval Air Station, Yeovilton(“HMS Heron”):

Captain Harry S. Murray-Smith: March 1940-May 1942

Captain Mervyn S. Thomas: May 1942-August 1943

Captain E.M. Conolly Abel Smith: August 1943-May 1944

Captain Charles L. Keighley Peach: May 1944-August 1945

Captain John B. Heath: August 1945-February 1947

Captain W. Kaye Edden: February 1947-May 1949

Captain Walter A. Adair: May 1949-January 1951

Captain R.T. Paul: January 1951-May 1952

Captain Eric V. St.G. Morgan: May 1952-September 1953

Captain Alan F. Black: September 1953-July 1955

Captain Henry J.F. Lane: July 1955-January 1958

Captain Desmond B.Law: January 1958-January 1960

Captain William C. Simpson: January 1960-January 1962

Captain Rodney H.P. Carver: January 1962-February 1964

Captain Terence G.V. Percy: February 1964-July 1966

Captain George C. Baldwin: July 1966-May 1968

Captain Cyril J. Cunningham: May 1968-May 1970

Captain Alfred R. Rawbone: May 1970-February 1972

Captain Keith A. Leppard: February 1972-February 1974

Captain Joseph J. Phillips: February 1974-November 1975

Captain Harold J. Abraham: November 1975-October 1977

Captain Brian J. Williams: October 1977-August 1980

Captain Michael J.F. Rawlinson: August 1980-February 1982

Captain Peter J. Williams: February 1982-January 1984

Captain Robert J. Northard: January 1984-February 1986

Captain Rodney P. Warwick: February 1986-February 1988

Captain Colin L. MacGregor: February 1988-1989

Captain Robin F. Shercliffe: 1989-January 1992

Captain Ian D. MacKenzie: January 1992-August 1993

Captain Iain R. Henderson: August 1993-1996

Commodore Scott Lidbetter: 1996-November 1998

Commodore Richard J. Clapp: November 1998-May 2001

Commodore William M. Covington: May 2001-July 2003

Commodore Alan R.C. Bennett: July 2003-November 2005

Commodore Christopher L. Palmer: November 2005-July 2009

Brigadier Mark J.D. Noble: July 2009-March 2011

Commodore Paul A. Chivers: March 2011-November 2012

Commodore R.S. (Jock) Alexander: November 2012-September 2015

125

Commodore Jonathan P. Pentreath: September 2015-April 2017

Commodore Nicolas H.C. Tindal: April 2017-

126

Captain, Royal Naval Air Station, Culdrose(“HMS Seahawk”)(from 1947):

Captain Kenneth S. Colquhoun: May 1948-July 1950

Captain Ian R. Sarel: July 1950-July 1952

Captain Henry C.N. Rolfe: July 1952-June 1954

Captain Wolf W.R. Bentinck: June 1954-June 1955

Captain Desmond Vincent-Jones: June 1955-October 1957

Captain Hugh S. Barber: October 1957-September 1959

Captain Charles L.F. Webb: September 1959-July 1961

Captain Josef C. Bartosik: July 1961-May 1963

Captain Peter S. Beale: May 1963-July 1964

Captain Cedric K. Roberts: July 1964-June 1965

Captain Ian G.W. Robertson: June 1965-July 1967

Captain Bernard H. Notley: July 1967-July 1969

Captain Denis H. Frazer: July 1969-September 1971

Captain John B. Robathan: September 1971-October 1973

Captain Cecil E. Price: October 1973-October 1975

Captain Stanley Leonard: October 1975-January 1978

Captain Wilbert A. Tofts: January 1978-April 1980

Captain Roger C. Dimmock: April 1980-May 1982

Captain Michael H.G. Layard: May 1982-January 1984

Captain Walter J. Flindell: January 1984-October 1985

Captain Noel C.H. James: October 1985-1987

Captain Paul J. Bootherstone: 1987-July 1989

Captain Terence S. Taylor: July 1989-January 1992

Captain Christopher L.L. Quarrie: January 1992-May 1993

Captain Peter A. Fish: May 1993-199

Commodore Christopher W. Waite: June 2000-2003

Captain Michael Knowles: 2003-January 2006

Captain Jeremy H. Stanford: January-October 2006

Captain Philip Thicknesse: October 2006-October 2008

Captain Graeme Mackay: October 2008-June 2010

Captain Toby J.L. Williamson: June 2010-November 2012

Captain William N. Entwisle: December 2012-April 2013

Captain Mark D. Garratt: April 2013-December 2014

Captain Adrian P. Orchard: December 2014-

127

Captain, Royal Naval Air Station, Brawdy(“HMS Goldcrest”)(from 1952 until 1971):

Captain Richard E.N. Kearney: August 1952-July 1954

Captain Donald C.E.F. Gibson: July 1954-July 1956

Captain Frederick Stovin-Bradford: July 1956-September 1958

Captain H. Richard B. Janvrin: September 1958-July 1959

Captain Edmund S. Carver: July 1959-February 1961

Captain William I. Campbell: January 1963-February 1965

Captain Peter M. Austin: February 1965-March 1967

Captain Arthur B.B. Clark: March 1967-May 1969

Captain Royston L. Eveleigh: May 1969-1970

Captain, Royal Naval Air Station, Lossiemouth(“HMS Fulmar”)(from 1948 until 1972):

Captain Casper John: January-August 1948

Captain Douglas McI. Russell: August 1948-August 1950

Captain Henry J.F. Lane: August 1950-December 1952

Captain John A. Ievers: December 1952-July 1954

Captain Philip D. Gick: July 1954-December 1956

Captain F. Michael A. Torrens-Spence: December 1956-March 1959

Captain Michael F. Fell: March 1959-March 1961

Captain George C. Baldwin: March 1961-December 1962

Captain David W. Kirke: December 1962-October 1965

Captain Douglas G. Parker: October 1965-September 1967

Captain Eric M. Brown: September 1967-February 1970

Captain Joseph D. Honywill: February-March 1970

Captain W. Duncan Lang: March 1970-1972

128

(a) FLEETS AND OVERSEAS STATIONS

INDEX:

Advisers, Naval-

Australia: page 193

Canada: page 192

India: page 192

Africa Station/Cape of Good Hope/South Atlantic, C.-in-C.: page 157

America and West Indies Station, C.-in-C./Deputy Supreme

Allied Commander, Atlantic: page 155

Atlantic Fleet (1905-1912)-

C.-in-C.: page 142

Second-in-Command: page 142

Attaches, Naval-

Argentina: page 191

France: page 184

Germany/West Germany: page 186

Greece: page 190

Italy: page 187

Japan: page 185

Netherlands: page 189

Russia: page 188

U.S.A.: page 182

Australia Station, C.-in-C.: page 160

Australia, Commonwealth Naval Board, First Naval Member: page 179

Australian Fleet, Royal, Commanding Officer: page 180

Battlecruiser Fleet, Chief of Staff: page 139

Cape of Good Hope (see Africa Station)

Channel Squadron/Channel Fleet-

C.-in-C.: page 140


Rear-Admiral: page 142

China Station/Eastern Fleet/Pacific Fleet/Far East Fleet-

C.-in-C.: page 151

Second-in-Command, China Station: page 152

Chief of Staff, China Station: page 153

Chief of Staff, Eastern Fleet/Far East Fleet: page 153

Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations and Plans: page 154

129

Captain of the Fleet: page 154

East Indies Station, C.-in-C.: page 159

Eastern Fleet, C.-in-C. (see China Station)


Far East Fleet, C.-in-C./Commander (see China Station)

Second-in-Command (see Flag Officer, 5th Cruiser Squadron-

page 212)

Fleet, The (see Home Fleet)

Germany, Flag Officer: page 162

Gibraltar, Flag Officer/Senior Naval Officer.Commander, British

Forces: page 163


Grand Fleet (see Home Fleet)

Home Fleet/Grand Fleet/Atlantic Fleet (1919-1931)/Western Fleet/

The Fleet-

C.-in-C./Commander: page 131

Second-in-Command/Commander, Second Division: page 133

Second and Third Fleets, C-in-C.: page 139

Deputy Commander: page 133


Chief of Staff/Commander, Operations (see also Flag Officer,

Submarines-page 88): page 136

Chief of Staff, Warfare/Capability: page 135

Devonport Division, Rear-Admiral: page 137

Nore Division, Rear-Admiral: page 137

Portsmouth Division/Reserve Division, Rear-Admiral: page 137

Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations: page 135

Assistant Chief of Staff, Plans: page 136

Assistant Chief of Staff, Warfare: page 136


Hong Kong, Commodore: page 177

Indian Navy, Royal, Flag Officer Commanding: page 175

Jamaica/West Indies, Commodore: page 172

Levant, C.in-C/Flag Officer, Middle East/Arabian Seas and

Persian Gulf: page 171

Malaya, Flag Officer (see Singapore)

Malta, Flag Officer/Admiral Superintendent, H.M. Dockyard: page 167



130

Mediterranean, Allied Naval Forces/Allied Maritime Command,

Southern Europe, Chief of Staff: page 148

Mediterranean Fleet-

C.-in-C.: page 145


Rear-Admiral: page 148



Middle East, Flag Officer (see Levant)

New Zealand Station, Commander: page 180

Northern Europe, Allied Naval Forces, Commander: page 161

Pacific Fleet (see China Station)

Pacific Station, C.-in-C.: page 161

Persian Gulf, Senior Naval Officer: page 175

Reserve Fleet, Admiral Commanding: page 143

Devonport Division, Rear-Admiral: page 144

Nore Division, Rear-Admiral: page 144

Portland Division, Rear-Admiral: page 144

Portsmouth Division, Rear-Admiral: page 143

Rosyth Division, Rear-Admiral: page 144

Simonstown, Captain-in-Charge: page 174

Singapore, Captain-in-Charge/Flag Officer, Malaya: page 179

South American Division/South-East Coast of America,

Commodore: page 173

South Atlantic (see Africa Station)

U.S.A., Admiral, British Joint Services Mission: page 181

West Africa, Flag Officer: page 173

West Indies (see Jamaica)

Western Fleet (see Home Fleet)

Western Mediterranean, Flag Officer: page 166

Yangtse, Senior Naval Officer: page 176

131

Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet (Grand Fleet from 1914 to 1919; Atlantic Fleet from 1919

to 1931; Western Fleet from 1967 until 1971; The Fleet from 1971; and Deputy Chief

of the Naval Staff from 2012 until 2016):

Vice-Admiral Sir Gerard H. U. Noel: October 1902-May 1903

Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur K. Wilson: May 1903-December 1904

Vice-Admiral Sir Francis C. B. Bridgeman: March 1907-March 1909

Admiral Sir William H. May: March 1909-March 1911

Admiral Sir Francis C.B. Bridgeman: March-December 1911

Admiral Sir George A. Callaghan: December 1911-August 1914

Admiral Sir John R.Jellicoe: August 1914-December 1916

Admiral of the Fleet Sir David R. Beatty: December 1916-April 1919

Admiral Sir Charles E. Madden, Bt.: April 1919-August 1922

Admiral Sir John De Robeck: August 1922-August 1924

Admiral Sir Henry F. Oliver: August 1924-August 1927

Admiral the Hon. Sir Hubert G. Brand: August 1927-April 1929

Admiral Sir A. Ernle M. Chatfield: April 1929-May 1930

Admiral Sir Michael H. Hodges: May 1930-October 1931

Admiral Sir John D. Kelly: October 1931-September 1933

Admiral the Earl of Cork and Orrery: September 1933-August1935

Admiral Sir Roger R. C. Backhouse: August 1935-April 1938

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles M. Forbes: April 1938-December 1940

Admiral Sir John C. Tovey: December 1940-May 1943

Admiral Sir Bruce A. Fraser: May 1943-June 1944

Admiral Sir Henry M. Moore: June 1944-November 1945

Admiral Sir E.Neville Syfret: November 1945-January 1948

Admiral Sir Rhoderick R. McGrigor: January 1948-January 1950

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Philip L. Vian: January 1950-June 1952

Admiral Sir George E. Creasy: January 1952-January 1954

Admiral Sir Michael M. Denny: January 1954-January 1956

Admiral Sir John A.S. Eccles: January 1956-January 1958

Admiral Sir William W. Davis: January 1958-July 1960

Admiral Sir Wilfrid J.W. Woods: July 1960-January 1963

Admiral Sir Charles E. Madden, Bt.: January 1963-July 1965

Admiral Sir John B. Frewen: July 1965-October 1967

Admiral Sir John F.D. Bush: October 1967-February 1970

Admiral Sir William D. O’Brien: February 1970-September 1971

Admiral Sir Edward B. Ashmore: September 1971-December 1973

Admiral Sir Terence T. Lewin: December 1973-October 1975

Admiral Sir John D. Treacher: October 1975-March 1977

132

Admiral Sir Henry C. Leach: March 1977-May 1979

Admiral Sir James H.F. Eberle: May 1979-April 1981

Admiral Sir John D.E. Fieldhouse: April 1981-October 1982

Admiral Sir William D.M. Staveley: October 1982-June 1985

Admiral Sir Nicholas J.S. Hunt: June 1985-May 1987

Admiral Sir J. Julian R. Oswald: May 1987-April 1989

Admiral Sir D. Benjamin Bathurst: April 1989-January 1991

Admiral Sir Jock C.K. Slater: January 1991-December 1992

Admiral Sir Hugo M. White: December 1992-1995

Admiral Sir Peter C. Abbott: October 1995-September 1997

Admiral Sir Michael C. Boyce: September 1997-September 1998

Admiral Sir Nigel R. Essenhigh: September 1998-November 2000

Admiral Sir Alan W.J. West: November 2000-September 2002

Admiral Sir Jonathan Band: September 2002-November 2005

Admiral Sir James M. Burnell-Nugent: November 2005-November 2007

Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope: November 2007-June 2009

Admiral Sir Trevor A. Soar: June 2009-January 2012

Admiral Sir George M. Zambellas: January-November 2012

Vice-Admiral Sir Philip A. Jones: November 2012-February 2016

Vice-Admiral Benjamin J. Key: February 2016-

133

Second-in-Command,/ Commander, Second Division, Home Fleet/Grand Fleet/Atlantic Fleet:

Rear-Admiral George L. Atkinson-Willes: October 1902-May 1903

Rear-Admiral Edmund S. Poe: May 1903-June 1904

Rear-Admiral Charles J. Barlow: June-December 1904

Vice-Admiral Sir Archibald Berkeley Milne, Bt.: March 1909-August 1910

Vice-Admiral Sir George A. Callaghan: August 1910-December 1911

Vice-Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe: December 1911-December 1912

Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Stanley C. J.Colville: June 1912-June 1914

Vice-Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly: June-December 1914

Admiral Sir Cecil Burney: December 1914-December 1916

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles E. Madden: December 1916-April 1919

Vice-Admiral Sir Sydney R. Fremantle: May 1919-May 1921

Vice-Admiral Sir William C.M. Nicholson: May 1921-October 1922

Vice-Admiral Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair: October 1922-October 1924

Vice-Admiral Sir Alban T.B. Curteis: 1941-June 1942

Vice-Admiral Sir Bruce A. Fraser: June 1942-June 1943

Vice-Admiral Sir Henry M. Moore: June 1943-June 1944

Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick H.G. Dalrymple-Hamilton:June 1944-April 1945

Vice-Admiral Sir Rhoderick R. McGrigor: April-July 1945

Rear-Admiral Angus E.M.B. Cunninghame Graham:July 1945-October 1946

Deputy Commander, The Fleet(from 1990 until 2012):

Vice-Admiral Roy T. Newman: February 1990-June 1992

Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey W.R. Biggs: June 1992-June 1994

Vice-Admiral Sir Jonathan J.R. Tod: June 1994-June 1997

Vice-Admiral Sir Jeremy J. Blackham: June 1997-January 1999

Vice-Admiral Sir Fabian M. Malbon: January 1999-May 2001

Vice-Admiral Sir Jonathan Band: May 2001-July 2002

Vice-Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope: July 2002-June 2004

Vice-Admiral Sir Timothy P. McClement: June 2004-October 2006

Vice-Admiral R. Paul Boissier: October 2006-July 2009

Vice-Admiral Sir Richard J. Ibbotson: July 2009-January 2011

Vice-Admiral George M. Zambellas: January-December 2011

Vice-Admiral Philip A. Jones: December 2011-November 2012

134

Chief of Staff, Home Fleet:

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Alexander E. Bethell: January 1908-March 1909

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles E. Madden: August 1914-December 1916

Rear-Admiral Sir Osmond de B.Brock: December 1916-April 1919

Rear-Admiral Michael H.Hodges: April 1919-May 1920

Rear-Admiral Cyril T.M.Fuller: May 1920-August 1922

Rear-Admiral William W. Fisher: August 1922-August 1924

Rear-Admiral Arthur J. Davies: August 1924-October 1927

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Matthew R.Best: October-December 1927

Commodore Geoffrey Blake: December 1927-April 1929

Rear-Admiral William M. James: April 1929-May 1930

Rear-Admiral Ragnar M. Colvin: May 1930-December 1932

Rear-Admiral Dudley B. N. North: December 1932-August 1933

Rear-Admiral Thomas F. P. Calvert: August 1933-August 1935

Rear-Admiral Bertram H. Ramsay: August-December 1936

Rear-Admiral Henry R. Moore: January 1936-April 1938

Rear-Admiral Edward L. S. King: April 1938-June 1940

Vice-Admiral Lancelot E. Holland: June-November 1940

Rear-Admiral E. J. Patrick Brind: December 1940-April 1942

Commodore Michael M. Denny: April 1942-November 1943

Commodore William R. Slayter: November 1943-June 1945

Commodore Dennis M. Lees: June 1945-January 1946

Commodore C.T. Mark Pizey: January-November 1946

Commodore Eric W. Longley-Cook: November 1946-February 1948

Commodore William W. Davis: February 1948-January 1950

Rear-Admiral Cecil C. Hughes-Hallett: January 1950-December 1951

Rear-Admiral George B. H. Fawkes: December 1951-December 1953

Rear-Admiral Geoffrey Thistleton-Smith: December 1953-December 1955

Commodore Walter A. Adair: December 1955-May 1956

Rear-Admiral Thomas V. Briggs: May 1956-January 1958

Rear-Admiral Hector C.D. MacLean: January 1958-August 1959

Rear-Admiral John B. Frewen: August 1959-April 1961

Rear-Admiral William J. Munn: April 1961-May 1963

Rear-Admiral David G. Clutterbuck: May 1963-December 1965

Rear-Admiral Edmund N. Poland: December 1965-December 1967

Rear-Admiral Peter W.B. Ashmore: December 1967-December 1969

Rear-Admiral Ian W. Jamieson: December 1969-October 1971

Vice-Admiral J. Ernle Pope: October 1971-May 1974

Rear-Admiral John O. Roberts: May 1974-April 1976

135

Vice-Admiral Peter E.C. Berger: April 1976-October 1978

Vice-Admiral William D.M. Staveley: October 1978-June 1980

Vice-Admiral Sir David J. Hallifax: June 1980-May 1982

Vice-Admiral Sir Edward R. Anson: May 1982-June 1984

Vice-Admiral Sir John M. Webster: June 1984-November 1986

Rear-Admiral Robin I.T. Hogg: November 1986-December 1987

Rear-Admiral Peter G.V. Dingemans: December 1987-February 1990

Chief of Staff(Warfare), The Fleet(Chief of Staff(Capability) from 2006):

Rear-Admiral Alexander K. Backus: February 2002-June 2003

Rear-Admiral Timothy P. McClement: June 2003-June 2004

Rear-Admiral David G. Snelson: June 2004-2006

Major-General James B. Dutton: April-December 2006

Rear-Admiral Philip L. Wilcocks: January 2007-November 2008

Major-General Garry S. Robison: November 2008-February 2011

Rear-Admiral Peter D. Hudson: February 2011-January 2013

Rear-Admiral Duncan L. Potts: January 2013-September 2014

Rear-Admiral James A. Morse: September 2014-May 2016

Rear-Admiral Paul M. Bennett: May 2016-November 2017

Major-General Robert A. Magowan: November 2017-

Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations (Maritime Capability from 2012):

Captain James F.R. Weir: February 1967-February 1969

Captain Anthony K. Dodds: February 1969-May 1971

Captain Alastair F.C. Wemyss: May 1971-November 1972

Captain John L. Ommanney: November 1972-February 1975

Captain Peter Cobb: February 1975-January 1977

Captain James B. Wallace: January 1977-March 1978

Captain Vincent M. Howard: March 1978-April 1980

Captain John B.L. Watson: April 1980-1982

Captain James F.T.G. Salt: 1983-1985

Commodore Nicholas R. Lambert: 2009-August 2010

Commodore James D. Morley: October 2014-April 2017

Brigadier James A.J. Morris: April 2017-

136

Commander, Operations(prior to 2015 post combined with Rear-Admiral, Submarines):

Rear-Admiral Matthew J. Parr: May 2013-October 2015

Rear-Admiral Robert K. Tarrant: October 2015-October 2017

Rear-Admiral Paul V. Halton: October 2017-

Assistant Chief of Staff, Plans:

Captain Stanley Leonard: June 1970-January 1972

Captain James W. Kelly: January 1972-December 1973

Captain Ian J. Brown: December 1973-March 1977

Captain Ian W. Powe: March 1977-March 1979

Captain Alan A. Hensher: March 1979-February 1981

Captain Raymond H. Fox: February 1981-September 1983

Captain William J. Davis: September 1983-1985

Commodore Simon B. Charlier: November 2006-February 2008

Commodore Adrian S. Bell: February 2008-February 2009

Commodore Mark R. Darlington: February 2009-April 2011

Commodore Malcolm C. Cree: July 2011-October 2013

Commodore David Dutton: November 2013-April 2016

Brigadier David L. Kassapian: April 2016-November 2017

Commodore Philip J. Hally: November 2017-

Assistant Chief of Staff, Warfare:

Captain Patrick J. Symons: November 1973-March 1976

Captain Brian G. Young: March 1976-August 1978

Captain Colin A.F. Buchanan: August 1978-February 1981

Captain Jeremy B.D. Read: February 1981-October 1982

Captain David Hart Dyke: October 1982-1985

Commodore Jonathan M. Handley: February-December 2009

Commodore Christopher M. Richards: August 2010-September 2013

Commodore Guy A. Robinson: September 2013-February 2015

Commodore Philip D. Warwick: March 2015-July 2017

Commodore Michael J. Wainhouse: July 2017-

137

Rear-Admiral, Reserve Division/Home Fleet, Portsmouth Division:

Rear-Admiral Robert L. Groome: January-November 1905

Rear-Admiral Charles H. Cross: November 1905-November 1906

Rear-Admiral Spencer H.M. Login: November 1906-November 1907

Rear-Admiral Arthur M. Farquhar: November 1907-November 1908

Rear-Admiral Paul W. Bush: November 1908-November 1909

Rear-Admiral Frederic E.E. Brock: November 1909-November 1910

Rear-Admiral Arthur H. Limpus: November 1910-November 1911

Rear-Admiral Arthur Y. Moggridge: November 1911-November 1912

Rear-Admiral Reginald G.O. Tupper: November 1912-November 1913

Rear-Admiral Bernard Currey: November 1913-August 1914

Devonport Division:

Rear-Admiral Charles G. Robinson: January 1905-January 1906

Rear-Admiral Edward H. Gamble: January 1906-January 1907

Rear-Admiral Harry S. F. Niblett: January 1907-January 1908

Rear-Admiral John Denison: January 1908-January 1909

Rear-Admiral Cecil Burney: January 1909-January 1910

Rear-Admiral Arthur A.C. Galloway: January 1910-January 1911

Rear-Admiral Richard B. Farquhar: January 1911-January 1912

Rear-Admiral Henry Loftus Tottenham: January 1912-January 1913

Rear-Admiral Arthur H. Christian: January 1913-May 1914

Rear-Admiral Archibald P. Stoddart: May-August 1914

Nore Division:

Rear-Admiral Walter H.B. Graham: January 1905-January 1906

Rear-Admiral Charles H. Adair: January 1906-January 1907

Rear-Admiral Frank Finnis: January 1907-January 1908

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Stanley J.C. Colville: January 1908-January 1909

Rear-Admiral Charles J. Briggs: January-March 1909

Rear-Admiral Charles Dundas of Dundas: November 1911-December 1913

Rear-Admiral Stuart Nicholson: December 1913-August 1914

138

Captain of the Fleet, Home Fleet:

Captain Charles E. Madden: August 1907-December 1908

Commodore the Hon. Somerset A. Gough-Calthorpe: December 1909-March 1911

Commodore William O. Boothby: March 1911-May 1913

Commodore Allan F.Everett: May 1913-June 1915

Commodore Lionel Halsey: June 1915-December 1916

Captain the Hon. Hubert G. Brand: December 1916-April 1919

Captain Henry W.Parker: April 1919-August 1921

Captain Eric J.A.Fullerton: August 1921-August 1923

Captain Francis A.Marten: August 1923-August 1925

Captain Thomas N. James: August 1925-August 1927

Captain Robert A. Hornell: August-October 1927

Captain Sidney J. Meyrick: October 1927-December 1928

Captain Robert C.Davenport: December 1928-April 1930

Captain Alfred E. Evans: April 1930-August 1933

Captain Ronald W.Oldham: August 1933-August 1935

Captain Alban T. B. Curteis: August 1935-April 1938

Captain Douglas B. Fisher: April 1938-March 1940

Captain Harold R. G. Kinahan: March 1940-January 1942

Captain E. Desmond B. McCarthy: January 1942-April 1943

Captain Alex C. Chapman: June 1943-July 1944

Captain Peveril B.R.William-Powlett: July 1944-May 1945

Captain Charles A.E. Stanfield: ? 1946-March 1948

Captain Charles F.W. Norris: March 1948-April 1950

Captain Hilary W. Biggs: April 1950-April 1952

Captain Wilfred G. Brittain: April 1952-March 1954

Captain Bertram W. Taylor: March 1954-March 1957

Captain Viscount Kelburn: March 1957-April 1959

Captain Bryan C. Durant: April 1959-November 1960

Captain Philip G. Sharp: November 1960-June 1962

Captain John S. Stevens: June 1962-May 1963

Captain Edward L. Cook: May 1963-September 1965

Captain J. Anthony R. Troup: September 1965-July 1966

Captain Frederick W. Hayden: July 1966-July 1968

Captain Richard E. Roe: July 1968-January 1970

Captain Roderick D. Macdonald: January 1970-February 1972

Captain Michael W.G. Fawcett: February-September 1972

Captain Hugh P. Janion: September 1972-November 1973

Captain Thomas H.E. Baird: November 1973-March 1976

139

Captain Stephen A. Stuart: March 1976-August 1978

Captain Robert W.F. Gerken: August 1978-May 1981

Captain Thomas G.A. Ram: May 1981-October 1983

Captain Peter F. Grenier: October 1983-October 1985

Captain David S. Dobson: October 1985-1988

Captain Paul K. Haddacks: April 1991-1994

Chief of Staff, Battlecruiser Fleet:

Captain Rudolf W. Bentinck: February 1915-June 1916

Captain the Hon. Hubert G. Brand: June-December 1916

Captain Edward H. Heaton-Ellis: December 1916-August 1917

Captain Hugh F. P. Sinclair: August 1917-December 1918

Captain William H.D. Boyle: December 1918-March 1919

Commander, 2nd and 3

rd Fleets, Home Fleets:

Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick T. Hamilton: December 1911-December 1913

Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney: December 1913-August 1914

140

Commander-in-Chief, Channel Fleet(Channel Squadron until 1903; and from 1914 to 1915)

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles H. Fremantle: July 1858-October 1860

Rear-Admiral Robert F. Stopford: October 1860-January 1861

Rear-Admiral Robert Smart: January 1861-April 1863

Vice-Admiral Sir Sydney C. Dacres: April 1863-June 1866

Rear-Admiral Hastings R.H. Yelverton: June 1866-May 1867

Rear-Admiral Frederick Warden: May 1867-December 1868

Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas M.C. Symonds: December 1868-July 1870

Vice-Admiral Sir Hastings R. H. Yelverton: July-October 1870

Vice-Admiral George G. Wellesley: October 1870-September 1871

Rear-Admiral Geoffrey T. Phipps Hornby: September 1871-October 1874

Vice-Admiral Sir F. Beauchamp S. Seymour: October 1874-November 1877

Vice-Admiral Lord John Hay: November 1877-December 1879

Vice-Admiral Arthur W.A. Hood: December 1879-December 1881

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Henry C. Glyn: December 1881-April 1882 (temporary)

Vice-Admiral Sir William M. Dowell: April 1882-December 1883

Vice-Admiral the Duke of Edinburgh: December 1883-December 1884

Admiral Algernon F.R. de Horsey: December 1884-May 1885

Vice-Admiral Charles Fellowes: May 1885-March 1886

Vice-Admiral Sir William N.W.Hewett: March 1886-April 1888

Vice-Admiral Sir John K.E. Baird: April 1888-May 1890

Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bt.: May 1890-May 1892

Vice-Admiral Henry Fairfax: May 1892-May 1895

Vice-Admiral Lord Walter T. Kerr: May 1895-June 1897

Vice-Admiral Sir Henry F. Stephenson: June 1897-December 1898

Vice-Admiral Sir Harry H. Rawson: December 1898-April 1901

Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur K. Wilson: April 1901-April 1903

Vice-Admiral Lord Charles W. De La P. Beresford: April 1903-December 1904

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur K. Wilson: December 1904-March 1907

Admiral Lord Charles W. De La P. Beresford: March 1907-March 1909

Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney: August-December 1914

Vice-Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly: December 1914-January 1915

Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Alexander E. Bethell: January-June 1915

141

Second-in-Command, Channel Squadron/Fleet:

Rear-Admiral Alfred P. Ryder: May 1868-October 1869

Rear-Admiral Henry Chads: October 1869-October 1870

Rear-Admiral Arthur P. Eardley-Wilmot: October 1870-September 1871

Rear-Admiral Frederick A. Campbell: September 1871-May 1872

Rear-Admiral Reginald J.J.G. Macdonald: May 1872-June 1873

Rear-Admiral George Hancock: October 1873-January 1875

Rear-Admiral Lord John Hay: January 1875-January 1876

Rear-Admiral Augustus Phillimore: January 1876-May 1877

Rear-Admiral William M. Dowell: May 1877-June 1878

Rear-Admiral Henry Boys: June 1878-June 1879

Rear-Admiral Charles L.D. Waddilove: June 1879-June 1880

Rear-Admiral Leveson E.H. Somerset: June 1880-June 1881

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Henry C. Glyn: June 1881-October 1882

Rear-Admiral Sir Francis W. Sullivan: October 1882-April 1883

Rear-Admiral John C. Wilson: April 1883-August 1884

Rear-Admiral William H. Whyte: August 1884-July 1885

Rear-Admiral Algernon C.F. Heneage: July 1885-August 1886

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Edmund R. Fremantle: August 1886-August 1887

Rear-Admiral Charles J. Rowley: August 1887-September 1888

Rear-Admiral St.George C. D’Arcy-Irvine: September 1888-September 1889

Rear-Admiral Richard E. Tracey: September 1889-September 1890

Rear-Admiral Loftus F. Jones: September 1890-September 1891

Rear-Admiral Edward S. Adeane: September 1891-September 1892

Rear-Admiral Edward H. Seymour: September 1892-April 1894

Rear-Admiral Alfred T. Dale: April 1894-May 1895

Rear-Admiral Arthur H. Alington: May 1895-May 1896

Rear-Admiral Armand T.Powlett: May 1896-May 1897

Rear-Admiral John Fellowes: May 1897-June 1898

Rear-Admiral John Brackenbury: June 1898-June 1899

Rear-Admiral Arthur D. Fanshawe: June 1899-June 1900

Rear-Admiral Albert B. Jenkings: June 1900-June 1901

Rear-Admiral Sir William A. Dyke Acland, Bt.: June 1901-June 1902

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Assheton G. Curzon-Howe: June 1902-June 1903

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Hedworth Lambton: June 1903-June 1904

Rear-Admiral Francis C. B. Bridgeman: June-December 1904

Rear-Admiral Charles J. Barlow: December 1904-May 1905

Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur W. Moore: May-December 1905

Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Assheton G. Curzon-Howe: December 1905-February 1907

142

Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald N. Custance: February 1907-June 1908

Vice-Admiral Sir Archibald Berkeley Milne, Bt.: June 1908-March 1909

Rear-Admiral, Channel Fleet:

Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Poore, Bt.: February-November 1905

Rear-Admiral Robert L. Groome: November 1905-November 1906

Rear-Admiral George A. Callaghan: November 1906-April 1907

Rear-Admiral Robert S. Lowry: April-October 1907

Rear-Admiral Francis J. Foley: October 1907-October 1908

Rear-Admiral James Startin: October 1908-March 1909

Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet(from 1905 until 1912):

Vice-Admiral Lord Charles W. De La P. Beresford: December 1904-March 1905

Vice-Admiral Sir William H. May: March 1905-February 1907

Vice-Admiral Sir Assheton G. Curzon-Howe: February 1907-June 1908

Vice-Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg: June 1908-December 1910

Vice-Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe: December 1910-December 1911

Vice-Admiral Cecil Burney: December 1911-April 1912

Second-in-Command, Atlantic Fleet:

Rear-Admiral Francis C.B.Bridgeman: December 1904-August 1905

Rear-Admiral Sir Archibald Berkeley Milne, Bt.: August 1905-August 1906

Rear-Admiral George le C. Egerton: August 1906-August 1907

Rear-Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe: August 1907-August 1908

Rear-Admiral William B. Fisher: August 1908-August 1909

Rear-Admiral Sir Colin R. Keppel: August 1909-August 1910

Rear-Admiral Sackville H. Carden: August 1910-August 1911

Rear-Admiral Christopher G. F. M. Cradock: August 1911-April 1912

143

Admiral Commanding Reserve Fleet(until 1959):

Vice-Admiral Sir Henry F.Oliver: November 1919-September 1920

Vice-Admiral Sir Richard F. Phillimore: September 1920-May 1922

Rear-Admiral Edmond Hyde Parker: May-October 1922

Vice-Admiral Sir Douglas R. L. Nicholson: October 1922-October 1923

Vice-Admiral Sir William E. Goodenough: October 1923-March 1924

Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Victor A. Stanley: March 1924-March 1926

Vice-Admiral Sir Rudolf W. Bentinck: March-October 1926

Vice-Admiral Sir Hugh D. R. Watson: October 1926-December 1928

Vice-Admiral Sir William H. D. Boyle: December 1928- April 1929

Vice-Admiral Percival H. Hall-Thompson: April 1929-April 1930

Vice-Admiral Sir Frank Larken: April 1930-April 1932

Vice-Admiral William M. Kerr: April 1932-April 1934

Vice-Admiral Edward A. Astley-Rushton: April 1934-July 1935

Vice-Admiral Sir Gerald L. C. Dickens: July 1935-July 1937

Vice-Admiral Sir Max K. Horton: July 1937-September 1939

Rear-Admiral Charles F. Harris: January 1944-September 1945

Rear-Admiral Leslie H. Ashmore: September 1945-September 1947

Rear-Admiral Reginald M. Servaes: September 1947-August 1948

Vice-Admiral Sir A. Robin M. Bridge: August 1948-January 1951

Vice-Admiral Sir Henry W.U. McCall: January 1951-July 1953

Vice-Admiral Ian M. R. Campbell: July 1953-April 1954

Vice-Admiral John W.M. Eaton: April 1954-September 1955

Vice-Admiral Sir Peter G. L. Cazalet: September 1955-December 1956

Vice-Admiral Sir Richard G. Onslow: December 1956-January 1958

Vice-Admiral Sir Guy B. Sayer: January 1958-January 1959

Rear-Admiral John Grant: January 1959-December 1960

Rear-Admiral, Reserve Fleet, Portsmouth:

Rear-Admiral Edward F. Bruen: February-April 1919

Rear-Admiral Cole C. Fowler: April 1919-April 1920

Rear-Admiral Clement Greatorex: April 1920-October 1921

Rear-Admiral Edmond Hyde Parker: October 1921-May 1922

144

Rear-Admiral, Reserve Fleet, Devonport:

Rear-Admiral Maurice Woollcombe: April 1919-April 1920

Rear-Admiral Philip H. Colomb: April 1920-April 1921

Rear-Admiral Charles D. Johnson: April 1921-May 1922

Rear-Admiral, Reserve Fleet,The Nore:

Rear-Admiral Henry L. Mawbey: March 1919-March 1920

Rear-Admiral Vivian H.G. Bernard: March 1920-March 1921

Rear-Admiral William J.S. Alderson: March 1921-May 1922

Rear-Admiral, Reserve Fleet, Rosyth:

Rear-Admiral Charles F. Corbett: May 1919-May 1920

Rear-Admiral Crawford Maclachlan: May 1920-May 1921

Rear-Admiral Charles B. Miller: May 1921-May 1922

Rear-Admiral, Reserve Fleet, Portland:

Rear-Admiral Sir Douglas R.L. Nicholson: November 1919-March 1920

145

Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet(until 1967):

Vice-Admiral Sir William F. Martin: April 1860-April 1863

Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Smart: April 1863-April 1866

Vice-Admiral Lord Clarence E. Paget: April 1866-April 1869

Admiral Sir Alexander Milne: April 1869-October 1870

Vice-Admiral Sir Hastings R. H. Yelverton: October 1870-January 1874

Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir James R. Drummond: January 1874-January 1877

Admiral Sir Geoffrey T. Phipps Hornby: January 1877-February 1880

Admiral Lord Alcester: February 1880-February 1883

Admiral Lord John Hay: February 1883-February 1886

Admiral Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh: February 1886-March 1889

Admiral Sir Anthony H. Hoskins: March 1889-August 1891

Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon: August 1891-June 1893

Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bt.: June 1893-November 1896

Admiral Sir John O. Hopkins: November 1896-July 1899

Admiral Sir John A. Fisher: July 1899-June 1902

Admiral Sir Compton E. Domvile: June 1902-June 1905

Admiral Lord Charles W.De la P. Beresford: June 1905-February 1907

Admiral Sir Charles C.Drury: March 1907-November 1908

Admiral the Hon. Sir Assheton G.Curzon-Howe: November 1908-April 1910

Admiral Sir Edmund S. Poe: April 1910-June 1912

Admiral Sir Arcbibald Berkeley Milne, Bt.: June 1912-August 1914

Admiral the Hon. Sir Somerset A.Gough-Calthorpe: August 1917-May 1919

Admiral Sir John De Robeck, Bt.: July 1919-May 1922

Admiral Sir Osmond de B.Brock: May 1922-June 1925

Admiral Sir Roger J.B.Keyes, Bt.: June 1925-June 1928

Admiral Sir Frederick L.Field: June 1928-May 1930

Admiral Sir A.Ernle M. Chatfield: May 1930-October 1932

Admiral Sir William W.Fisher: October1932-March 1936

Admiral Sir A.Dudley P.R.Pound: March 1936-May 1939

Admiral Sir Andrew B.Cunningham: June 1939-March 1942

Admiral Sir Henry H. Harwood: April 1942-February 1943

Admiral of the Fleet Sir Andrew B. Cunningham: February-October 1943

Admiral Sir John H.D. Cunningham: October 1943-February1946

Admiral Sir Algernon U. Willis: April 1946-May 1948

Admiral Sir Arthur J. Power: May 1948-May 1950

Admiral Sir John H. Edelsten: May 1950-May 1952

Admiral Earl Mountbatten of Burma: May 1952-December 1954

Admiral Sir Guy Grantham: December 1954-January 1957

146

Admiral Sir Ralph A.B. Edwards: January-November 1957

Admiral Sir Charles E. Lambe: November 1957-February 1959

Admiral Sir Alexander N.C. Bingley: February 1959-June 1961

Admiral Sir Deric D.E. Holland-Martin: June 1961-February 1964

Admiral Sir John G. Hamilton: February 1964-June 1967

147

Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet:

Rear-Admiral Sydney C. Dacres: December 1861-April 1863

Rear-Admiral Hastings R.H. Yelverton: April 1863-April 1865

Rear-Admiral Astley Cooper-Key: May 1870-August 1872

Vice-Admiral Edward A. Inglefield: August 1872-December 1876

Rear-Admiral Edward B. Rice: May 1876-July 1877

Rear-Admiral Sir John E. Commerell: July 1877-1878

Rear-Admiral Lord Walter T. Kerr: April 1890-April 1892

Rear-Admiral Albert Hastings Markham: April 1892-April 1894

Rear-Admiral Compton E. Domvile: April 1894-May 1896

Rear-Admiral Robert H. Harris: May 1896-February 1898

Rear-Admiral Sir Gerard H. U. Noel: February 1898-February 1900

Rear-Admiral Lord Charles W. De la P. Beresford: February 1900-January 1902

Rear-Admiral Burges Watson: January-September 1902

Rear-Admiral Sir Reginald N. Custance: November 1902-November 1904

Vice-Admiral Sir Harry T. Grenfell: November 1904-February 1906

Rear-Admiral Francis C. B. Bridgeman: March 1906-February 1907

Vice-Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg: February 1907-November 1908

Rear-Admiral Sir George A. Callaghan: November 1908-October 1910

Rear-Admiral T. Martyn Jerram: October 1910-May 1912

Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney: June-October 1913

Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour: January 1919-September 1920

Rear-Admiral Richard Webb: September 1920-September 1922

Rear-Admiral John D.Kelly: September 1922-August 1923

Rear-Admiral Hugh D. R. Watson: August 1923-April 1925

Vice-Admiral Sir Michael H. Hodges: April 1925-May 1927

Vice-Admiral Sir John D. Kelly: May 1927-April 1929

Vice-Admiral W. A. Howard Kelly: April 1929-October 1930

Vice-Admiral Sir Wiliam W.Fisher: October 1930-April 1932

Vice-Admiral Sir Roger R.C. Backhouse: April 1932-May 1934

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles M. Forbes: May 1934-August 1936

Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Blake: August 1936-July 1937

Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew B. Cunningham: July 1937-August 1938

Vice-Admiral Geoffrey Layton: August 1938-November 1939

Vice-Admiral John C. Tovey: July-October 1940

Vice-Admiral Sir Henry D. Pridham-Wippell: November 1940-July 1942

(see Flag Officer (Air), Mediterranean Fleet:

page 205): 1947-1958

148

Rear-Admiral, Mediterranean Fleet:

Rear-Admiral William des V. Hamilton: November 1903-November 1904

Rear-Admiral Sir Richard Poore, Bt.: November 1904-February 1905

Chief of Staff, Mediterranean Fleet:

Captain Francis C. B. Bridgeman: October 1893-December 1894

Captain William H. May: January 1895-November 1896

Captain William des V. Hamilton: November 1896-July 1899

Captain George F. King-Hall: March 1900-May 1902

Captain the Hon. Stanley J.C. Colville: May 1902-May 1905

Captain F.C. Doveton Sturdee: May 1905-March 1907

Captain Ernest C. T. Troubridge: March 1907-October 1908

Captain John S. Luard: October 1908-March 1909

Captain John de M. Hutchison: March 1909-April 1910

Captain Bernard Currey: April 1910-March 1911

Captain Stuart Nicholson: March 1911-June 1912

Commodore Richard F. Phillimore: June 1912-August 1914

Commodore Rudolf M. Burmester: August 1917-August 1919

Rear-Admiral William W.Fisher: August 1919-May 1922

Commodore Barry E.Domvile: May 1922-May 1925

Rear-Admiral A.Dudley P.R.Pound: May 1925-December 1927

Rear-Admiral Wilfred Tomkinson: December 1927-May 1928

Rear-Admiral John K. im Thurn: May 1928-May 1930

Rear-Admiral William M. James: May 1930-April 1931

Rear-Admiral Sidney R. Bailey: April 1931-October 1932

Rear-Admiral Arthur E.F.Bedford: October 1932-June 1934

Rear-Admiral Robert H. T. Raikes: June 1934-October 1935

Admiral Sir A.Dudley P.R. Pound: October 1935-May 1936

Rear-Admiral G. Frederick B. Edward-Collins: May 1936-April 1938

Rear-Admiral Bruce A. Fraser: April 1938-February 1939

Rear-Admiral Algernon U. Willis: February 1939-March 1941

Rear-Admiral John H. Edelsten: March 1941-December 1942

Commodore John G. L. Dundas: December 1942-February1943

Commodore Royer M. Dick: February-November 1943

Rear-Admiral John G. L. Dundas: November 1943-August 1944

Rear-Admiral Herbert A. Packer: August 1944-March 1946

Rear-Admiral Guy Grantham: March 1946-March 1948

149

Rear-Admiral H. Geoffrey Norman: March 1948-April 1950

Commodore Thomas M. Brownrigg: April 1950-May 1952

Rear-Admiral Manley L. Power: May 1952-November 1953

Commodore Wilfrid J.W. Woods: November 1953-September 1955

Commodore Desmond P. Dreyer: September 1955-July 1957

Rear-Admiral Christopher D. Bonham-Carter: July 1957-May 1959

Rear-Admiral Joseph C.C. Henley: May 1959-October 1961

Commodore Patrick U. Bayly: October 1961-1963

Commodore Herbert J. Lee: March 1963-July 1965

Commodore David B. N. Mellis: July 1965-1967

Chief of Staff, Allied Naval Forces, Mediterranean(Chief of Staff, Allied Maritime

Command, Southern Europe from 2004 until 2013):

Vice-Admiral Sir Peter G.L. Cazalet: February 1953-July 1955

Vice-Admiral Sir Ballin I. Robertshaw: July 1955-January 1958

Vice-Admiral Sir St. John R. J. Tyrwhitt, Bt.: January 1958-October 1959

Vice-Admiral Sir Hector C.D. MacLean: October 1959-June 1962

Vice-Admiral Sir Antony B. Cole: June 1962-June 1965

Vice-Admiral Sir Hugh C. Martell: June 1965-October 1967

Vice-Admiral Sir Patrick U. Bayly: October 1967-March 1970

Vice-Admiral Sir Peter W.B. Ashmore: March 1970-July 1972

Vice-Admiral Sir Michael F. Fell: July 1972-July 1974

Vice-Admiral Sir J. Ernle Pope: July 1974-July 1976

Vice-Admiral Sir Roderick D. Macdonald: July 1976-February 1979

Vice-Admiral Sir Peter W. Buchanan: February 1979-January 1982

Vice-Admiral Sir John F. Cadell: January 1982-March 1985

Vice-Admiral Sir Patrick J. Symons: March 1985-June 1988

Vice-Admiral Sir Norman R.D. King: June 1988-February 1991

Vice-Admiral Sir David S. Dobson: February 1991-January 1994

Vice-Admiral Sir Michael A.C. Moore: January 1994-September 1997

Vice-Admiral David A.J. Blackburn: September 1997-October 1999

Rear-Admiral R. John Lippiett: October 1999-January 2002

Rear-Admiral Robert P. Stevens: January 2002-July 2005

Rear-Admiral Richard D. Leaman: July 2005-June 2007

Rear-Admiral Anthony J. Rix: June 2007-July 2009

Rear-Admiral Bruce N.B. Williams: July 2009-February 2011

Rear-Admiral Jonathan S. Westbrook: February 2011-March 2013

150

Captain of the Fleet, Mediterranean Fleet:

Captain Alexander V.Campbell: September 1919-July 1921

Captain Frank Larken: July 1921-June 1922

Captain Charles J.C.Little: June 1922-August 1924

Captain Theodore J. Hallett: August 1924-September 1926

Captain Arthur E.F.Bedford: September 1926-August 1928

Captain Stephen D.Tillard: August 1928-August 1930

Captain Lachlan D. I. MacKinnon: August 1930-August 1932

Captain St.Aubyn B.Wake: August 1932-July 1933

Captain William J. Whitworth: July 1933-December 1935

Captain Richard J. R. Scott: December 1935-March 1938

Captain Charles E.Hotham: March 1938-February 1940

Captain Richard Shelley: February 1940-June 1942

Captain Philip K. Enright: August 1942-January 1943

Captain Eric W. Longley-Cook: January-December 1943

Captain George F. Stevens-Guille: December 1943-May 1945

Captain Gilbert R. Waymouth: May 1945-December 1946

Captain Gerald V. Gladstone: December 1946-March 1949

Captain John G.T. Inglis: March 1949-April 1950

Captain Ben J. Fisher: April 1950-May 1953

Captain Michael Everard: May 1953-March 1955

Captain Arthur F.P. Lewis: March 1955-April 1957

Captain Albert H.F. Hunt: April 1957-July 1959

Captain Peter N. Buckley: July 1959-March 1962

Captain Robin A. Begg: March 1962-February 1964

Captain John D. Trythall: February 1964-January 1965

Captain Tempest Hay: January 1965-1967

151

Commander-in-Chief, China Station(until 1941; East Indies and China until 1865; Eastern

Fleet from 1941 until 1944; Pacific Fleet from 1944 until 1946; Far Eastern Fleet from

1946 until 1971) :

Rear-Admiral Sir James Hope: January 1859-February 1862

Rear-Admiral Augustus L. Kuper: February 1862-February 1864

Rear-Admiral George St.V. King: February 1864-January 1867

Admiral the Hon. Sir Henry Keppel: January 1867-July 1869

Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Kellett: July 1869-August 1871

Rear-Admiral Sir Charles F. A. Shadwell: August 1871-August 1874

Admiral Alfred P. Ryder: August 1874-August 1877

Admiral Charles F. Hillyar: August 1877-September 1878

Admiral Robert Coote: September 1878-January 1881

Vice-Adamiral George O. Willes: January 1881-January 1884

Admiral Sir William M. Dowell: January 1884-September 1885

Admiral Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton: September 1885-December 1887

Vice-Admiral Sir Nowell Salmon: December 1887-November 1890

Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick W. Richards: November 1890-February 1892

Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Edmund R. Fremantle: February 1892-May 1895

Admiral Sir Alexander Buller: May 1895-February 1898

Admiral Sir Edward H.Seymour: February 1898-June 1901

Admiral Sir Cyprian A.G.Bridge: June 1901-March 1904

Admiral Sir Gerard H. U. Noel: March 1904-March 1906

Admiral Sir Arthur W. Moore: March 1906-March 1908

Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Hedworth Lambton: March 1908-March 1910

Vice-Admiral Sir Alfred L.Winsloe: March 1910-March 1913

Vice-Admiral Sir T.H.Martyn Jerram: March 1913-November 1915

Vice-Admiral Sir W.Lowther Grant: November 1915-June 1917

Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick C.T. Tudor: June 1917-November 1919

Admiral Sir Alexander L. Duff: November 1919-November 1922

Admiral Sir Arthur C. Leveson: November 1922-September 1924

Vice-Admiral Sir Allan F. Everett: September 1924-June 1925

Vice-Admiral Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair: June 1925-January 1927

Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, Bt.: January 1927-February 1929

Admiral Sir Arthur K. Waistell: February 1929-December 1930

Admiral Sir W. A. Howard Kelly: December 1930-March 1933

Admiral Sir Frederic C. Dreyer: March 1933-January 1936

Admiral Sir Charles J. C. Little: January 1936-February 1938

Admiral Sir Percy L.H. Noble: February 1938-September 1940

Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton: September 1940-December 1941

152

Admiral Sir Tom S.V. Phillips: December 1941

Admiral Sir James F. Somerville: February 1942-August 1944

Admiral Sir Bruce A. Fraser: August 1944-June 1946

Admiral Sir Denis W. Boyd: June 1946-January 1949

Admiral Sir E.J. Patrick Brind: January 1949-February 1951

Admiral the Hon. Sir Guy H.E.Russell: February 1951-March 1953

Admiral Sir Charles E. Lambe: March 1953-April 1955

Admiral Sir Alan K. Scott-Moncrieff: April 1955-October 1957

Admiral Sir Gerald V. Gladstone: October 1957-April 1960

Admiral Sir J. David Luce: April 1960-November 1962

Vice-Admiral Sir Desmond P. Dreyer: November 1962-January 1965

Vice-Admiral Sir Frank R. Twiss: January 1965-June 1967

Vice-Admiral Sir William D. O’Brien: June 1967-September 1969

Vice-Admiral L. Derek Empson: September 1969-April 1971

Rear-Admiral J. Anthony R. Troup: April-November 1971

Second-in-Command, China Station(until 1905):

Rear-Admiral Charles L.Oxley: May 1896-December 1897

Rear-Admiral Charles C. Penrose-Fitzgerald: December 1897-December 1899

Rear-Admiral Sir James A.T. Bruce: December 1899-November 1901

Rear-Admiral Harry T. Grenfell: November 1901-August 1903

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Assheton G. Curzon-Howe: August 1903-August 1905

Second-in-Command, Eastern Fleet/Pacific Fleet:

Vice-Admiral Algernon U. Willis: February 1942-February 1943

Rear-Admiral William G. Tennant: February-October 1943

Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur J. Power: December 1943-November 1944

Vice-Admiral Sir H. Bernard H. Rawlings: November 1944-August 1945

153

Chief of Staff, China Station(until 1941):

Captain Reginald G.H.Henderson: July 1919-June 1921

Captain William M. James: June 1921-September 1922

Commodore Argentine H. Alington: September 1922-October 1924

Captain Walter J.C. Lake: October 1924-October 1926

Commodore Lawrence W. Braithwaite: October 1926-January 1928

Captain James Wolfe Murray: January 1928-June 1929

Captain Arthur L. Snagge: June-July 1929

Captain Bertram H.Ramsay: September 1929-February 1931

Commodore Geoffrey Layton: February 1931-January 1933

Commodore George P. Thomson: January 1933-September 1934

Commodore Frederic N. Attwood: September 1934-November 1936

Commodore Arthur F.E.Palliser: November 1936-August 1938

Commodore Rhoderick R. McGrigor: August 1938-August 1940

Commodore Fitzroy E.P. Hutton: August 1940-December 1941

Chief of Staff, Eastern Fleet/Far East Station:

Rear-Admiral Arthur F. E. Palliser: December 1941-January 1942

Commodore Ralph A. B.Edwards: March 1942-August 144

Commodore Edward M. Evans-Lombe: August 1944-March 1946

Commodore Stephen H. Carlill: March 1946-August 1948

Commodore Geoffrey F. Burghard: August 1948-September 1950

Captain Ralph L. Fisher: September 1950-October 1952

Commodore Laurence G. Durlacher: October 1952-September 1954

Commodore George A. F. Norfolk: September 1954-October 1956

Commodore Christopher H. Hutchinson: October 1956-March 1959

Rear-Admiral Ronald E. Portlock: March 1959-April 1961

Rear-Admiral Bryan C. Durant: April 1961-July 1963

Rear-Admiral Francis B. P. Brayne-Nicholls: July 1963-July 1965

Rear-Admiral Dennis H. Mason: July 1965-December 1967

Rear-Admiral Ian D. McLaughlan: December 1967-February 1970

Rear-Admiral John A. Templeton-Cotill: February 1970-March 1971

154

Assistant Chief of Staff, Operations and Plans:

Captain J. David Luce: December 1945-1946

Captain Edward M. Usherwood: October 1959-February 1960

Captain Thomas H.P. Wilson: February 1960-May 1962

Captain Henry C. Leach: May 1962-June 1964

Captain Raymond P. Dannreuther: June 1964-July 1966

Captain Anthony S. Morton: July 1966-August 1968

Captain Andrew J. Miller: August 1968-October 1970

Captain Derek R. Reffell: October 1970-1971

Captain of the Fleet, Far East Station:

Captain Leonard H. Bell: February 1942-? 1944

Captain Edmund G. Abbott: October 1944-January 1945

Captain Eric W. Longley-Cook: January-July 1945

Captain Hugh St. L. Nicholson: October 1945-January 1947

Captain Charles W. Greening: January 1947-July 1949

Captain Ughtred H.R. James: July 1949-November 1952

Captain Rowland F. Leonard: November 1952-September 1953

Captain John V. Wilkinson: September 1953-May 1955

Captain John F.B. Brown: May 1955-July 1957

Captain Anthony Davies: July 1957-June 1959

Captain Morrice A. McMullen: June 1959-August 1961

Captain Terrence D. Herrick: August 1961-June 1963

Captain George C. Crowley: June 1963-1964

Captain Edward F. Gueritz: January 1965-September 1966

Captain Jack Bitmead: September 1966-May 1968

Captain David V. Morgan: May 1968-1970

155

Commander-in-Chief, America and West Indies Station(until 1907 and from 1914; Deputy

Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic from 1952 until 2002):

Rear-Admiral Sir Alexander Milne: January 1860-January 1864

Vice-Admiral Sir James Hope: January 1864-January 1867

Vice-Admiral Sir George R. Mundy: January 1867-June 1869

Vice-Admiral George G. Wellesley: June 1869-September 1870

Vice-Admiral Edward G. Fanshawe: September 1870-September 1873

Admiral George G. Wellesley: September 1873-December 1875

Admiral Sir Astley Cooper Key: December 1875-April 1878

Admiral Edward A. Inglefield: April 1878-November 1879

Vice-Admiral F. Leopold McClintock: November 1879-November 1882

Vice-Admiral Sir John E. Commerell: November 1882-August 1885

Admiral the Earl of Clanwilliam: August 1885-September 1886

Admiral Algernon McL. Lyons: September 1886-December 1888

Vice-Admiral Sir George W.Watson: December 1888-December 1891

Vice-Admiral Sir John O.Hopkins: December 1891-April 1895

Admiral Sir James E.Erskine: April 1895-September 1897

Vice-Admiral Sir John A. Fisher: September 1897-May 1899

Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick G.D. Bedford: May 1899-July 1902

Vice-Admiral Sir Archibald L. Douglas: July 1902-October 1904

Admiral Sir Day H. Bosanquet: October 1904-February 1907

Rear-Admiral Robert S.Phipps Hornby: September 1914-March 1915

Vice-Admiral Sir George E.Patey: March 1915-September 1916

Vice-Admiral Sir Montague E.Browning: September 1916-February 1918

Vice-Admiral Sir W. Lowther Grant: February 1918-February 1919

Vice-Admiral Sir Morgan Singer: February-December 1919

Vice-Admiral Sir Trevylyan D.W.Napier: December 1919-July 1920

Admiral Sir William C. Pakenham: October 1920-January 1923

Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bt.: January 1923-May 1924

Admiral Sir James A. Fergusson: May 1924-June 1926

Admiral Sir Walter H. Cowan, Bt.: June 1926-July 1928

Vice-Admiral Sir Cyril T. M. Fuller: July 1928-May 1930

Admiral Sir Vernon H. S Haggard: May 1930-April 1932

Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Reginald A. R.

Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax: April 1932-November 1934

Admiral the Hon. Sir Matthew R. Best: November 1934-May 1937

Admiral Sir Sidney J. Meyrick: May 1937-April 1940

Admiral Sir Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis: April 1940-July 1942

Vice-Admiral Sir Alban T.B. Curteis: August 1942-October 1944

156

Vice-Admiral Sir Irvine G. Glennie: October 1944-October 1946

Admiral Sir William G. Tennant: October 1946-April 1949

Vice-Admiral Sir Richard V. Symonds-Tayler: April 1949-October 1951

Vice-Admiral Sir William G. Andrewes: October 1951-October 1953

Vice-Admiral Sir John F. Stevens: October 1953-November 1955

Vice-Admiral Sir John W.M. Eaton: November 1955-December 1957

Vice-Admiral Sir Wilfrid J.W. Woods: December 1957-April 1960

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles L.G. Evans: April 1960-September 1962

Vice-Admiral Sir Richard M. Smeeton: September 1962-January 1964

Vice-Admiral Sir I. William T. Beloe: February 1964-April 1966

Vice-Admiral Sir David G. Clutterbuck: April 1966-August 1968

Vice-Admiral Sir Peter M. Compston: August 1968-September 1970

Vice-Admiral Sir John E.L. Martin: September 1970-January 1973

Vice-Admiral Sir E. Gerard N. Mansfield: January 1973-January 1975

Vice-Admiral Sir James G. Jungius: January 1975-October 1977

Vice-Admiral Sir David A. Loram: October 1977-January 1980

Vice-Admiral Sir Cameron Rusby: January 1980-July 1982

Vice-Admiral Sir David J. Hallifax: July 1982-November 1984

Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey T.J.O. Dalton: November 1984-April 1987

Vice-Admiral Sir W. Richard S. Thomas: April 1987-May 1989

Vice-Admiral Sir James L. Weatherall: May 1989-December 1991

Vice-Admiral Sir A. Peter Woodhead: December 1991-November 1993

Vice-Admiral Sir Peter C. Abbott: November 1993-August 1995

Vice-Admiral Sir Ian D.G. Garnett: August 1995-November 1998

Admiral Sir James F. Perowne: November 1998-January 2002

Vice-Admiral Ian A. Forbes: January-October 2002

157

Commander-in-Chief, Africa Station(Cape of Good Hope until 1865 and from 1867 until 1919;

South Atlantic from 1942 until 1967):

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir Henry Keppel: February 1860-February 1861

Rear-Admiral Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, Bt.: February 1861-January 1865

Commodore William M. Dowell: September 1867-February 1871

Commodore John E. Commerell: February 1871-October 1873

Commodore Sir William N.W. Hewett: October 1873-October 1876

Rear-Admiral Francis W. Sullivan: October 1876-March 1879

Commodore Frederick W. Richards: March 1879-April 1882

Rear-Admiral Nowell Salmon: April 1882-March 1885

Rear-Admiral Sir Walter J. Hunt-Grubbe: March 1885-March 1888

Vice-Admiral Richard Wells: March 1888-September 1890

Vice-Admiral Henry F. Nicholson: September 1890-August 1892

Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick G.D. Bedford: August 1892-May 1895

Rear-Admiral Sir Harry H.Rawson: May 1895-June 1898

Rear-Admiral Sir Robert H. Harris: June 1898-April 1901

Rear-Admiral Sir Arthur W. Moore: April 1901-April 1904

Vice-Admiral Sir John Durnford: April 1904-March 1907

Vice-Admiral Sir Edmund S. Poe: March 1907-August 1908

Vice-Admiral Sir George le C. Egerton: August 1908-January 1911

Vice-Admiral Paul W. Bush: January 1911-January 1913

Vice-Admiral Sir Herbert G.King-Hall: January 1913-June 1916

Vice-Admiral Sir Edward F.B.Charlton: June 1916-May 1918

Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Edward S. Fitzherbert: May 1918-May 1920

Vice-Admiral Sir William E. Goodenough: May 1920-August 1922

Vice-Admiral Sir Rudolf W. Bentinck: August 1922-February 1925

Vice-Admiral Sir Maurice S. Fitzmaurice: February 1925-February 1927

Vice-Admiral David Murray Anderson: February 1927-December 1928

Vice-Admiral Rudolf M. Burmester: February 1929-February 1931

Vice-Admiral Sir Hugh J. Tweedie: February 1931-March 1933

Vice-Admiral Sir Edward R.G.R.Evans: March 1933-September 1935

Vice-Admiral Sir Francis Loftus Tottenham: September 1935-January 1938

Vice-Admiral Sir George H. D’Oyly Lyon: January 1938-August 1940

Vice-Admiral Sir Robert H. Raikes: August 1940-August 1941

Vice-Admiral Algernon U. Willis: August 1941-February 1942

Vice-Admiral Sir W. E. Campbell Tait: February 1942-May 1944

Vice-Admiral Sir Robert L. Burnett: May 1944-July 1946

Vice-Admiral Sir Clement Moody: July 1946-June 1948

Vice-Admiral Sir E.Desmond B. McCarthy: June 1948-August 1950

158

Vice-Admiral Sir Herbert A. Packer: August 1950-September 1952

Vice-Admiral Sir Peveril B.R.W. William-Powlett: September 1952-May 1954

Vice-Admiral Sir Ian M. R. Campbell: May 1954-May 1956

Vice-Admiral Sir W. Geoffrey A. Robson: May 1956-April 1958

Vice-Admiral Sir R. Dymock Watson: April 1958-December 1960

Vice-Admiral Sir Nicholas A. Copeman: December 1960-February 1963

Vice-Admiral Sir A.A. Fitzroy Talbot: February 1963-March 1965

Vice-Admiral Sir John M.D. Gray: March 1965-April 1967

159

Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station(until 1958; East Indies and Cape of Good Hope from

1865 until 1867):

Commodore Frederick B. Montresor: January-September 1865

Rear-Admiral Charles F. Hillyar: September 1865-September 1867

Commodore Sir Leopold G. Heath: September 1867-September 1870

Rear-Admiral James H. Cockburn: September 1870-February 1872

Rear-Admiral Arthur Cumming: February 1872-March 1875

Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald J.J.G. Macdonald: March 1875-August 1879

Rear-Admiral William G. Jones: August 1879-April 1882

Vice-Admiral Sir William N.W. Hewett: April 1882-May 1885

Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick W. Richards: May 1885-February 1888

Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Edmund C. Fremantle: February 1888-February 1891

Rear-Admiral Frederick C.B.Robinson: February 1891-January 1892

Rear-Admiral William R.Kennedy: January 1892-March 1895

Rear-Admiral Edmund C. Drummond: March 1895-January 1898

Rear-Admiral Archibald L. Douglas: January 1898-July 1899

Vice-Admiral Sir Day H. Bosanquet: July 1899-July 1902

Rear-Admiral Sir Charles C. Drury: July 1902-July 1903

Vice-Admiral Sir George L. Atkinson-Willes: July 1903-November 1905

Vice-Admiral Sir Edmund S. Poe: November 1905-March 1907

Rear-Admiral Sir George J.S. Warrender, Bt.: March 1907-April 1909

Rear-Admiral Sir Edmond J.W. Slade: April 1909-March 1912

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir Alexander E.Bethell: March- December 1912

Vice-Admiral Sir Richard H.Peirse: December 1912-January 1916

Vice-Admiral Sir Rosslyn E. Wemyss: January 1916-June 1917

Vice-Admiral Sir Ernest F.A. Gaunt: June 1917-November 1919

Vice-Admiral Sir Hugh H.D.Tothill: November 1919-November 1921

Vice-Admiral Sir Lewis Clinton-Baker: November 1921-December 1923

Vice-Admiral Herbert W. Richmond: December 1923-November 1925

Vice-Admiral Walter M. Ellerton: November 1925-December 1927

Vice-Admiral Bertram S. Thesiger: December 1927-October 1929

Vice-Admiral Eric J. A. Fullerton: October 1929-April 1932

Vice-Admiral Sir Martin E. Dunbar-Nasmith: April 1932-December 1934

Vice-Admiral Sir Frank F. Rose: December 1934-May 1936

Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Alexander R. M. Ramsay: May 1936-July 1938

Vice-Admiral Sir James F. Somerville: July 1938-April 1939

Vice-Admiral Sir Ralph Leatham: April 1939-April 1941

Vice-Admiral Geoffrey S. Arbuthnot: April 1941-March 1942

Admiral Sir Geoffrey Layton: March 1942-November 1944

160

Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur J. Power: November 1944-December 1945

Vice-Admiral Sir Clement Moody: December 1945-March 1946

Admiral Sir Arthur F.E. Palliser: March 1946-April 1948

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles H.L. Woodhouse: April 1948-April 1950

Admiral Sir Geoffrey N. Oliver: April 1950-August 1952

Admiral Sir William R. Slayter: August 1952-August 1954

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles F.W. Norris: August 1954-July 1956

Vice-Admiral Sir Hilary W. Biggs: July 1956-September 1958

Commander-in-Chief, Australia Station(until 1913):

Commodore William Loring: March 1859-March 1860

Commodore F. Beauchamp P. Seymour: March 1860-July 1862

Commodore William F. Burnett: July 1862-February 1863

Commodore Sir William S. Wiseman, Bt.: April 1863-May 1866

Commodore Rochfort Maguire: May 1866-May 1867

Commodore Rowley Lambert: May 1867-April 1870

Commodore Frederick H. Stirling: April 1870-May 1873

Commodore James G. Goodenough: May 1873-September 1875

Commodore Anthony H. Hoskins: September 1875-September 1878

Rear-Admiral John C.Wilson: September 1878-January 1882

Commodore James E.Erskine: January 1882-January 1885

Rear-Admiral George Tryon: January 1885-February 1887

Rear-Admiral Henry Fairfax: February 1887-September 1889

Rear-Admiral Lord Charles T. Montagu-Douglas-

Scott: September 1889-September 1892

Vice-Admiral Nathaniel Bowden-Smith: September 1892-November 1894

Rear-Admiral Cyprian A.G.Bridge: November 1894-January 1898

Rear-Admiral Hugo L. Pearson: January 1898-January 1901

Vice-Admiral Sir Lewis A. Beaumont: January 1901-January 1903

Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur D. Fanshawe: January 1903-November 1905

Vice-Admiral Sir Wilmot H. Fawkes: November 1905-February 1908

Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Poore, Bt.: February 1908-February 1911

Vice-Admiral Sir George F. King-Hall: February 1911-June 1913

161

Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Station(until 1905):

Rear-Admiral Thomas Maitland: May 1860-October 1862

Vice-Admiral John Kingcombe: November 1862-May 1864

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Joseph Denman: May 1864-November 1866

Vice-Admiral the Hon. George F. Hastings: November 1866-November 1869

Rear-Admiral Arthur Farquhar: November 1869-July 1872

Vice-Admiral Charles F. Hillyar: July 1872-June 1873

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Arthur A.L.P. Cochrane: June 1873-April 1876

Rear-Admiral George Hancock: April-August 1876

Rear-Admiral Algernon F. R. de Horsey: September 1876-July 1879

Rear-Admiral Frederick H.Stirling: July 1879-December 1881

Rear-Admiral Algernon McL. Lyons: December 1881-September 1884

Rear-Admiral John K.E.Baird: September 1884-July 1885

Rear-Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour, Bt.: July 1885-September 1887

Vice-Admiral Algernon C.F. Heneage: September 1887-February 1890

Rear-Admiral Charles F. Hotham: February 1890-May 1893

Rear-Admiral Henry F. Stephenson: May 1893-June 1896

Rear-Admiral Henry St. L. B. Palliser: June 1896-June 1899

Rear-Admiral Lewis A. Beaumont: June 1899-January 1901

Rear-Admiral Andrew K. Bickford: January 1901-December 1903

Commodore James E.C. Goodrich: December 1903-March 1905

Commander, Allied Naval Forces, Northern Europe:

Vice-Admiral Sir Edward M. Evans-Lombe: April 1953-June 1955

Vice-Admiral Sir Gerald V. Gladstone: June 1955-June 1957

Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur R. Pedder: June 1957-1959

Rear-Admiral John Howson: February 1961-1962

162

Flag Officer, Germany(until 1961):

Admiral Sir Harold M. Burrough: May 1945-March 1946

Vice-Admiral Sir Harold T.C. Walker: March 1946-June 1947

Rear-Admiral Stephen H.T. Arliss: June 1947-August 1949

Rear-Admiral Archibald Day: August 1949-April 1950

Rear-Admiral Lachlan D. Mackintosh: April-November 1950

Rear-Admiral George W.G. Simpson: November 1950-November 1951

Rear-Admiral Robert St. V. Sherbrooke: November 1951-November 1953

Rear-Admiral Robert S. Warne: November 1953-March 1955

Rear-Admiral Keith McN. Campbell-Walter: March 1955-May 1958

Rear-Admiral Michael S. Townsend: May 1958-1961

163

Flag Officer, Gibraltar(Senior Naval Officer until 1902; Commander, British Forces, Gibraltar

from 1992):

Captain Atwell P.M. Lake: January 1892-January 1895

Captain James A.T. Bruce: January 1895-January 1898

Captain Charles C. Drury: January 1898-September 1899

Captain William H. Pigott: September 1899-October 1902

Vice-Admiral Sir William A. Dyke Acland, Bt.: October 1902-July 1904

Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Chichester, Bt.: July 1904-September 1906

Rear-Admiral Sir James E.C. Goodrich: September 1906-September 1909

Vice-Admiral Frederick S. Pelham: September 1909-October 1912

Vice-Admiral Frederic E.E.Brock: October 1912-October1915

Rear-Admiral Bernard Currey: October 1915-July 1917

Rear-Admiral Sir Heathcoat S.Grant: July 1917-July 1919

Rear-Admiral Sir Reginald Y.Tyrwhitt, Bt.: July 1919-January 1921

Rear-Admiral Henry B.Pelly: January 1921-January 1923

Rear-Admiral Walter M. Ellerton: January 1923-April 1925

Rear-Admiral Richard G.A.W.Stapleton-Cotton: April 1925-April 1927

Rear-Admiral Cyril S. Townsend: April 1927-April 1929

Rear-Admiral Berwick Curtis: April 1929-April 1931

Rear-Admiral Thomas N. James: April 1931-May 1933

Rear-Admiral Francis M. Austin: May 1933-May 1935

Vice-Admiral Sir James M. Pipon: May 1935-May 1937

Rear-Admiral Alfred E. Evans: May 1937-May 1939

Rear-Admiral Norman A. Wodehouse: May-November 1939

Admiral Sir Dudley B. N. North: November 1939-December 1940

Admiral Sir G. Frederick B. Edward-Collins: December 1940-September 1943

Vice-Admiral Sir Harold M. Burrough: September 1943-January 1945

Vice-Admiral Sir Victor A.C. Crutchley: January 1945-December 1946

Vice-Admiral Ernest R. Archer: December 1946-June 1948

Vice-Admiral Patrick W.B. Brooking: June 1948-June 1950

Vice-Admiral Lord Ashbourne: June 1950-May 1952

Rear-Admiral St. John A. Micklethwait: May 1952-October 1953

Rear-Admiral Harry P. Currey: October 1953-May 1956

Rear-Admiral Roy S. Foster-Brown: May 1956-February 1959

Rear-Admiral Philip F. Powlett: February 1959-March 1962

Rear-Admiral Erroll N. Sinclair: March 1962-July 1964

Rear-Admiral Thomas W. Best: July 1964-November 1966

Rear-Admiral Michael F. Fell: November 1966-April 1968

Rear-Admiral Ian W. Jamieson: April 1968-October 1969

164

Rear-Admiral A. Rodney B. Sturdee: October 1969-January 1972

Rear-Admiral Hubert W.E. Hollins: January 1972-May 1974

Rear-Admiral Sefton R. Sandford: May 1974-September 1976

Rear-Admiral Michael L. Stacey: September 1976-January 1979

Rear-Admiral Gwynedd I. Pritchard: January 1979-January 1981

Rear-Admiral D. John Mackenzie: January 1981-January 1983

Rear-Admiral George M.F. Vallings: January 1983-March 1985

Rear-Admiral Peter G.V. Dingemans: March 1985-September 1987

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Nicholas J. Hill-Norton: September 1987-January 1990

Rear-Admiral Geoffrey W.R. Biggs: January 1990-April 1992

Rear-Admiral Jeremy T. Sanders: April 1992-December 1994

Major-General Simon J. Pack: December 1994-April 1997

Commodore Alastair J.S. Taylor: April 1997-June 1999

Commodore Andrew N. Willmett: June 1999-December 2001

Commodore Richard J. Clapp: December 2001-May 2004

Commodore David S.H. White: May 2004-January 2005

Commodore Allan A.S. Adair: January 2005-May 2007

Commodore Matthew J. Parr: May 2007-February 2009

Commodore Adrian S. Bell: February 2009-September 2010

Commodore Thomas M. Karsten: September 2010-November 2012

Commodore John R.H. Clink: November 2012-August 2014

Commodore Ian McGhie: August 2014-July 2016

Commodore Michael J.D. Walliker: July 2016-

165

Chief Staff Officer, Gibraltar:

Captain John Harvey: December 1912-? 1917

Captain Denis B. Crampton: August 1917-February 1919

Captain Walter E. Woodward: February-September 1919

Captain William M. Moir: September 1919-July 1921

Captain Ambrose M. Peck: July 1921-August 1923

Captain Harry R.Godfrey: August 1923-November 1924

Captain Everard J. Hardman-Jones: November 1924-November 1926

Captain F.Burges Watson: November 1926-April 1928

Captain George H. Knowles: April 1928-April 1930

Captain Vernon S. Butler: April 1930-April 1932

Captain Piers K. Kekewich: April 1932-May 1934

Captain Arthur M. Peters: May 1934-May 1936

Captain Thomas B. Fellowes: May 1936-May 1938

Captain Geoffrey R.S. Watkins: May 1938-October 1939

Captain Robert G. Duke: October 1939-June 1941

Captain Geoffrey A. B. Hawkins: June 1941-April 1943

Captain John C. Annesley: April 1943-April 1945

Captain George T. Phillip: April 1945-March 1947

Captain Frederick S. Bell: March-November 1947

Captain David Gilmour: November 1947-December 1948

Captain Francis J. Butler: December 1948-January 1951

Captain St. John Cronyn: January 1951-December 1952

Captain Peter D.H.R. Pelly: December 1952-October 1954

Captain James C. Stopford: October 1954-August 1956

Captain Roland C. Watkin: August 1956-July 1958

Captain George B. Rowe: July 1958-July 1960

Captain Ronald de L. Brooke: July 1960-October 1962

Captain Arthur H. Rowlandson: October 1962-October 1965

Captain Alan G. Smalley: October 1965-September 1967

Captain the Hon. Terence V. Stopford: September 1967-July 1969

Captain Arthur B.B. Clark: July 1969-October 1971

Captain Denis H. Frazer: October 1971-October

Captain Derek C. Matthews: October 1973-February 1975

Captain Brian R. Longworth: February 1975-October 1976

Captain Edward M.C. Walker: October 1976-October 1978

Captain Ian F. Grant: October 1978-October 1980

Captain Gerald A.S. Paul: October 1980-November 1982

Captain Harry G. de Courcy-Ireland: November 1982-August 1985

166

Captain Edward M. Hackett: August 1985-January 1987

Captain Michael Bickley: January 1987-December 1988

Captain Richard S. Wraith: December 1988-

Flag Officer, Western Mediterranean:

Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey J.A. Miles: July 1944-1945

167

Flag Officer, Malta(Admiral Superintendant, Malta Dockyard until 192 ; until 1963 and from

1967 until 1979):

Rear-Admiral Henry J. Codrington: July 1858-April 1863

Rear-Admiral Horatio T. Austin: April 1863-Novermber 1864

Vice-Admiral Henry Kellett: November 1864-April 1868

Vice-Admiral Edward G. Fanshawe: April 1868-June 1870

Rear-Admiral Astley Cooper Key: June 1870-August 1872

Vice-Admiral Edward A. Inglefield: August 1872-December 1876

Vice-Admiral Edward B. Rice: December 1876-June 1879

Rear-Admiral John D. McCrea: June 1879-March 1882

Vice-Admiral William Graham: March 1882-March 1885

Vice-Admiral the Hon. William J. Ward: March 1885-May 1887

Vice-Admiral R. Gordon Douglas: May 1887-January 1889

Rear-Admiral Alexander Buller: January 1889-February 1892

Rear-Admiral Richard E. Tracey: February 1892-February 1894

Rear-Admiral Richard Duckworth-King: February 1894-February 1897

Rear-Admiral Rodney M. Lloyd: February 1897-March 1900

Rear-Admiral Burges Watson: March 1900-February 1902

Rear-Admiral James L. Hammet: February 1902-February 1905

Vice-Admiral Arthur C. B. Bromley: February 1905-February 1907

Vice-Admiral Sir Frederic W. Fisher: February 1907-January 1910

Rear-Admiral Ernest A. Simons: January 1910-August 1912

Vice-Admiral Sackville H. Carden: August 1912-September 1914

Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur H.Limpus: September 1914-October1916

Rear-Admiral George A.Ballard: October 1916-November 1918

Rear-Admiral Brian H.F.Barttelot: November 1918-October 1921

Rear-Admiral John Luce: October 1921-February 1924

Rear-Admiral Charles D. Johnson: February 1924-March 1926

Rear-Admiral Alexander V.Campbell: March 1926-July 1928

Vice-Admiral Francis H. Mitchell: July 1928-July 1931

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Matthew R. Best: July 1931-January 1934

Vice-Admiral Sir Wilfred F. French: January 1934-January 1937

Vice-Admiral Sir Wilbraham T.R.Ford: January 1937-January 1942

Vice-Admiral Sir Ralph Leatham: January-December 1942

Vice-Admiral Sir Stuart S. Bonham-Carter: December 1942-May 1943

Vice-Admiral Arthur J. Power: May-October 1943

Vice-Admiral Sir Louis H.K. Hamilton: October 1943-April 1945

Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick H.G.Dalrymple-

Hamilton: April 1945-June 1946

168

Rear-Admiral Marcel H.A. Kelsey: June 1946-June 1948

Rear-Admiral Charles P. Clarke: June 1948-July 1950

Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey A.B. Hawkins: July 1950-September 1952

Rear-Admiral Jocelyn S.C. Salter: September 1952-August 1954

Rear-Admiral Wilfred G. Brittain: August 1954-June 1957

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles E. Madden, Bt.: June 1957-July 1959

Rear-Admiral Derick H.F. Hetherington: July 1959-July 1961

Rear-Admiral Viscount Kelburn: July 1961-1963

Rear-Admiral Dudley L. Davenport: June 1967-June 1969

Rear-Admiral Derrick G. Kent: June 1969-July 1971

Rear-Admiral John A. Templeton-Cotlll: July 1971-August 1973

Rear-Admiral David A. Loram: August 1973-June 1975

Rear-Admiral Sir O. Nigel A. Cecil: June 1975-1979

169

Chief Staff Officer, Malta;

Captain George B. Powell: March 1913-November 1916

Captain Harry R. Veale: November 1916-March 1919

Captain Thomas D. Gilbert: November 1919-December 1921

Captain R.C. Kemble Lambert: December 1921-January 1923

Captain Hubert S. Monroe: January 1923-January 1925

Captain Dashwood F. Moir: January 1925-December 1926

Captain Edward O.B.S. Osborne: December 1926-December 1928

Captain Clinton F.S. Danby: December 1928-December 1930

Captain James V. Creagh: December 1930-December 1932

Captain Sir Lionel A.D. Sturdee, Bt.: December 1932-December 1934

Captain Eric R.Corson: December 1934-February 1937

Captain John W.Durnford: February 1937-February 1939

Captain Edward C. Denison: February 1939-July 1940

Captain John P. Wright: July 1940-March 1941

Captain Geoffrey W.Wadham: March 1941-October 1942

Captain Casper S.B. Swinley: October 1942-April 1943

Captain Roderick L.M. Edwards: April-November 1943

Captain Thomas A.C. Pakenham: November 1943-January 1946

Captain Casper S.B. Swinley: January-March 1946

Captain Cecil B. Turner: March 1946-September 1948

Captain Thomas L. Bratt: September 1948-September 1950

Captain John A.W. Tothill: September 1950-October 1952

Captain Maurice K. Cavenagh-Mainwaring: October 1952-November 1954

Captain Alan D.H. Jay: November 1954-November 1956

Captain the Earl of Roden: November 1956-November 1957

Captain Anthony C. Tupper: November 1957-November 1959

Captain Archibald J. Milne Home: November 1959-April 1962

Captain Robert W. Mayo: April 1962-September 1963

Captain Edward Palmer: September 1963-May 1965

Captain Michael L.C. Crawford: May 1965-June 1968

Captain John S. Le Blanc Smith: June 1968-January 1970

Captain Robert A. Gilchrist: January 1970-October 1971

Captain Roi E. Wilson: October 1971-January 1974

Captain James W. Kelly: January 1974-October 1975

Captain Wilbert A. Tofts: October 1975-December 1977

170

Captain of Dockyard, Malta:

Captain Thomas Roberson: May 1894-

Captain William J. Symons: May 1898-August 1900

Captain Arthur T. Stuart: August 1900-March 1904

Captain Owen F. Gillett: March 1904-? 1907

Captain James C. Tancred: April 1908-April 1910

Captain Hughes C. Lockyer: April 1910-July 1912

Captain Francis A. L. Andrews: July 1912-? 1919

Captain Horace C. Watson: ? 1919-July 1921

Captain Howard J.L.W.K. Willcox: July 1921-November 1922

Captain Frederick C. Fisher: November 1922-October 1924

Captain Aubrey Lambert: October 1924-October 1926

Captain Malcolm L. Goldsmith: October 1926-October 1928

Captain Richard A.A. Plowden: October 1928-October 1930

Captain John H. Young: October 1930-November 1932

Captain Charles G. Stuart: November 1932-November 1934

Captain Charles A. Browne: November 1934-November 1936

Captain Ronald G. Bowes-Lyon: November 1936-March 1939

Rear-Admiral Kenneth H. L. Mackenzie: March 1939-October 1943

Rear-Admiral Piers K. Kekewich: October 1943-January 1946

Captain Wilfrid St.A. Malleson: October 1943-January 1946

Commodore David Orr-Ewing: January 1946-December 1947

Captain Arthur G.V. Hubback: December 1947-March 1950

Captain Earle H. Thomas: February 1948-March 1950

Captain Richard G. Tosswill: March 1950-March 1952

Captain J. Michael Villiers: March 1952-March 1954

Captain Thomas D. Ross: March 1954-December 1955

Captain Leslie W.A. Bennington: December 1955-April 1958

Captain George G. Wilson: April 1958-1959

171

Commander-in-Chief, Levant(Flag Officer, Middle East from 1946 until 1959 and from

1962 until 1967; Arabian Seas and Persian Gulf from 1959 until 1962):

Vice-Admiral Sir Henry H. Harwood: February-June 1943

Admiral Sir John H.D. Cunningham: June-October 1943

Vice-Admiral Sir Algernon U. Willis: October-December 1943

Vice-Admiral Sir H. Bernard H. Rawlings: December 1943-October 1944

Vice-Admiral Sir William G. Tennant: October 1944-August 1946

Rear-Admiral Henry W. U. McCall: August 1946-September 1948

Rear-Admiral Albert L. Poland: September 1948-March 1950

Rear-Admiral Ian M.R. Campbell: March 1950-June 1952

Rear-Admiral Graham H. Stokes: June 1952-April 1954

Rear-Admiral Patrick W. Brock: April 1954-March 1956

Rear-Admiral Anthony C.C. Miers: March 1956-1959

Rear-Admiral A.A. Fitzroy Talbot: August 1960-August 1962

Rear-Admiral John E. Scotland: August 1962-August 1964

Rear-Admiral Peter N. Howes: August 1964-September 1966

Rear-Admiral John E.L. Martin: September 1966-September 1967

172

Commodore, Jamaica(until 1905; West Indies from 1956 until 1976):

Commodore Hugh Dunlop: November 1859-January 1864

Commodore Peter Cracroft: March 1864-1865

Commodore F. Leopold McClintock: September 1865-February 1868

Commodore Augustus Phillimore: February 1868-December 1869

Commodore Richard W. Courtenay: December 1869-January 1872

Commodore Algernon F.R. de Horsey: January 1872-February 1875

Commodore Algernon McL. Lyons: February 1875-February 1878

Commodore the Hon. William J. Ward: February 1878-August 1880

Commodore William S. Brown: August 1880-August 1882

Commodore J. Child Purvis: August 1882-July 1883

Commodore Francis M. Prattent: July 1883-July 1886

Commodore Henry Hand: July 1886-September 1889

Commodore Rodney M. Lloyd: September 1889-September 1892

Commodore Thomas S. Jackson: September 1892-September 1895

Commodore Herbert W. Dowding: September 1895-April 1898

Commodore William H. Henderson: April 1898-February 1900

Commodore Edward H.M. Davis: February 1900-May 1901

Commodore Daniel McN. Riddel: May 1901-July 1903

Commodore Frederic W. Fisher: July 1903-March 1905

Commodore George E. Hunt: April 1956-June 1958

Commodore W. John Parker: June 1958-January 1960

Commodore Hinton C.J. Shand: January 1960-June 1961

Commodore John E.L. Martin: June 1961-July 1963

Commodore Edward B. Ashmore: July 1963-December 1964

Commodore Hubert H. Dannreuther: December 1964-August 1966

Commodore John M. Townley: August 1966-November 1968

Commodore Martin N. Lucey: November 1968-June 1970

Commodore David G. Roome: June 1970-March 1972

Commodore Cameron Rusby: March 1972-May 1974

Commodore Bryan J. Straker: May 1974-June 1976

173

Commodore, South America Division(South-East Coast of America, 189 to 1904):

Commodore Charles J. Norcock: 189 –June 1899

Commodore Robert L. Groome: June 1899-June 1902

Commodore Frank Finnis: June 1902-December 1904

Commodore Richard H.O.Lane-Poole: September 1931-October 1933

Commodore Alfred E.Evans: October 1933-October 1935

Vacant: 1935-1936

Commodore Sir Henry H.Harwood: September 1936-July 1940

Rear-Admiral Frank H. Pegram: July 1940-March 1942

Flag Officer, West Africa:

Vice-Admiral Frank H. Pegram: March 1942-March 1943

Vice-Admiral H. Bernard H. Rawlings: March-November 1943

Vice-Admiral Arthur M. Peters: November 1943-1945

174

Captain-in-Charge, Simonstown:

Captain James U. Farie: June 1919-June 1921

Captain Forster D. Arnold-Forster: June 1921-December 1922

Captain Gordon Campbell: December 1922-May 1925

Captain John C. Hodgson: May 1925-May 1927

Captain Basil G. Washington: May 1927-April 1929

Captain Edward McC. W. Lawrie: April 1929-May 1931

Captain Hector Boyes: May 1931-May 1933

Captain John H. Young: May 1933-May 1935

Captain Algernon R. Smithwick: May 1935-June 1937

Captain Charles G. Stuart: June 1937-November 1939

Rear-Admiral Douglas A. Budgen: November 1939-June 1942

Rear-Admiral Benjamin W. Barrow: June 1942-May 1944

Rear-Admiral John H. Young: May 1944-February 1946

Captain Edmund G. Abbott: February 1946-February 1948

Captain Roy C. Harry: February 1948-April 1950

Captain William H. Selby: April 1950-November 1952

Captain Geoffrey T. Lambert: November 1952-September 1954

Captain Howard F. Bone: September 1954-March 1957

Captain Donald McEwen: March 1957-June 1958

Captain Rupert C.P. Wainwright: June 1958-May 1960

Captain Peter B. Marriott: May 1960-October 1962

Captain Peter J. Bayne: October 1962-December 1964

Captain Dennis K.L. Learmount: December 1964-April 1967

Commodore James W.D. Cook: April 1967-May 1969

Commodore Thomas E. Fanshawe: May 1969-June 1971

Commodore O. Nigel A. Cecil: June 1971-June 1973

Commodore Alastair F.C. Wemyss: June 1973-April 1976

175

Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf(until 1960 and from 1962):

Commodore David T. Norris: December 1918-February 1920

Captain John L. Pearson: February 1920-February 1922

Captain Alexander R. Palmer: February 1922-March 1924

Captain Ernest W. Leir: March 1924-February 1926

Captain Reginald St. P. Parry: February 1926-January 1928

Captain Hector Boyes: January 1928-May 1930

Captain Lewis G. E. Crabbe: May 1930-March 1933

Captain James V. Creagh: March 1933-March 1935

Captain Vernon S. Butler: March 1935-March 1937

Commodore Allan Poland: March 1937-April 1939

Commodore Cosmo M. Graham: April 1939-February 1942

Commodore Charles F. Hammill: February 1942-January 1944

Commodore John M. Howson: January-September 1944

Commodore Ivan W. Whitehorn: September 1944-1945

Captain Peter Skelton: April 1949-August 1950

Captain Arthur H. Wallis: August 1950-April 1952

Captain Hugh G. Waters: April 1952-October 1953

Captain Alan S. Webb: October 1953-October 1954

Captain Vere A. Wight-Boycott: October 1954-April 1956

Captain Stephen H. Beattie: April 1956-April 1958

Commodore George F.M. Best: April 1958-August 1960

Commodore Michael D. Kyrle-Pope: April 1962-April 1964

Commodore Edmund S. Carver: April 1964-October 1966

Commodore Thomas E. Fanshawe: October 1966-December 1968

Commodore Kenneth Lee-White: December 1968-September 1970

Commodore Sir Peter Anson, Bt.: September 1970-1972

Flag Officer Commanding, Royal Indian Navy(until 1950):

Vice-Admiral Sir Humphrey T.Walwyn: October 1928-October 1934

Vice-Admiral Arthur E.F.Bedford: October 1934-November 1937

Vice-Admiral Sir Herbert Fitzherbert: November 1937-March 1943

Admiral John H.Godfrey: March 1943-March 1946

Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey J. A. Miles: March 1946-August 1947

Rear-Admiral John T.S. Hall: August 1947-August 1948

Admiral Sir W. Edward Parry: August 1948-January 1950

176

Senior Naval Officer, Yangtse:

Commodore Alfred A. Ellison: June 1919-May 1920

Rear-Admiral George H.Borrett: May 1920-October 1921

Rear-Admiral Crawford Maclachlan: October 1921-October 1923

Rear-Admiral David Murray Anderson: October 1923-August 1925

Rear-Admiral John E.Cameron: August 1925-October1927

Rear-Admiral Hugh J.Tweedie: October 1927-October 1929

Rear-Admiral Colin K.Maclean: October 1929-October 1931

Rear-Admiral Richard A.S.Hill: October 1931-October 1933

Rear-Admiral Francis G.G.Chilton: October 1933-October1935

Rear-Admiral Lewis G.E.Crabbe: October 1935-January 1938

Rear-Admiral Reginald V.Holt: January 1938-October 1939

Rear-Admiral John G.P. Vivian: October 1939-1940

177

Commodore, Hong Kong(until 1941 and from 1945):

Commodore Oliver J. Jones: March 1866-December 1869

Commodore John A.P. Price: December 1869-September 1870

Commodore Francis H. Shortt: September 1870-August 1873

Commodore John E. Parish: August 1873-March 1876

Commodore George W. Watson: March 1876-March 1879

Commodore Thomas E. Smith: March 1879-May 1881

Commodore William H. Cuming: May 1881-February 1884

Commodore George Digby Morant: February 1884-February 1887

Commodore William H. Maxwell: February 1887-December 1888

Commodore Edmund J. Church: December 1888-December 1891

Commodore Henry St.L. Bury Palliser: December 1891-June 1893

Commodore George T.H. Boyes: June 1893-July 1896

Commodore Swinton C. Holland: July 1896-March 1899

Commodore Francis Powell: March 1899-March 1902

Commodore Charles G. Robinson: March 1902-February 1904

Commodore Charles Gauntlett Dicken: February 1904-September 1905

Commodore Hugh P. Williams: September 1905-April 1907

Commodore Robert H.S. Stokes: April 1907-October 1908

Commodore Herbert Lyon: October 1908-July 1910

Commodore Cresswell J. Eyres: July 1910-July 1912

Rear-Admiral Robert H. Anstruther: July 1912-May 1916

Commodore Henry G.G. Sandeman: May 1916-May 1918

Commodore Victor G. Gurner: May 1918-June 1920

Commodore William Bowden-Smith: June 1920-June 1922

Commodore Henry E. Grace: June 1922-October 1924

Commodore Anselan J.B.Stirling: October 1924-November 1926

Commodore John L. Pearson: November 1926-October 1928

Commodore Richard A. S. Hill: October 1928-November 1930

Commodore Arthur H. Walker: November 1930-August 1932

Commodore Edward McC. W.Lawrie: August 1932-June 1933

Commodore Frank Elliott: July 1933-April 1935

Commodore Cyril G.Sedgwick: April 1935-April 1937

Commodore Edward B.C.Dicken: April 1937-April 1939

Commodore Arthur M. Peters: April 1939-November 1940

Commodore Alfred C. Collinson: November 1940-December 1941

Commodore Douglas H. Everett: August 1945-June 1947

Commodore Charles L. Robertson: June 1947-June 1949

Commodore Leslie N. Brownfield: June 1949-July 1951

178

Commodore Harold G. Dickinson: July 1951-July 1953

Commodore Anthony H. Thorold: July 1953-June 1955

Commodore John H. Unwin: June 1955-March 1957

Commodore G. David A. Gregory: March 1957-April 1960

Commodore Adrian R.L. Butler: April 1960-October 1962

Commodore George O.Symonds: November 1962-February 1965

Commodore Frank D. Holford: February 1965-January 1967

Commodore Thomas H.P. Wilson: January 1967-October 1968

Commodore Philip R.C. Higham: October 1968-July 1970

Commodore Roger E.S. Wykes-Sneyd: July 1970-August 1972

Commodore John K. Stevens: August 1972-August 1973

Commodore John A.G. Evans: August 1973-October 1975

Captain Richard L. Garnons-Williams: October 1975-March 1978

Captain Robert W. Moland: March 1978-June 1980

Captain Andrew A. Waugh: June 1980-June 1982

Captain Frederick A. Collins: June 1982-March 1985

Captain Christopher W. Gotto: March 1985-July 1987

Captain Peter Dalrymple-Smith: July 1987-January 1990

Captain Michael C. Gordon Lennox: January 1990-1992

Captain Thomas L.M. Sunter: 1992-1994

Captain Peter J. Melson: 1994-1995

Captain Andrew K. Steele: 1995-1996

179

Captain-in-Charge, Singapore(until 1942; Flag Officer, Malaya from 1945 until 1958 ):

Captain Cloudesley V. Robinson: October 1921-October 1923

Captain Percy R. Stevens: October 1923-December 1925

Captain Hugh S. Shipway: December 1925-October 1927

Captain Geoffrey Mackworth: October 1927-September 1929

Captain Evelyn C.O.Thomson: September 1929-November 1931

Captain Miles B. Birkett: November 1931-November 1932

Captain Malcolm R.J. Maxwell-Scott: November 1932-September 1934

Commodore William P. Mark-Wardlaw: September 1934-September 1936

Commodore Marshal L. Clarke: September 1936-November 1938

Rear-Admiral Thomas B. Drew: November 1938-June 1941

Rear-Admiral Ernest J. Spooner: June 1941-February 1942

Rear-Admiral Sir J. Anthony V. Morse: September 1945-April 1946

Rear-Admiral H. Jack Egerton: April 1946-December 1947

Vice-Admiral Clifford Caslon: December 1947-January 1950

Rear-Admiral Hugh W. Faulkner: January 1950-December 1951

Rear-Admiral Anthony F. Pugsley: December 1951-November 1953

Rear-Admiral Ernest H. Shattock: November 1953-April 1956

Rear-Admiral George A. Thring: May 1956-1958

First Naval Member, Commonwealth Naval Board, Australia:

Rear-Admiral Sir E.Percy F.G.Grant: June 1919-February 1921

Vice-Admiral Sir Allan F.Everett: February 1921-August 1923

Rear-Admiral Percival H.Hall-Thompson: February 1924-June 1926

Rear-Admiral William R.Napier: June 1926-June 1929

Vice-Admiral William M.Kerr: October 1929-October 1931

Admiral Sir G.Francis Hyde: October 1931-November 1937

Admiral Sir Ragnar M.Colvin: November 1937-July 1941

Admiral Sir Guy C.C.Royle: July 1941-June 1945

Admiral Sir Louis H.K.Hamilton: June 1945-February 1948

180

Commanding Officer, Royal Australian Fleet(from 1913 until 1916 and from 1919):

Vice-Admiral Sir George E. Patey: June 1913-September 1916

Rear-Admiral John S. Dumaresq: March 1919-April 1922

Rear-Admiral A.Percy Addison: April 1922-April 1924

Commodore Thomas E.Wardle: April 1924-April 1926

Rear-Admiral G. Francis Hyde: April 1926-May 1929

Rear-Admiral Edward R.G.R. Evans: May 1929-May 1931

Rear-Admiral L. Stanley Holbrook: May 1931-April 1932

Rear-Admiral Robin C.Dalglish: April 1932-April 1934

Rear-Admiral Wilbraham T.R.Ford: April 1934-April 1936

Rear-Admiral Richard H.O.Lane-Poole: April 1936-April 1938

Rear-Admiral Wilfred N.Custance: April 1938-November 1939

Rear-Admiral John G.Crace: November1939-March 1942

Rear-Admiral Victor A.C.Crutchley: March 1942-September 1944

Rear-Admiral John A.S. Eccles: October 1949-October 1951

Rear-Admiral John W.M. Eaton: October 1951-December 1953

Commanding, New Zealand Station(until 1940):

Commodore Alan G.Hotham: March 1921-August 1923

Commodore Alister F.Beal: August 1923-August1926

Commodore G. T. Carlisle P.Swabey: August 1926-September 1929

Rear-Admiral Geoffrey Blake: September 1929-April 1932

Rear-Admiral F.Burges Watson: April 1932-March 1935

Rear-Admiral the Hon.Edmund R.Drummond: March 1935-June 1938

Commodore Irvine G.Glennie: June-December 1938

Commodore James W.Rivett-Carnac: December 1938-December1939

Commodore Henry E.Horan: December 1939-April 1940

Commodore W.Edward Parry: May-October 1940

181

Admiral, British Joint Services Mission, U.S.A.:

Admiral Sir Charles J.C. Little: January-April 1942

Admiral Sir Andrew B. Cunningham: April-November 1942

Admiral Sir Percy L.H. Noble: November 1942-October 1944

Admiral of the Fleet Sir James F. Somerville: October 1944-December 1945

Admiral Sir Henry R. Moore: December 1945-September 1948

Admiral Sir Frederick H.G. Dalrymple-Hamilton: September1948-August 1950

Admiral the Hon. Sir Cyril E. Douglas-Pennant: August 1950-July 1952

Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil C. Hughes-Hallett: July 1952-August 1954

Vice-Admiral Geoffrey Barnard: August 1954-September 1956

Vice-Admiral Sir Robert F. Elkins: September 1956-September 1958

Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Thistleton-Smith: September 1958-November 1960

Vice-Admiral Sir William G. Crawford: November 1960-January 1963

Vice-Admiral John F.D. Bush: January 1963-February 1965

Rear-Admiral Peter M. Compston: February 1965-April 1967

Rear-Admiral Louis E.S.H. Le Bailly: April 1967-September 1969

Rear-Admiral Colin C.H. Dunlop: September 1969-July 1971

Rear-Admiral W.David S. Scott: July 1971-July 1973

Rear-Admiral Lancelot R. Bell Davies: July 1973-July 1975

Rear-Admiral Roy W. Halliday: July 1975-November 1977

Rear-Admiral R. Michael Burgoyne: November 1977-May 1980

Rear-Admiral John B. Hervey: May 1980-June 1982

Rear-Admiral Patrick J. Symons: June 1982-November 1984

Rear-Admiral Norman R.D. King: November 1984-December 1986

Rear-Admiral Michael C. Cole: December 1986-April 1990

Rear-Admiral A. Paul Hoddinott: April 1990-September 1993

Rear-Admiral David (Tom) A.J. Blackburn: September 1993-April 1997

182

Naval Attache, U.S.A.:

Captain Lewis Bayly: July 1900-September 1902

Captain Dudley R.S. de Chair: September 1902-September 1905

Captain Frank E.C.Ryan: September 1905-October 1907

Captain the Hon. Horace L.A. Hood: October 1907-November 1908

Captain Charles F. Sowerby: November 1908-June 1912

Captain Heathcoat S. Grant: June 1912-June 1914

Commodore Guy R.A. Gaunt: June 1914-February 1918

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Victor A. Stanley: February 1918-October 1919

Captain Geoffrey Blake: October 1919-March 1921

Captain Sidney R.Bailey: March 1921-October 1922

Captain Francis L. Loftus Tottenham: October 1922-October 1925

Captain the Hon.Alan R.Stopford: October 1925-March 1928

Captain James S.M.Ritchie: March 1928-March 1931

Captain Patrick Macnamara: March 1931-May 1933

Captain A.Ramsay Dewar: May 1933-June 1935

Captain Frederic C.Bradley: June 1935-May 1938

Captain Leicester C.A. St.J. Curzon-Howe: May 1938-June 1940

Rear-Admiral Herbert Pott: June 1940-September 1944

Captain E.M. Conolly Abel Smith: September 1944-June 1946

Captain Patrick W.W.Wootten: July 1946-October 1948

Captain John Holmes: October 1948-February 1951

Captain John R.B. Longden: February 1951-January 1953

Captain Ludovic E. Porter: January 1953-June 1954

Captain Peter W. Gretton: June 1954-December 1955

Commodore Joseph C.C. Henley: December 1955-December 1957

Captain David G. Goodwin: December 1957-May 1959

Commodore Ian F. M. Newnham: May 1959-June 1961

Captain John G.B. Cooke: June 1961-July 1963

Captain Robert H. Graham: July 1963-July 1965

Captain Douglas M.H. Stobie: July 1965-January 1968

Captain James G. Jungius: January 1968-May 1970

Captain Robert S. Browning: May 1970-August 1972

Captain Keith C.D. Watson: August 1972-October 1974

Captain Walter E.B. Godsal: October 1974-October 1976

Captain Noel Bearne: October 1976-October 1978

Captain David B. Nolan: October 1978-January 1981

Captain Norman R.D. King: January 1981-January 1983

Captain Jeremy B.D. Read: January 1983-July 1985

183

Captain David Hart Dyke: July 1985-1987

Captain Bryan Burns: 1987-August 1989

Captain Anthony D.E. Pender-Cudlipp: August 1989-

Commodore A. Michael Gregory: 1994-1997

Commodore Derek J. Anthony: 1997-2000

Commodore Nicholas H.L. Harris: 2000-2003

Commodore C.Joseph Gass: 2003-May 2006

Commodore Alan R.C. Bennett: May 2006-June 2007

Commodore Steven C. Ramm: June 2007-February 2010

Commodore Eric Fraser: February 2010-September 2013

Commodore Richard M. Allen: September 2013-July 2016

Commodore Martin J. Connell: July 2016-

184

Naval Attache, France(until 1940 and from 1945):

Captain Henry B. Jackson: November 1897-July 1899

Captain Charles L. Ottley: July 1899-June 1904

Captain Frederick R.W. Morgan: June 1904-June 1907

Captain Edward H. F. Heaton-Ellis: June 1907-February 1911

Captain W. A. Howard Kelly: February 1911-March 1914

Captain Michael H. Hodges: March 1914-September 1915

Captain Fitzmaurice Acton: September 1915-October 1917

Captain the Hon. Alexander R.M. Ramsay: July 1919-September 1922

Captain James M. Pipon: July 1925-October 1928

Captain Guy W. Hallifax: October 1928-October 1931

Captain John U.P.Fitzgerald: October 1931-October 1934

Captain Charles F.Hammill: October 1934-January 1938

Captain Cedric S.Holland: January 1938-April 1940

Rear-Admiral Richard Shelley: March 1945-January 1948

Captain Clarence D. Howard-Johnston: January 1948-May 1950

Captain Kenneth L. Mackintosh: May 1950-December 1952

Captain Edward Hale: December 1952-December 1954

Captain Geoffrey T. Lambert: December 1954-January 1957

Captain Maurice K. Cavenagh-Mainwaring: January 1957-May 1960

Captain Peter M. Compston: May 1960-July 1962

Captain Christopher B.H. Wake-Walker: July 1962-August 1964

Captain David A. Loram: August 1964-February 1967

Captain Harry R. Keate: February 1967-March 1969

Captain Peter A. Bence-Trower: March 1969-December 1970

Captain C.R. Peter C. Branson: December 1970-February 1973

Captain Lionel A. Bird: February 1973-July 1975

Captain Vincent M. Howard: July 1975-January 1978

Captain William S. Gueterbock: January 1978-February 1980

Captain Christopher S. Argles: February 1980-February 1983

Captain Andrew E. Thomson: February 1983-March 1985

Captain Anthony Morton: March 1985-September 1987

Captain Gerald M. Booth: September 1987-March 1990

Captain Jonathan G.F. Cooke: March 1990-1992

Captain M.A. Johnson: 1992-1995

Captain D.J. Thomson: 1995-199

Captain Allan A.S. Adair: 1998-2002

Captain Didier Lombard: 2004-2005

185

Naval Attache, Japan(until 1941 and from 1952):

Captain Ernest C. T. Troubridge: September 1901-April 1904

Captain William C. Pakenham: April 1904-May 1906

Captain Thomas Jackson: May 1906-? 1907

Captain Charles Dundas of Dundas: March 1908-September1910

Captain Sir Douglas E.R. Brownrigg, Bt.: September 1910-October 1912

Captain the Hon. Hubert G. Brand: October 1912-December 1914

Captain Edward H. Rymer: December 1914-October 1918

Rear-Admiral James C. Ley: October 1918-March 1920

Captain John P.R. Marriott: March 1920-March 1922

Captain Ragnar M.Colvin: March 1922-January 1924

Captain Guy C.C.Royle: January 1924-December 1926

Captain Cloudesley V. Robinson: December 1926-December 1929

Captain Montague G.B. Legge: December 1929-January 1933

Captain John G.P.Vivian: January 1933-January 1936

Captain H.Bernard H.Rawlings: January 1936-December 1938

Captain Desmond N.C.Tufnell: December 1938-December 1941

Captain Michael N. Tufnell: July 1952-May 1954

Captain Francis P. Baker: May 1954-October 1956

Captain William W. Muir: October 1956-October 1958

Captain Denis F. Chilton: October 1958-December 1960

Captain Richard D. Ritchie: December 1960-February 1963

Captain Alastair J. Petrie-Hay: February 1963-October 1965

Captain John E. Dyer-Smith: October 1965-December 1967

Captain John B. Robathan: December 1967-December 1969

Captain Harold J. Abraham: December 1969-June 1972

Captain Edward R. Anson: June 1972-July 1974

Captain Colin McK. Little: July 1974-February 1977

Captain Gilbert A.F. Hitchens: February 1977-February 1979

Captain Robert A. Isaac: February 1979-January 1981

Captain Michael Forrest: January 1981-1984

Captain Robert H.S. Thompson: 1984-November 1987

Captain Nicholas J. Tobin: November 1987-June 1990

Captain Charles McC. Crawford: June 1990-December 1992

Captain Anthony P. Masterton-Smith: December 1992-1995

Captain Neil D.V. Robertson: 1995-

Captain James A. Boyd:

Captain Simon Chelton: August 2002-August 2007

186

Naval Attache, Germany/West Germany(until 1914 and from 1936 until 1939):

Captain Arthur W. Ewart: October 1900-June 1903

Captain Reginald A. Allenby: June 1903-February 1906

Captain Philip W. Dumas: February 1906-August 1908

Captain Herbert L. Heath: August 1908-August 1910

Captain Hugh D.R. Watson: August 1910-October 1913

Captain Wilfred Henderson: October 1913-August 1914

Captain Thomas H. Troubridge: July 1936-July 1939

Captain R.ichard Gatehouse: September 1956-November 1957

Captain Evelyn F. Hamilton-Meikle: November 1957-April 1960

Captain Bernard D.O. MacIntyre: April 1960-May 1962

Captain C. Courtenay Anderson: May 1962-November 1964

Captain Eric M. Brown: November 1964-May 1967

Captain John A. Marrack: May 1967-July 1969

Captain John M.H. Cox: July 1969-February 1972

Captain Charles V. Howard: February 1972-January 1975

Captain Brian J. Williams: January 1975-July 1977

Captain Brian R. Outhwaite: July 1977-December 1979

Captain Daniel J. Bradby: December 1979-January 1982

Captain Roger M. Venables: January 1982-March 1985

Captain Michael Bickley: March 1985-1987

Captain William K. Hutchison: 1987-February 1990

Captain John McLees: February 1990-1992

Captain R.St.J. Bishop: 1992-1995

Captain M.D. Booth: 1995-

Captain Christopher V. Ellison: 199 -

Captain Stephen R. Gosden: 200 -2006

187

Naval Attache, Italy(until 1940 and from 194 :

Captain Mark E.F. Kerr: June 1903-January 1905

Captain Roger J.B. Keyes: January 1905-1908

Captain William H. D. Boyle: June 1913-November 1915

Captain Dennis A.H. Larking: November 1915-1919

Captain Charles D. Burke: February 1926-April 1928

Captain Richard H.L. Bevan: April 1928-April 1931

Captain Robert B. Ramsay: April 1931-April 1934

Captain Herbert Pott: April 1934-August 1936

Captain Robert H. Bevan: August 1936-January 1939

Captain Sir Philip W. Bowyer-Smith, Bt.: January 1939-1940

Captain John D. Shaw-Hamilton: April 1947-May 1949

Captain Nigel S. Henderson: May 1949-July 1951

Captain Christopher D. Bonham-Carter: July 1951-July 1953

Captain Antony B. Cole: July 1953-October 1955

Captain Colin D. Madden: October 1955-October 1957

Captain John E. Scotland: October 1957-November 1959

Captain Samuel R. Le H. Lombard-Hobson: November 1959-November 1961

Captain Thomas N. Catlow: November 1961-November 1963

Captain Michael A.J. Hennell: November 1963-May 1966

Captain Alexander H. Swann: May 1966 –October 1967

Captain Stephen A. Hammick: October 1967-November 1970

Captain Joseph J. Phillips: November 1970-June 1973

Captain Charles E.T. Baker: June 1973-June 1975

Captain Malcolm A. George: June 1975-October 1977

Captain Gordon J. Byers: October 1977-May 1980

Captain Christopher T. Codrington: May 1980-1982

Captain Edmund H.M. Orme: 1982-May 1985

Captain Richard F. Channon: May 1985-November 1987

Captain Nicholas R. Harris: November 1987-June 1990

Captain William C. McKnight: June 1990-

Captain John H. Hollidge: 200 -

188

Naval Attache, Russia:

Captain the Hon. Somerset A. Gough-Calthorpe: March 1902-November 1905

Captain the Hon. Victor A. Stanley: November 1905-November 1908

Captain Aubrey C.H. Smith: November 1908-April 1912

Captain Richard I.A. Sarell: June 1949-October 1951

Captain A.A. Fitzroy Talbot: October 1951-October 1953

Captain Geoffrey M. Bennett: October 1953-November 1955

Captain Adrian P.W. Northey: November 1955-November 1957

Captain Hugh R.B. Newton: November 1957-June 1960

Captain John F.R. Dreyer: June 1960-May 1962

Captain Jack A. Templeton-Cotill: May 1962-April 1964

Captain Frank S. Hope: April 1964-May 1966

Captain Laurence W.H. Taylor: May 1966-May 1968

Captain Sefton R. Sandford: May 1968-June 1970

Captain Henry M. Ellis: June 1970-October 1972

Captain Gerard Hayne: October 1972-October 1974

Captain Richard J.F. Turner: October 1974-March 1977

Captain Peter H. Coward: March 1977-June 1979

Captain Christopher J. Ward: June 1979-1982

Captain A. Bruce Richardson: 1982-1983

Captain John Harvey-Samuel: 1983-1984

Captain John A. Marshall: 1984-1986

Captain John E. Dykes: 1986-January 1989

Captain Christopher J. Meyer: January 1989-1990

Captain Jon T. Holloway: 200 -

189

Naval Attache, The Netherlands(until 1940):

Captain Brian B. Schofield: 1939-February 1940

Vice-Admiral Sir Gerald L.C. Dickens: February-May 1940

Captain Francis J. Cartwright: February 1954-May 1958

Captain Dennis Sanderson: May 1958-November 1959

Captain Edward H. Lee: November 1959-January 1962

Captain Arfor R.E. Bishop: January 1962-August 1964

Captain Peter E.C. Berger: August 1964-December 1966

Captain Stanley W. Clayden: December 1966-March 1969

Captain Richard D. Franklin: March 1969-April 1971

Captain Peter J. Shaw: April 1971-June 1973

Captain Peter C. Prince: June 1973-July 1975

Captain John R. Hill: July 1975-July 1977

Captain Derek A.P. O’Reilly: July 1977-November 1979

Captain David N. O’Sullivan: November 1979-November 1981

Captain Alan A. Hensher; November 1981-November 1983

Captain Barry J. Clarke: November 1983-1986

Captain R. Neil Blair: 1986-October 1989

Captain Michael Bickley: November 1989-

190

Naval Attache, Greece(until 1941):

Captain Herbert A. Packer: January 1937-July 1939

Captain George E.M. O’ Donnell: July-August 1939

Captain Harold F. Nalder: August 1939-1940

Rear-Admiral Charles E. Turle: May 1940-April 1941

Captain Mervyn R.G. Wingfield: February 1956-July 1957

Captain George B. Barstow: July 1957-July 1959

Captain David B.N. Mellis: July 1959-May 1961

Captain Robert E. Lloyd: May 1961-June 1963

Captain Kenneth H. Martin: June 1963-August 1965

Captain G. Roger Villar: August 1965-April 1968

Captain Larratt C. Darling: April 1968-February 1971

Captain John A.F. Lawson: February 1971-June 1973

Captain Anthony M.G. Pearson: June 1973-June 1975

Captain Derek G. Mather: June 1975-June 1977

Captain Peter J. Williams: June 1977-August 1980

Captain David S. Dobson: August 1980-June 1982

Captain R. Neil Blair: June 1982-June 1985

Captain Colin L. MacGregor: June 1985-December 1987

Captain Richard G. Evans: December 1987-

Captain John R. Willis: 200 -

191

Naval Attache, Argentina(until 1982):

Captain Gerard A. Wells: June 1923-February 1925

Captain James S.C. Salmond February 1925-August 1927

Captain St. Aubyn B. Wake: August 1927-August 1930

Captain Edward de F. Renouf: August 1930-July 1933

Captain Ronald H.C. Hallifax: July 1933-December 1935

Captain Philip J. Mack: December 1935-November 1938

Captain Henry W.U. McCall: November 1938-May 1940

Rear-Admiral James S.C. Salmond: May 1940-June 1942

Rear-Admiral Herbert A. Forster: June 1942-March 1945

Captain the Hon. Valentine M. Wyndham-Quin: March 1945-March 1947

Captain Deric D.H. Holland-Martin: March 1947-April 1949

Captain Conrad B. Alers-Hankey: April 1949-September 1951

Captain Reginald E. Terry: September 1951-September 1953

Captain Peter J. Hill-Norton: September 1953-October 1955

Captain Brian D. Gallie: October 1955-March 1958

Captain Desmond Vincent-Jones: March 1958-June 1960

Captain Frank D. Holford: June 1960-September 1962

Captain Percival E. I. Bailey: September 1962-July 1965

Captain Peter W. Stewart: July 1965-August 1967

Captain Gerald D. Van Someren: August 1967-December 1970

Captain John Hood: December 1970-November 1972

Captain Stanley G. Morgan: November 1972-October 1974

Captain John Thomas: October 1974-October 1976

Captain Daniel S. Leggatt: October 1976-November 1978

Captain Bryan E. Neave: November 1978-February 1981

Captain Julian J. Mitchell: February 1981-May 1982

192

Naval Adviser, Canada:

Captain Ottokar H.M. St.J. Steiner: 1960-1962

Captain Terence L. Martin: 1962-1966

Captain the Hon. David P. Seely: 1966-1967

Captain Peter Maslen: 1967-1969

Captain Henry E. Howard: 1969-1970

Captain Henry D.S. Waite: 1970-September 1972

Captain William R.J. Mylne: September 1972-September 1974

Captain John M. Webster: September 1974-August 1976

Captain Alan A. Hensher: August 1976-April 1978

Captain John J. Streatfield-James: April 1978-September 1980

Captain David F. Watts: September 1980-August 1982

Captain Michael C. Powys-Maurice: August 1982-August 1984

Captain Allan J.B. Laybourne: August 1984-August 1986

Captain Anthony K. Potter: August 1986-1988

Captain Jeremy J. Howard: 1988-1990

Captain Paul J. Bootherstone: 1990-

Naval Adviser, India:

Captain Harry D. Ellis:

Captain Frank W. Watson: 1962-1964

Captain Cyril J. Cunningham: 1964-1966

Captain William G. McC. Burn: 1966-1968

Captain Denis W. Sherwood: 1968-1970

Captain James A. Hans-Hamilton: 1970-December 1971

Captain David C.R. Walters: December 1971-January 1974

Captain Derek F. Robbins: January 1974-July 1976

Captain Peter N. Hamilton-Jones: July 1976-August 1978

Captain Philip W.S. Stearns: August 1978-August 1980

Captain William W.F. Chatterton Dickson: August 1980-July 1982

Captain Graham Meredith: July 1982-1985

Captain William M. Howard: 1985-1987

Captain Brian J. Adams: November 1987-1990

Captain Jonathan P. Cardale: 1990-

193

Naval Adviser, Australia:

Captain John W. Collett: 1960-1962

Captain Thomas W. Stocker: 1962-1964

Captain Stephen F. Berthon: 1964-November 1966

Captain Michael Hayward-Butt: November 1966-1969

Captain Laurence W.H. Taylor: 1969-May 1971

Captain Vernon C. Merry: May 1971-May 1974

Captain George M.F. Vallings: May 1974-August 1976

Captain Peter A. Pinkster: August 1976-December 1978

Captain Ronald F.G. Laughton: December 1978-February 1981

Captain Anthony Short: February 1981-April 1983

Commodore Brian W. Turner: April 1983-December 1985

Commodore Robert M. Lawson: December 1985-February 1988

Commodore David M. Oddie: February 1988-March 1990

Commodore Anthony C.G. Wolstenholme: March 1990-1992

Commodore Brian J.Adams: 1992-1995

Commodore Peter C. Wykeham-Martin: 1995-1998

Commodore A. Jonathan Lyall:

Commodore Robert T. Love: -2006

Brigadier Jeremy M.F. Robbins: -October 2010

Brigadier William J. Taylor: October 2010–February 2014

Commodore Richard L. Powell: February 2014-January 2017

Brigadier Andrew S.D. Harrison: January 2017-

194

(b) SQUADRONS

INDEX:

Aircraft Carrier Squadron, 3rd/Heavy Squadron, Commanding: page 204

Amphibious Forces, Far East Fleet, Commodore: page 222

Amphibious Warfare, Commodore/Amphibious Task Group,

Commander/U.K. (Response Force) Task Group, Commander: page 219

Battle Squadrons-

1st, Commanding: page 198

Rear-Admiral Second-in-Command: page 199

2nd, Commanding: page 200


3rd, Commanding: page 201


4th, Commanding: page 202






Battlecruiser Squadrons-

Battlecruiser Squadron, Commanding: page 203

1st, Commanding: page 204

2nd, Commanding: page 204

3rd, Commanding: page 204

Carrier Strike Group, Commander: page 219

Combined Joint Operations, Deputy Director: page 220

Cruiser Squadrons, Commanding--

Armoured, pre-1918-

1st/Training Squadron/Cruiser Squadron: page 206

2nd: page 207

3rd: page 207

4th/Particular Service Squadron: page 207

5th: page 208

6th: page 208

7th: page 208

9th: page 208

10th: page 208

195

11th: page 209

12th: page 209

Light Cruiser/Cruiser Squadrons post 1918, Commanding-

1st: page 209

2nd: page 210

3rd: page 210

4th: page 211

5th: page 212

6th: page 212

7th: page 213

8th: page 213

9th: page 213

10th: page 213

11th: page 213

12th: page 214

15th: page 214

18th: page 214

Destroyer Squadrons, Commanding-

1st: page 223

2nd: page 224

3rd: page 224

4th: page 225

5th: page 225

6th: page 226

7th: page 226

8th: page 226

Devonport Flotilla, Commodore: page 221

Divisions, 3rd and 4

th, Home Fleet, Commanding: page 197

Eastern Mediterranean Squadron/Aegean Squadron,

Commanding: page 223

Escort Squadrons, Commanding-

21st: page 235

22nd: page 235

23rd: page 235

24th: page 236

25th: page 236

26th: page 236

27th: page 236

28th: page 236

29th: page 236

196

30th: page 236

Faslane Flotilla, Commodore: page 221

Fishery Protection Squadron, Commanding: page 238

Flotillas, Flag Officer-

1st (see Home Fleet Destroyers)

2nd: page 217

3rd: page 217

Flying Squadron/Detatched Squadron/Particular Service

Squadron, Commanding: page 197

Frigate Squadrons, Commanding-

1st: page 227

2nd: page 228

3rd: page 229

4th: page 230

5th: page 231

6th: page 232

7th: page 233

8th: page 234

9th: page 234

Heavy Squadron (see 3rd Aircraft Carrier Squadron)

Home Fleet, Destroyers, Commanding/Flag Officer, Flotillas/Flag

Officer, 1st Flotilla/Flag Officer, Surface Flotilla: page 215

Chief of Staff/Deputy Flag Officer:` page 216

Maritime Component, U.K., Commander: page 220

Maritime Forces, U.K., Commander: page 218

Deputy Commander: page 218

Mediterranean Fleet, Destroyers, Commanding: page 222

Pacific Fleet, Destroyers, Commanding: page 222

Particular Service (see Flying Squadron and 4th Cruiser Squadron)

Portland/Plymouth, Destroyers, Captain: page 239

Portsmouth, Destroyers, Captain: page 238

Portsmouth Flotilla, Commodore: page 221

Strike Force (South), Deputy Commander: page 220

Surface Flotilla (see Home Fleet Destroyers)

Task Group, U.K., Commander: page 218

Training Squadrons, Commanding: page 223

2nd: page 237

3rd: page 237

197

Commander, Flying Squadron (from 1869 until 1870; Detached Squadron (from 1870

until 1877 and from 1880 until 1882; Particular Service Squadron in 1896):

Rear-Admiral Geoffrey T.P. Hornby: June 1869-December 1870

Rear-Admiral F. Beauchamp P. Seymour: December 1870-May 1872

Rear-Admiral Frederick A. Campbell: May 1872-December 1873

Rear-Admiral George G. Randolph: December 1873-May 1875

Rear-Admiral Rowley Lambert: May 1875-May 1877

Vice-Admiral the Earl of Clanwilliam: September 1880-December 1881

Rear-Admiral Sir Francis W. Sullivan: December 1881-October 1882

Rear-Admiral Alfred T. Dale: January-November 1896

Commander, 3rd and 4

th Divisions, Home Fleet:

Vice-Admiral Sir George Neville: March 1909-March 1911

Vice-Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg: March-December 1911

Vice-Admiral Frederick T. Hamilton: December 1911-May 1912

Rear-Admiral, 3rd and 4

th Divisions:

Rear-Admiral T. Martyn Jerram: March 1909-August 1910

Rear-Admiral W. Lowther Grant: August 1910-November 1911

Rear-Admiral Charles Dundas of Dundas: November 1911-May 1912

198

Commanding, 1st Battle Squadron(and Second-in-Command, Atlantic Fleet, 1919-1924,

and Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet, 1926-1937 and 1939):

Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Stanley C. J.Colville: June 1912-June 1914

Vice-Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly: June-December 1914

Admiral Sir Cecil Burney: December 1914-December 1916

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles E. Madden: December 1916-April 1919

Vice-Admiral Sir Sydney R. Fremantle: May 1919-May 1921

Vice-Admiral Sir William C.M. Nicholson: May 1921-October 1922

Vice-Admiral Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair: October 1922-October 1924

Rear-Admiral William W.Fisher: October 1924-September 1925

Rear-Admiral Cecil M.Staveley: September 1925-March 1926

Vice-Admiral Sir Michael H. Hodges: March 1926-May 1927

Vice-Admiral Sir John D. Kelly: May 1927-April 1929

Vice-Admiral W. A. Howard Kelly: April 1929-October 1930

Vice-Admiral Sir Wiliam W.Fisher: October 1930-April 1932

Vice-Admiral Sir Roger R.C. Backhouse: April 1932-May 1934

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles M. Forbes: May 1934-August 1936

Vice-Admiral T. Hugh Binney: August 1936-June 1938

Rear-Admiral Ralph Leatham: June 1938-January 1939

Vice-Admiral Geoffrey Layton: January-November 1939

Rear-Admiral Henry D. Pridham-Wippell: June-October 1940

Vice-Admiral John C.Tovey: October-December 1940

Rear-Admiral H. Bernard H. Rawlings: December 1940-May 1941

Vice-Admiral Sir Henry D. Pridham-Wippell: May 1941-July 1942

Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur J. Power: December 1943-November 1944

Vice-Admiral Sir H. Bernard H. Rawlings: December 1944-October 1945

Vice-Admiral John H. Edelsten: October 1945-February 1946

199

Rear-Admiral/Second in Command, 1st Division/Battle Squadron(until 1929/1930):

Rear-Admiral Charles J. Briggs: March 1909-January 1910

Rear-Admiral F. C. Doveton Sturdee: January 1910-January 1911

Rear-Admiral Richard H. Peirse: January 1911-January 1912

Rear-Admiral Charles E. Madden: January-December 1912

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Somerset A. Gough-Calthorpe: December 1912-December 1913

Rear-Admiral Hugh Evan-Thomas: December 1913-August 1915

Rear-Admiral Ernest F.A. Gaunt: August 1915-June 1916

Rear-Admiral Alexander L. Duff: June-December 1916

Rear-Admiral Sir William C.M. Nicholson: December 1916-April 1919

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Victor A Stanley: April 1919-March 1920

Rear-Admiral Henry M.Doughty: March 1920-May 1921

Rear-Admiral Rudolf W.Bentinck: May 1921-May 1922

Rear-Admiral Arthur A.M.Duff: May 1922-May 1923

Rear-Admiral W.A.Howard Kelly: May 1923-May 1924

Rear-Admiral William H.D. Boyle: May-October 1924

Rear-Admiral Cecil M.Staveley: March-November 1926

Rear-Admiral David T.Norris: November 1926-November 1927

Rear-Admiral Bernard St.G.Collard: November 1927-March 1928

Rear-Admiral William M. Kerr: March 1928-May 1929

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Reginald A. R.Plunkett-

Ernle-Erle-Drax: May-November 1929

Rear-Admiral H. Bernard H. Rawlings: October-December 1940

Rear-Admiral Charles S. Daniel: June-? 1945

200

Commanding, 2nd Division/Battle Squadron(and Second-in-Command, Home Fleet,1932-39):

Vice-Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe: May-December 1912

Vice-Admiral Sir George J. S. Warrender, Bt.: December 1912-December 1915

Vice-Admiral Sir T. Martyn Jerram: December 1915-December 1916

Vice-Admiral Sir John M. de Robeck: December 1916-March 1919

Vice-Admiral Sir Henry F. Oliver: March-April 1919

Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur C. Leveson: April 1919-October 1920

Vice-Admiral Sir William C.M.Nicholson: October 1920-May 1921

Disbanded: 1921-1924

Under command of Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic

Fleet: 1924-1929

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Reginald A.R.Plunkett-

Ernle-Erle-Drax: November 1929-April 1930

Rear-Admiral Charles J.C.Little: April 1930-April 1931

Rear-Admiral Wilfred F. French: April 1931-December 1932

Rear-Admiral Ragnar M. Colvin: December 1932-December 1933

Rear-Admiral Max K. Horton: December 1933-July 1935

Rear-Admiral Charles G. Ramsey: July 1935-August 1937

Vice-Admiral Lachlan D. I. MacKinnon: August 1937-January 1939

Rear-Admiral Lancelot E. Holland: January-September 1939

Rear-Admiral H. Evelyn C. Blagrove: September-October 1939

Vice-Admiral Sir Alban T.B. Curteis: June 1941-June 1942

Vice-Admiral Sir Bruce A. Fraser: June 1942-May 1943

Vice-Admiral Sir Henry R. Moore: June 1943-June 1944

201

Rear-Admiral/Second in Command, 2nd Battle Squadron:

Rear-Admiral James Startin: March-October 1909

Rear-Admiral Edward E. Bradford: October 1909-October 1910

Rear-Admiral George E. Patey: October 1910-October 1911

Rear-Admiral Herbert G. King-Hall: October 1911-October 1912

Rear-Admiral Rosslyn E. Wemyss: October 1912-October 1913

Rear-Admiral Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot, Bt.: October 1913-January 1915

Rear-Admiral Arthur C. Leveson: January 1915-December 1916

Rear-Admiral William E. Goodenough: December 1916-April 1919

Rear-Admiral Lewis Clinton-Baker: April 1919-April 1920

Rear-Admiral Edward B. Kiddle: April 1920-May 1921

Rear-Admiral William H.D.Boyle: October 1924-May 1925

Rear-Admiral Francis H. Mitchell: May 1925-March 1926

Commanding, 3rd Battle Squadron(and Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet, 1924-26;

transferred to Atlantic Fleet 1926; disbanded 1931):

Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Burney: April 1912-July 1913

Vice-Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly: July 1913-June 1914

Vice-Admiral Sir Edward E. Bradford: June 1914-May 1916

Vice-Admiral Sir John M. De Robeck: May-November 1916

Vice-Admiral Sir Herbert L. Heath: November 1916-September 1917

Vice-Admiral Sir Dudley R.S. de Chair: September 1917-April 1918

Rear-Admiral Sir Douglas R. L. Nicholson: April-October 1919

Disbanded: October 1919-October 1924

Rear-Admiral Hugh D. R. Watson: November 1924-April 1925

Vice-Admiral Sir Michael H. Hodges: April 1925-March 1926

Rear-Admiral Francis H. Mitchell: March-May 1926

Rear-Admiral Roger R.C. Backhouse: May 1926-May 1927

Vice-Admiral Percival H. Hall-Thompson: May 1927-May 1928

Rear-Admiral John M. Casement: May 1928-May 1929

Rear-Admiral Henry K. Kitson: May 1929-May 1930

Rear-Admiral G. Francis Hyde: May 1930-May 1931

Rear-Admiral Lancelot E. Holland: August 1939-January 1940

Rear-Admiral Stuart S. Bonham-Carter: January 1940-January 1942

Vice-Admiral W.E. Campbell Tait: January-February 1942

Vice-Admiral Sir Algernon U. Willis: February 1942-February 1943

Vice-Admiral Harold T.C. Walker: December 1944-November 1945

202

Rear-Admiral/Second-in-Command, 3rd Battle Squadron:

Rear-Admiral Cecil F. Thursby: August 1912-August 1913

Rear-Admiral Montague E. Browning: August 1913-July 1915

Rear-Admiral Sydney R. Fremantle: July 1915-March 1916

Rear-Admiral Cecil F. Dampier: March 1916-March 1917

Rear-Admiral Douglas R.L. Nicholson: March-September 1917

Commanding, 4th Battle Squadron(and Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet, 1919-1924;

renumbered as 3rd Battle Squadron November 1924):

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles J. Briggs: July 1912-July 1914

Vice-Admiral Sir Douglas A. Gamble: July 1914-February 1915

Admiral Sir F.C. Doveton Sturdee, Bt.: February 1915-February 1918

Vice-Admiral Sir Montague E. Browning: February 1918-January 1919

Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymour: January 1919-September 1920

Rear-Admiral Richard Webb: September 1920-September 1922

Rear-Admiral John D.Kelly: September 1922-August 1923

Rear-Admiral Hugh D. R. Watson: August 1923-November 1924

Rear-Admiral/Second In Command, 4th Battle Squadron:

Rear-Admiral T. Martyn Jerram: May-August 1912

Rear-Admiral Alexander L. Duff: October 1914-June 1916

Rear-Admiral Ernest F.A. Gaunt: June 1916-June 1917

Rear-Admiral Roger J.B. Keyes: June-September 1917

Rear-Admiral Douglas R.L. Nicholson: September 1917-April 1919

Commanding, 5th Battle Squadron:

Rear-Admiral Bernard Currey: August 1914-February 1915

Rear-Admiral Sir Hugh Evan-Thomas: August 1915-October 1918

Rear-Admiral Sir Arthur C. Leveson: October 1918-1919

203


Rear-Admiral Stuart Nicholson: November 1914-? 1915


Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Alexander E. Bethell: August-September 1914


Rear-Admiral Henry Loftus Tottenham: August 1914

Commanding, Battlecruiser Squadron(and Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet, 1937-

1939):

Rear-Admiral Lewis Bayly: January-March 1913

Vice-Admiral Sir David R. Beatty: March 1913-1914

Vice-Admiral Sir William C. Pakenham: December 1916-1919

Vice-Admiral Sir Henry F.Oliver: December 1918-March 1919

Rear-Admiral Sir Roger J. B.Keyes: March 1919-March 1921

Rear-Admiral Sir Walter H. Cowan: March 1921-May 1923

Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick L. Field: May 1923-April 1925

Vice-Admiral Cyril T. M. Fuller: April 1925-May 1927

Vice-Admiral Frederic C. Dreyer: May 1927-May 1929

Vice-Admiral A. Dudley P. R. Pound: May 1929-April 1931

Vice-Admiral Wilfred Tomkinson: April 1931-August 1932

Vice-Admiral William M. James: August 1932-August 1934

Vice-Admiral Sidney R. Bailey: August 1934-August 1936

Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Blake: August 1936-July 1937

Vice-Admiral Sir Andrew B. Cunningham: July 1937-August 1938

Vice-Admiral Geoffrey Layton: August 1938-January 1939

Vice-Admiral William J. Whitworth: June 1939-May 1941

Vice-Admiral Lancelot E. Holland: May 1941

204

Commanding, 1st Battlecruiser Squadron:

Rear-Admiral Sir Osmond de B. Brock: February 1915-December 1916

Rear-Admiral Richard F. Phillimore: December 1916-March 1918

Rear-Admiral Sir Henry F. Oliver: March 1918-March 1919

Commanding, 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron:

Rear-Admiral Sir Archibald G.H.W. Moore: January-February 1915

Rear-Admiral Sir George E. Patey: February-March 1915

Rear-Admiral Sir William C. Pakenham: March 1915-December 1916

Rear-Admiral Arthur C. Leveson: December 1916-September 1918

Rear-Admiral Sir Lionel Halsey: September 1918-March 1919

Commanding, 3rd Battlecruiser Squadron:

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Horace L. A. Hood: May 1915-May 1916

Commanding, 3rd Aircraft Carrier Squadron(Heavy Squadron from 1952 until 1954):

Rear-Admiral Maurice J. Mansergh: July 1948-September 1949

Vice-Admiral Charles E. Lambe: September 1949-January 1951

Rear-Admiral Caspar John: January 1951-July 1952

Vice-Admiral John Hughes-Hallett: July 1952-December 1953

Rear-Admiral Walter T. Couchman: December 1953-1954

205

Flag Officer, Air and Second-in-Command, Mediterranean Fleet:

Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil H.J. Harcourt: January 1947-January 1948

Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas H. Troubridge: January-December 1948

Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Cyril E. Douglas-Pennant: December 1948-April 1950

Vice-Admiral Guy Grantham: April 1950-November 1951

Vice-Admiral Ralph A. B. Edwards: November 1951-December 1952

Vice-Admiral William W. Davis: December 1952-February 1954

Vice-Admiral J. Peter L. Reid: February 1954-August 1955

Vice-Admiral Maxwell Richmond: August 1955-October 1956

Vice-Admiral Sir Robin L.F. Durnford-Slater: October 1956-1958

Flag Officer, Air, Pacific Fleet:

Rear-Admiral Denis W. Boyd: February 1942-December 1943

Rear-Admiral Clement Moody: December 1943-November 1944

Rear-Admiral Reginald H. Portal: November 1944-March 1946

Rear-Admiral Charles H.L. Woodhouse: March-July 1946

Rear-Admiral A.Robin M. Bridge: July 1946-February 1947

Vice-Admiral George E. Creasy: February 1947-1948

206

Commanding, (Armoured/Heavy) Cruiser Squadrons(Pre-1914 and First World War):

1st Cruiser Squadron(Training Squadron until October 1899; Cruiser Squadron from 1899 until

1905)

Commodore Robert O.’B. Fitzroy: September 1885-November 1886

Commodore Albert Hastings Markham: November 1886-November 1889

Commodore Armand T. Powlett: November 1889-August 1891

Commodore Lewis A. Beaumont: August 1891-June 1893

Rear-Admiral Robert H. Harris: June 1893-April 1895

Commodore George L. Atkinson-Willes: April 1895-October 1897

Commodore Edmund S. Poe: October 1897-October 1900

Commodore Alfred L.Winsloe: October 1900-February 1901

Temporarily disbanded: 1901

Commodore Alfred L. Winsloe: November 1901-November 1902

Rear-Admiral Wilmot H. Fawkes: November 1902-November 1904

Rear-Admiral Edmund S. Poe: November 1904-July 1905

Rear-Admiral George Neville: July 1905-July 1907

Rear-Admiral Sir Percy M. Scott: July 1907-September 1908

Rear-Admiral Charles H. Adair: September 1908-February 1909

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Stanley C. J. Colville: February 1909-February1911

Rear-Admiral Lewis Bayly: February 1911-January 1913

Rear-Admiral Ernest C.T. Troubridge: January 1913-September 1914

Rear-Admiral Sir Archibald G. H.W. Moore: November 1914-January 1915

Rear-Admiral Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot, Bt.: January 1915-May 1916

Vice-Admiral Trevylyan D.W.Napier: July 1917-1918

207

2nd Cruiser Squadron:

Rear-Admiral Prince Louis of Battenberg: February 1905-February 1907

Rear-Admiral Charles H. Adair: February 1907-Se[ptember 1908

Rear-Admiral Sir Percy M. Scott: September 1908-February 1909

Rear-Admiral Robert S. Lowry: February 1909-November 1910

Rear-Admiral Sir George J.S. Warrender, Bt.: November 1910-December 1912

Rear-Admiral Sir F.C. Doveton Sturdee: December 1912-December 1913

Rear-Admiral Charles E. Madden: December 1913-July 1914

Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Somerset A. Gough-Calthorpe: July 1914-May 1916

Rear-Admiral Herbert L. Heath: May-November 1916

Rear-Admiral Sydney R. Fremantle: January-December 1917

Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald G.O. Tupper: December 1917-February 1918

Rear-Admiral Edward F. Bruen: February 1918-February 1919

3rd Cruiser Squadron:

Rear-Admiral Sir Baldwin Wake Walker, Bt.: June 1902-November 1904

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Sir Hedworth Lambton: November 1904-November 1906

Rear-Admiral Sir Henry D. Barry: November 1906-October 1908

Rear-Admiral Sir Henry B. Jackson: October 1908-March 1909

Rear-Admiral F.C. Doveton Sturdee: December 1911-December 1912

Rear-Admiral Charles E. Madden: December 1912-December 1913

Rear-Admiral William C. Pakenham: December 1913-March 1915

Rear-Admiral W.Lowther Grant: March-July 1915

Rear-Admiral Montague E. Browning: July 1915-September 1916

4th Cruiser Squadron from 1905 until 1907 known also as the Particular Service Squadron

and under the command of the Commander-in-Chief, North America and West Indies):

Rear-Admiral Frederick S. Inglefield: February 1907-February 1909

Rear-Admiral Arthur M. Farquhar: February 1909-February 1911

Rear-Admiral Edward E. Bradford: February 1911-February 1913

Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher G.F. M. Cradock: February 1913-November 1914

208

5th Cruiser Squadron:

Rear-Admiral George A.Callaghan: April 1907-November 1908

Rear-Admiral Robert S. Lowry: November 1908-February 1909

Rear-Admiral Frederick T. Hamilton: February 1909-February 1911

Rear-Admiral Cecil Burney: February-December 1911

Rear-Admiral F.C. Doveton Sturdee: December 1911-May 1912

Rear-Admiral Archibald P.Stoddart: August 1914-May 1915


Rear-Admiral Sir Henry B. Jackson: March 1909-October 1910

Rear-Admiral Sir Douglas A. Gamble: October 1910-January 1913

Rear-Admiral W. Lowther Grant: August 1914-February 1915


Rear-Admiral Henry H. Campbell: August-October 1914

Rear-Admiral Arthur W.Waymouth: January-April 1915

Rear-Admiral Henry Loftus Tottenham: April-October 1915

Rear-Admiral Herbert L. Heath: October 1915-June 1916


Rear-Admiral John M. de Robeck: August 1914-February 1915

Rear-Admiral Sir Archibald G.H.W.Moore: February 1915-August 1916

Rear-Admiral Sydney R.Fremantle: August-December 1916

Rear-Admiral T.Dawson L. Sheppard: December 1916-January 1919


Rear-Admiral Sir Dudley R.S. de Chair: August 1914-March 1916

Vice-Admiral Sir Reginald G.O.Tupper: March 1916-December 1917

209


Rear-Admiral Robert S. Phipps Hornby: August-September 1914

Rear-Admiral Henry Loftus Tottenham: September 1914-April 1915

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Horace L.A. Hood: April-May 1915


Rear-Admiral Rosslyn E. Wemyss: August 1914-February 1915

Commanding, First World War Light Cruiser Squadrons and Cruiser Squadrons post 1922:

1st Cruiser Squadron/Light Cruiser Squadron(until 1945 and from 1946 until 1951):

Commodore William E. Goodenough: July 1913-January 1915

Commodore Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair: January 1915-July 1917

Rear-Admiral Sir Walter H.Cowan: July 1917-July 1920

Rear-Admiral Sir James A. Fergusson: July 1920-April 1922

Rear-Admiral Hon. Sir Hubert G.Brand: April 1922-October 1924

Rear-Admiral Arthur K.Waistell: October 1924-October 1926

Rear-Admiral William H.D. Boyle: October 1926-October 1928

Rear-Admiral Henry W. Parker: October 1928-March 1930

Rear-Admiral Joseph C.W.Henley: March 1930-April 1932

Rear-Admiral George K. Chetwode: April 1932-June 1933

Vice-Admiral John K. im Thurn: June 1933-July 1935

Vice-Admiral Max K. Horton: July 1935-October 1936

Vice-Admiral Charles E.Kennedy-Purvis: October 1936-September 1938

Vice-Admiral John H. D. Cunningham: September 1938-December 1940

Rear-Admiral W. Frederic Wake-Walker: December 1940-February 1942

Rear-Admiral Louis H.K. Hamilton: February 1942-August 1943

Vice-Admiral Arthur F.E. Palliser: August 1943-March 1944

Vice-Admiral Sir Rhoderick R. McGrigor: March 1944-July 1945

Rear-Admiral Harold R.G. Kinahan: June 1946-June 1947

Rear-Admiral Richard V. Symonds-Tayler: June 1947-October 1948

Vice-Admiral Earl Mountbatten of Burma: October 1948-May 1950

Rear-Admiral C.T. Mark Pizey: May 1950-July 1951

Vice-Admiral Ralph A.B. Edwards: July 1951-1952

210

2nd Cruiser Squadron/Light Cruiser Squadron(until 1941 and from 1946):

Rear-Admiral Trevylyan D.W. Napier: December 1914-January 1915

Commodore William E. Goodenough: January 1915-December 1916

Rear-Admiral Cecil F. Lambert: December 1916-February 1918

Rear-Admiral James A. Fergusson: May 1918-May 1919

Rear-Admiral Arthur A. M. Duff: May 1919-May 1921

Rear-Admiral Wilmot S. Nicholson: May 1921-May 1923

Rear-Admiral Thomas D. Gilbert: May 1923-May 1925

Rear-Admiral W. A. Howard Kelly: May 1925-May 1927

Rear-Admiral Frank Larken: May 1927-May 1929

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Matthew R. Best: May 1929-April 1931

Vice-Admiral Edward A. Astley Rushton: April 1931-December 1932

Rear-Admiral Percy L.H. Noble: December 1932-December 1934

Vice-Admiral Sir Sidney J. Meyrick: December 1934-December 1936

Rear-Admiral Thomas N. P. Calvert: December 1936-June 1938

Vice-Admiral Sir G. Frederick B. Edward-Collins: June 1938-April 1940

Rear-Admiral Alban T. B. Curties: May 1940-June 1941

Rear-Admiral Reginald M. Servaes: June 1945-1946

Rear-Admiral Herbert A. Packer: October 1946-January 1948

Vice-Admiral the Hon. Guy H.E. Russell: January 1948-May 1949

Rear-Admiral William R.Slayter: May 1949-August 1950

Vice-Admiral C. Aubrey L. Mansergh: August 1950-1952

211

3rd Cruiser Squadron/Light Cruiser Squadron:

Rear-Admiral Trevylyan D. W. Napier: January 1915-January 1917

Rear-Admiral Allen T. Hunt: January 1918-February 1919

Rear-Admiral Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair: February-August 1919

Vice-Admiral Sir George P. W. Hope: August 1919-January 1921

Rear-Admiral Sir Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt: January 1921-December 1922

Rear-Admiral Sir A. Ernle M. Chatfield: December 1922-December 1924

Rear-Admiral John W. L. McClintock: December 1924-January 1927

Rear-Admiral Lionel G. Preston: January 1927-February 1929

Rear-Admiral Arthur J. Davies: February 1929-January 1931

Vice-Admiral Barry E. Domvile: January 1931-January 1932

Rear-Admiral Francis L. Tottenham: January 1932-April 1933

Rear-Admiral H.J.Studholme Brownrigg: April 1933-April 1935

Rear-Admiral George H. D’Oyly Lyon: April 1935-March 1937

Rear-Admiral Lionel V. Wells: March 1937-March 1939

Rear-Admiral Henry M. Moore: March 1939-July 1940

Rear-Admiral Edward de F. Renouf: July 1940-May 1941

4th Light Cruiser/Cruiser Squadron:

Commodore Charles E. Le Mesurier: May 1915-August 1917

Commodore Rudolf W. Bentinck: August 1917-October 1918

Rear-Admiral Allan F.Everett: October 1918-April 1919

Rear-Admiral Arthur J.L. Murray: December 1939-April 1940

Rear-Admiral William G. Tennant: April 1942-October 1943

Rear-Admiral Arthur D. Read: October 1943-November 1944

Rear-Admiral E.J. Patrick Brind: October 1944-January 1946

Vice-Admiral Sir John H. Edelsten: February-June 1946

212

5th Light Cruiser/Cruiser Squadron(until 1971; and Second-in-Command, Far East Fleet from

1948):

Rear-Admiral Sir Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, Bt.: June 1915-March 1919

Rear-Admiral George H. Borrett: March 1919-May 1920

Rear-Admiral Arthur J.L. Murray: May-December 1939

Rear-Admiral Harold T.C. Walker: June-December 1944

Rear-Admiral Arthur D. Read: January-March 1945

Vice-Admiral Wilfrid R. Patterson: March 1945-May 1946

Rear-Admiral Reginald M. Servaes: May-August 1946

Rear-Admiral Charles H.L. Woodhouse: August 1946-September 1947

Rear-Admiral Robert D. Oliver: September 1947-September 1948

Vice-Admiral Alexander C.G. Madden: September 1948-January 1950

Vice-Admiral Sir William G. Andrewes: January 1950-April 1951

Rear-Admiral Alan K. Scott-Moncrieff: April 1951-September 1952

Rear-Admiral Eric G.A. Clifford: September 1952-November 1953

Rear-Admiral Gerald V. Gladstone: November 1953-February 1955

Rear-Admiral Robert F. Elkins: February 1955-June 1956

Rear-Admiral W. Kaye Edden: June 1956-August 1957

Vice-Admiral Laurence G. Durlacher: August 1957-December 1958

Vice-Admiral Varyl C. Begg: December 1958-July 1960

Rear-Admiral Michael Le Fanu: July 1960-June 1961

Vice-Admiral John B. Frewen: June 1961-December 1962

Vice-Admiral John P. Scatchard: December 1962-June 1964

Vice-Admiral Peter J. Hill-Norton: June 1964-January 1966

Vice-Admiral Charles P. Mills: January 1966-April 1967

Vice-Admiral Edward B. Ashmore: April 1967-August 1968

Vice-Admiral Anthony T.F.G. Griffin: August 1968-August 1969

Rear-Admiral Terence T. Lewin: August 1969-November 1970

Rear-Admiral David Williams: November 1970-August 1971

6th Light Cruiser Squadron:

Rear-Admiral Sir Edwyn S. Alexander-Sinclair: July 1917-February 1919

213

7th Light Cruiser/Cruiser Squadron:

Rear-Admiral George H.Borrett: April 1918-March 1919

Commodore Edward B.C. Dicken: September 1939-February 1940

Vice-Admiral John C. Tovey: June-July 1940

Vice-Admiral Henry D. Pridham-Wippell: October 1940-May 1941

Rear-Admiral H. Bernard H. Rawlings: May 1941-January 1942

8th Light Cruiser Squadron:

Commodore W.A. Howard Kelly: September 1917-April 1919

Rear-Admiral Sir Allan F. Everett: April 1919-1921

9th Cruiser Squadron(Reserve Fleet/South Atlantic Command; disbanded 1940):

Rear-Admiral Allan Poland: July 1939-April 1940

10th Cruiser Squadron(Home Fleet/Mediterranean Fleet; renamed 2

nd Cruiser Squadron, 1946):

Rear-Admiral Sir Harold M. Burrough: September 1940-August 1942

Rear-Admiral Cecil H.J. Harcourt: August-October 1942

Vice-Admiral Sir Robert L. Burnett: January 1943-March 1944

Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick H.G. Dalrymple-

Hamilton: March 1944-April 1945

Rear-Admiral Angus E.M.B. Cunninghame

Graham: April 1945-October 1946

11th Cruiser Squadron(Reserve Fleet/North Atlantic Command; disbanded 1940):

Commodore Richard J.R. Scott: July 1939-February 1940

214

12th Cruiser Squadron(Home Fleet, 1939; Mediterannean Fleet, 1942-1943):

Vice-Admiral Sir Max K. Horton: September-October 1939

Rear-Admiral W. Frederic Wake-Walker: September-October 1939

(disbanded)

Rear-Admiral Cecil H. J.Harcourt: 1942-May 1943

(disbanded)

15th Cruiser Squadron(Home Fleet/Mediterranean Fleet; renamed 1

st Cruiser Squadron, 1946):

Vice-Admiral Edward L. S. King: July 1940-October 1941

Rear-Admiral Sir Philip L. Vian: October 1941-September 1942

Rear-Admiral Arthur J. Power: September 1942-May 1943

Rear-Admiral Cecil H.J. Harcourt: May 1943-January 1944

Rear-Admiral John M. Mansfield: January 1944-March 1945

Commodore Maurice J. Mansergh: March 1945-January 1946

Rear-Admiral Harold R.G. Kinahan: January-June 1946

18th Cruiser Sequadron(Home Fleet; disbanded 1942):

Rear-Admiral Ronald H.C. Hallifax: September-November 1939

Vice-Admiral Geoffrey Layton: November 1939-June 1940

Vice-Admiral Sir G. Frederick B.

Edward-Collins: June-November 1940

Vice-Admiral Lancelot E. Holland: November 1940-May 1941

Commodore Charles M. Blackman: May-June 1941 (temporary)

Rear-Admiral E.Neville Syfret: June 1941-January 1942

Vice-Admiral Stuart S. Bonham-Carter: January-October 1942

215

Commander, Home Fleet Destroyers(Flag Officer, Flotillas from 1967 until 1971:

Second-in-Command, Home Fleet from until ; Flag Officer, First Flotilla from

1971 until 1990; Surface Flotilla from 1990 until 2002):

Commodore Edward F. B. Charlton: November 1908-December 1910

Commodore Sir Robert K. Arbuthnot, Bt.: December 1910-July 1912

Commodore Cecil F. Lambert: July 1912-December 1913

Commodore Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt: December 1913-1914

Commodore Hugh J.Tweedie: December 1917-May 1920

Rear-Admiral Michael H. Hodges May 1920-July 1922

Rear-Admiral Arthur K. Waistell: July 1922-April 1923

Rear-Admiral Sir George H.Baird: April 1923-September 1924

Rear-Admiral Colin K. Maclean: September 1924–September 1926

Rear-Admiral Wion de M. Egerton: September 1926-July 1928

Commodore Robin C.Dalglish: July 1928-August 1930

Commodore Edward O.B.S.Osborne: August 1930-July 1932

Commodore George H. D’Oyly Lyon: July 1932-August 1934

Commodore Geoffrey S. Arbuthnot: August 1934-February 1935

Rear-Admiral Evelyn C. O. Thomson: February 1935-March 1936

Rear-Admiral Henry D. Pridham-Wippell: March 1936-April 1938

Rear-Admiral Tom S. V. Phillips: April 1938-May 1939

Rear-Admiral Ronald H. C. Hallifax: May 1939-February 1941

Rear-Admiral Louis H. K. Hamilton: February 1941-February 1942

Rear-Admiral Robert L. Burnett: March 1942-January 1943

Vice-Admiral Irvine G. Glennie: January 1943-July1944

Commodore Reginald M. J. Hutton: July 1944-? 1945

Rear-Admiral W. Geoffrey A. Robson: December 1951-July 1953

Rear-Admiral John W. Cuthbert: July 1953-December 1954

Rear-Admiral Richard G. Onslow: January 1955-August 1956

Vice-Admiral J. David Luce: August 1956-April 1958

Vice-Admiral Royston H. Wright: April 1958-August 1959

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles E. Madden, Bt.: August 1959-October 1960

Vice-Admiral John G. Hamilton: October 1960-September 1962

Vice-Admiral Frank R. Twiss: September 1962-October 1964

Vice-Admiral John O.C. Hayes: October 1964-May 1966

Rear-Admiral Michael P. Pollock: May 1966-July 1967

Rear-Admiral Peter M. Compston: July 1967-July 1968

Rear-Admiral Andrew M. Lewis: July 1968-November 1969

Rear-Admiral J. Ernle Pope: November 1969-July 1971

Rear-Admiral Arthur M. Power: July 1971-January 1973

216

Vice-Admiral Iwan G. Raikes: January 1973-March 1974

Vice-Admiral Henry C. Leach: March 1974-November 1975

Vice-Admiral Anthony S. Morton: November 1975-March 1977

Rear-Admiral Robert R. Squires: March 1977-October 1978

Rear-Admiral David J. Hallifax: October 1978-April 1980

Rear-Admiral D. Conrad Jenkin: April 1980-July 1981

Rear-Admiral Sir John F. Woodward: July 1981-April 1983

Rear-Admiral J. Jeremy Black: April 1983-April 1984

Rear-Admiral Robin I.T. Hogg: April 1984-October 1986

Vice-Admiral John B. Kerr: October 1986-July 1988

Vice-Admiral John F. Coward: July 1988-September 1989

Vice-Admiral A. Peter Woodhead: September 1989-September 1991

Rear-Admiral A. Bruce Richardson: September 1991-April 1992

Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Nicholas J. Hill-Norton: April-November 1992

Vice-Admiral Sir Michael C. Boyce: November 1992-April 1995

Vice-Admiral Sir John R. Brigstocke: April 1995-July 1997

Rear-Admiral Peter M. Franklyn: July 1997-April 2000

Rear-Admiral Ian A. Forbes: April 2000-November 2001

Rear-Admiral Alexander K. Backus: November 2001-2002

Chief of Staff/Deputy Flag Officer:

Rear-Admiral A. Bruce Richardson: April-? 1992

Captain Richard T.R. Phillips: 1992-1993

Captain Jeremy M. de Halpert: 1993

Commodore R. John Lippiett: 1993-1995

Commodore John R. Cartwright: 1995-1997

Commodore James M. Burnell-Nugent: 1997

Commodore Laurence C. Hopkins: 1997-1999

Commodore Paul W. Herington: 1999-2000

Commodore Roger S.Ainsley: 2000-2002

217

Flag Officer, Second Flotilla(until 1992):

Rear-Admiral David Williams: November 1971-March 1972

Rear-Admiral Andrew J. Miller: March 1972-March 1973

Rear-Admiral Richard P. Clayton: March 1973-December 1974

Rear-Admiral John D.E. Fieldhouse: December 1974-October 1976

Rear-Admiral William D.M. Staveley: October 1976-March 1977

Rear-Admiral Martin La T. Wemyss: March 1977-December 1978

Rear-Admiral Peter M. Stanford: December 1978-October 1980

Rear-Admiral Nicholas J.S. Hunt: October 1980-November 1981

Rear-Admiral Robert W.F. Gerken: November 1981-October 1983

Rear-Admiral D. Benjamin Bathurst: October 1983-April 1985

Rear-Admiral W. Richard S. Thomas: April 1985-December 1986

Rear-Admiral Guy F. Liardet: December 1986-March 1988

Rear-Admiral A. Peter Woodhead: March 1988-August 1989

Rear-Admiral Peter C. Abbott: August 1989-January 1991

Rear-Admiral John R. Brigstocke: January 1991-April 1992

Flag Officer, Third Flotilla(from 1979 until 1992):

Rear-Admiral Peter G.M. Herbert: 1979

Vice-Admiral Sir John M.H. Cox: December 1979-March 1982

Rear-Admiral Derek R. Reffell: March 1982-August 1983

Vice-Admiral Sir Richard G.A. Fitch: August 1983-October 1985

Vice-Admiral Sir J.Julian R. Oswald: October 1985-April 1987

Rear-Admiral Hugo M. White: April 1987-October 1988

Vice-Admiral Sir Alan Grose: October 1988-March 1990

Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Nicholas J. Hill-Norton: March 1990-April 1992

218

Commander, United Kingdom Task Group(from 1992 until 2001; Commander, United

Kingdom Maritime Forces(from 2001):

Rear-Admiral John R. Brigstocke: April 1992-September 1993

Rear-Admiral Michael P. Gretton: September 1993-December 1994

Rear-Admiral Peter M. Franklyn: December 1994-February 1996

Rear-Admiral Alan W.J. West: February 1996-October 1997

Rear-Admiral Ian A. Forbes: October 1997-February 2000

Rear-Admiral Stephen R. Meyer: February 2000-May 2001

Rear-Admiral James M. Burnell-Nugent: May 2001-November 2002

Rear-Admiral David G. Snelson: November 2002-May 2004

Rear-Admiral Charles R. Style: May 2004-November 2005

Rear-Admiral Neil Morisetti: November 2005-June 2007

Rear-Admiral George M. Zambellas: June 2007-September 2008

Rear-Admiral Philip A. Jones: September 2008-June 2009

Rear-Admiral Peter D. Hudson: June 2009-January 2011

Rear-Admiral Duncan L. Potts: January 2011-January 2013

Rear-Admiral Robert K. Tarrant: January 2013-December 2014

Rear-Admiral Anthony D. Radakin: December 2014-January 2016

Rear-Admiral Alexander J. Burton: January 2016-November 2017

Rear-Admiral Paul M. Bennett: November 2017-October 2018

Rear-Admiral Jeremy P. Kyd: October 2018-

Commander, United Kingdom Task Group (from 2001 until 2011):

Commodore Hugh A.H.G. Edleston: April 2001-January 2002

Commodore James R. Fanshawe: January-December 2002

Commodore Richard D. Leaman: January-June 2003

Commodore Anthony J. Rix: November 2003-January 2006

Commodore Bruce N.B. Williams: January 2006-December 2007

Commodore Duncan L. Potts: December 2007-December 2008

Commodore James A. Morse: December 2008-January 2011

Deputy Commander, U.K. Maritime Forces(from January 2011 until 2016):

Commodore Simon J. Ancona: January-June 2011

Commodore John R.H. Clink: June 2011-October 2012

Commodore Jeremy J.F.Blunden: October 2012-February 2015

Commodore Guy A. Robinson: February 2015-September 2016

219

Commander, Carrier Strike Group(from 200 until 2011 and from 2015):

Commodore Alan D. Richards: 2006-July 2007

Commodore Thomas A. Cunningham: July 2007-April 2009

Commodore Simon J. Ancona: April 2009-January 2011

Commodore Jeremy P. Kyd: February 2015-September 2016

Commodore Andrew Betton: September 2016-

Commodore, Amphibious Warfare(Amphibious Task Group from 1997 until 2011 and from

March 2015 U.K.(Response Force) Task Group from 2011):

Commodore Roy W. Halliday: August 1971-September 1973

Commodore David T. Smith: September 1973-October 1975

Commodore Richard D. Franklin: October 1975-February 1977

Commodore Derek R. Reffell: June 1978-October 1979

Commodore Christopher J. Isacke: October 1979-May 1981

Commodore Michael C. Clapp: May 1981-February 1983

Commodore Peter G. V. Dingemans: February 1983-January 1985

Commodore John Garnier: January-July 1985

Commodore E.S. Jeremy Larken: July 1985-December 1987

Commodore Brian W. Turner: December 1987-April 1990

Commodore Peter J. Grindal: April 1990-1992

Commodore Richard A.Y. Bridges: 1992-1994

Commodore Paul B.C. Canter: 1994-October 1996

Commodore Paul D. Stone: October 1996-1998

Commodore Niall S.R. Kilgour: 1998-July 2001

Commodore A.James G. Miller: July 2001-September 2003

Commodore Christopher J. Parry: September 2003-January 2005

Commodore George M. Zambellas: January 2005-August 2006

Commodore Philip A. Jones: August 2006-2008

Commodore Peter D. Hudson: 2008-May 2009

Commodore Paul M. Bennett: May 2009-January 2011

Commodore John M. L. Kingwell: January-November 2011

Commodore Patrick A. McAlpine: November 2011-February 2014

Commodore Jeremy P. Kyd: February 2014-February 2015

Commodore Martin J. Connell: February 2015-May 2016

Commodore Andrew P. Burns: May 2016-

220

Deputy Commander, Strike Force(South)/Naval Striking and Support Forces, NATO(from

2004):

Rear-Admiral Anthony K. Dymock: January 2000-August 2002

Rear-Admiral R. Paul Boissier: 2003-July 2004

Rear-Admiral David J. Cooke: July 2004-August 2006

Rear-Admiral Robert G. Cooling: August 2006-January 2008

Rear-Admiral Christopher A. Snow: January 2008-January 2009

Rear-Admiral Ian F. Corder: January 2009-February 2011

Rear-Admiral Russell G. Harding: February 2011-September 2012

Rear-Admiral Timothy M. Lowe: September 2012-July 2015

Rear-Admiral Patrick A. McAlpine: July 2015-November 2017

Rear-Admiral Guy A. Robinson: November 2017-

Deputy Director, Combined Joint Operations, Sea Center for Excellence, U.S.A.:

Commodore Peter K. Walpole: July 2003-July 2005

Commodore Stephen P. Cleary: July 2005-August 2007

Commodore Robert J. Mansergh: August 2007-December 2009

Commodore Jonathan M. Handley: December 2009-March 2012

Commodore Steven J. Chick: March 2012-July 2014

Commodore Philip J. Titterton: July 2014-September 2017

Commodore Thomas Guy: September 2017-

Commander, United Kingdom Maritime Component, Persian Gulf(from 2001):

Commodore Paul H. Robinson: September 2003-2005

Commodore Simon T. Williams: 2005-October 2006

Commodore Keith Winstanley: October 2006-October 2008

Commodore Timothy M. Lowe: October 2008-May 2010

Commodore Timothy P. Fraser: May 2010-November 2011

Commodore Simon J. Ancona: November 2011-September 2013

Commodore Keith E. Blount: September 2013-March 2015

Commodore William J. Warrender: March 2015-June 2017

Commodore Steven Dainton: June 2017-

221

Commodore, Portsmouth Flotilla(from 2002):

Commodore Roger S. Ainsley: March 2002-2004

Commodore Richard C. Twitchen: 2004-June 2006

Commodore Andrew J.B. Cameron: June 2006-September 2008

Commodore Michael P. Mansergh: September 2008-June 2009

Commodore M. Rupert B. Wallace: June 2009-August 2011

Commodore the Hon. Michael C.N. Cochrane: August 2011-March 2014

Commodore Patrick A. McAlpine: March 2014-June 2015

Commodore Peter J. Sparkes: June 2015-December 2017

Commodore Craig Wood: December 2017-

Commodore, Devonport Flotilla(from 2002):

Commodore Anthony J. Rix: March-December 2002

Commodore James R. Fanshawe: December 2002-September 2005

Commodore Peter K. Walpole: September 2005-December 2007

Commodore Jonathan S. Westbrook: May 2008-March 2010

Commodore Steven J. Chick: July 2010-February 2012

Commodore John K. Moores: February 2012-March 2013

Commodore Richard Farrington: March 2013-March 2015

Commodore Paul V. Halton: March 2015-August 2017

Commodore Robert J.A. Bellfield: August 2017-

Commander, Faslane Flotilla:

Commodore Jonathan S. Westbrook: March 2010-February 2011

Commodore John K. Moores: February 2011-January 2012

Commodore Stephen W. Garrett: January 2012-June 2014

Commodore Michael J.D. Walliker: June 2014-2016

Commodore James Le S. Perks: 2016-

222

Commander Mediterranean Fleet Destroyers:

Captain Humphrey T.Walwyn: October 1922-October 1923

Captain Dashwood F. Moir: October 1923-September 1924

Rear-Admiral A.Percy Addison: September 1924-August 1926

Rear-Admiral the Hon.Herbert Meade: August 1926-September 1928

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Arthur B.S.Dutton: September 1928-August 1930

Rear-Admiral Charles M. Forbes: August 1930-November 1931

Rear-Admiral Frank F. Rose: November 1931-January 1934

Rear-Admiral Andrew B. Cunningham: January 1934-April 1936

Vice-Admiral James F. Somerville: April 1936-April 1938

Vice-Admiral John C. Tovey: April 1938-March 1940

Rear-Admiral Irvine G. Glennie: May 1941-September 1942

Commodore Percy Todd: September 1942-October 1943

Rear-Admiral E.Desmond B. McCarthy: June 1946-November 1947

Vice-Admiral Michael M. Denny: November 1947-February 1949

Vice-Admiral Henry W.U. McCall: February 1949-June 1950

Vice-Admiral Peveril B.R.W. William-Powlett: June 1950-October 1951

Vice-Admiral Frederick R. Parham: October 1951-January 1953

Vice-Admiral Charles F.W. Norris: January 1953-February 1954

Rear-Admiral R. Dymock Watson: February 1954-July 1955

Rear-Admiral Deric D.E. Holland-Martin: July 1955-1957

Rear-Admiral R. Alastair Ewing: June 1958-January 1960

Vice-Admiral Desmond P. Dreyer: January 1960-April 1961

Rear-Admiral John F.D. Bush: April 1961-October 1962

Rear-Admiral John H. Walwyn: October 1962-1965

Commander, Pacific Fleet Destroyers:

Vice-Admiral John H. Edelsten: January-October 1945

Rear-Admiral Ernest R. Archer: October 1945-1946

Commodore, Amphibious Forces, Far East Fleet:

Commodore Hardress L. Lloyd: May 1965-May 1966

Commodore David A. Dunbar-Nasmith: May 1966-July 1967

Commodore E. Gerard N. Mansfield: July 1967-November 1968

Commodore Thomas W. Stocker: November 1968-September 1970

Commodore Derek W. Napper: September 1970-March 1971

223

Commanding, Eastern Mediterranean Squadron(Aegean Squadron from:

Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil F.Thursby: May 1916-August 1917

Rear-Admiral Sydney R. Fremantle: August 1917-January 1918

Rear-Admiral Arthur Hayes Sadler: January-February 1918

Rear-Admiral Cecil F. Lambert: February-September 1918

Rear-Admiral Michael Culme-Seymour: September 1918-January 1919

Commander, Training Squadron(until 1957):

Rear-Admiral Philip K. Enright: September 1947-September 1948

Rear-Admiral Edmund W. Anstice: September 1948-August 1949

Rear-Admiral Edward M. Evans-Lombe: August 1949-September 1950

Rear-Admiral St. John A. Micklethwait: September 1950-September 1951

Rear-Admiral Royer M. Dick: September 1951-April 1952

Commodore Ballin I. Robertshaw: April-July 1952

Rear-Admiral John F. Stevens: July 1952-August 1953

Rear-Admiral William L.G. Adams: August 1953-August 1954

Rear-Admiral Stephen H. Carlill: August 1954-April 1955

Rear-Admiral Hilary W. Biggs: April 1955-May 1956

Vice-Admiral Guy B. Sayer: May 1956-1957

Commanding, 1st Destroyer Squadron:

Captain R. Dymock Watson: 1947-October 1948

Captain John E.H. McBeath(“HMS Chequers”: October 1948-April 1950

Captain Michael S. Townsend(“HMS Chequers”): April 1950-October 1951

Captain Charles E. Keys(“HMS Chequers”: October 1951-April 1953

Captain Ralph C.M. Duckworth(“HMS Chequers”): April 1953-June 1954

Captain Hugh S. Mackenzie(“HMS Chevron”): June 1954-November 1955

Captain Arthur E.T. Christie(“HMS Chieftain”): November 1955-May 1957

Captain Robert L. Alexander(“HMS Solebay”: May 1957-November 1958

Captain Herbert J. Lee(“HMS Solebay”): November 1958-June 1960

Captain John Smallwood(“HMS Solebay”): June 1960-1962

Captain Thomas W. Stocker(“HMS Dido”): March 1965-October 1966

Captain Roger E. Wykes-Sneyd(“HMS Dido”): October 1966-May 1968

Captain James W.M. Pertwee(“HMS Euryalus”): May 1968-January 1970

224

Commanding, 2nd Destroyer Squadron:

Captain George I.M. Balfour(“HMS Daring”): November 1956-1958

Captain Charles P. Mills(“HMS Daring”): January 1959-December 1960

Captain A. Gordon Tait(“HMS Ajax”): ?-December 1966

Captain George A. de G. Kitchin(“HMS Ajax”): December 1966-May 1968

Captain Alfred R. Rawbone(“HMS Ajax”): May 1968-1969

Captain Harry R. Keate(“HMS Ajax”): September 1969-1970

Commanding, 3rd Destroyer Squadron(until 1960 and from 1980 until 200 ):

Captain William H. Selby: December 1945-1947

Captain Laurence G. Durlacher(“HMS Troubridge”/

“HMS Saintes”): January 1948-July 1950

Captain Peter Dawnay(“HMS Saintes”): July 1950-1951

Captain Hector C. D. MacLean(“HMS Saintes”): February 1952-July 1953

Captain Desmond P. Dreyer”HMS Saintes”: July 1953-April 1955

Captain A.A. Fitzroy Talbot(“HMS Saintes”/

”HMS Armada”): April 1955-March 1957

Captain Eric V. St. J. Morgan(“HMS Armada”): March 1957-August 1958

Captain Ottoker H.M. St. J. Steiner(“HMS Saintes”):August 1958-1960

Captain Norman R.D. King(“HMS Newcastle”): June-October 1980

Captain Derek A. Wallis(“HMS Newcastle”): October 1980-July 1982

Captain Anthony D. Hutton(“HMS Newcastle”): July 1982-September 1984

Captain Peter J. Erskine(“HMS Newcastle”): September 1984-February 1986

Captain John R. Brigstocke(“HMS York”): April 1986-April 1987

Captain David A.J. Blackburn(“HMS York”): April 1987-September 1988

Captain Peter J. Cowling(“HMS York”): September 1988-January 1990

Captain Anthony G. McEwen(“HMS York”): January 1990-May 1991

Captain Roy A.G. Clare(“HMS York”): May 1991-1992

Captain Paul D. Stone(“HMS York”): 1992-December 1993

Captain Laurence C. Hopkins(“HMS Liverpool”): December 1993-July 1995

Captain Roger S. Ainsley(“HMS Liverpool”): July 1995-1997

Captain David G. Snelson(“HMS Liverpool”): 1997-1998

Captain Philip L. Wilcocks(“HMS Liverpool”): 1998-August 1999

Captain Richard G. Twitchen(“HMS Liverpool”): August 1999-2000

Captain C. Joseph Gass (“HMS Edinburgh”): December 2000-2001

225

Commanding, 4th Destroyer Squadron(until April 1959):

Captain Ralph G. Swallow(“HMS Agincourt”): February 1948-August 1949

Captain Deric D.E. Holland-Martin(“HMS Agincourt”):August 1949-1950

Captain Martin J. Evans(“HMS Agincourt”): March 1951-August 1952

Captain John Lee-Barber(“HMS Agincourt”): August 1952-April 1954

Captain Ronald G. Mills(“HMS Agincourt”): April-December 1954

Captain Nicholas A. Copeman(“HMS Agincourt”): December 1954-March 1956

Captain Derick H. F. Hetherington(“HMS Agincourt”):March 1956-November 1957

Captain Erroll N. Sinclair(“HMS Agincourt”): November 1957-April 1959

Commanding, 5th Destroyer Squadron(until 1953, from 1957 until 196 and from 1980 to 2002):

Captain Ralph L. Fisher(“HMS Solebay”): March 1947-August 1948

Captain Robert A. Currie(“HMS Solebay”): August 1948-August 1949

Captain Thomas V. Briggs(“HMS Solebay”): August 1949-December 1950

Captain Geoffrey Thistleton-Smith(“HMS Solebay”):December 1950-April 1952

Captain John G. Hamilton(“HMS Solebay”): April 1952-1953

Captain John P. Scatchard(“HMS Duchess”): August 1957-1958

Captain Edward A.S. Bailey(“HMS Duchess”): August 1960-

Captain Jeremy C. Dreyer(“HMS Exeter”): December 1980-February 1982

Captain Hugh M. Balfour(“HMS Exeter”): February 1982-June 1983

Captain George M. Tullis(“HMS Exeter”): June 1983-July 1984

Captain David S. Dobson(“HMS Southampton”/

“HMS Exeter”): July 1984-October 1985

Captain C. Christopher Morgan(“HMS Southampton”):October 1985-1987

Captain Stephen Taylor(“HMS Southampton”): 1987-January 1989

Captain Nigel R. Essenhigh(“HMS Exeter”): April 1989-August 1991

Captain John R. Cartwright(“HMS Exeter”): August 1991-May 1993

Captain John R. Hance(“HMS Exeter”): May 1993-1995

Captain Paul W. Herrington(“HMS Exeter”): 1995-December 1996

Captain Hugh A.H.G. Edleston(“HMS Exeter”/

”HMS Cardiff”): December 1996-July 1998

Captain Stephen Jermy(“HMS Cardiff”): July 1998-December 1999

Captain Neil Morisetti(“HMS Cardiff”): December 1999-June 2001

Captain Timothy P. Fraser(“HMS Cardiff”): June 2001-February 2002

226

Commanding, 6th Destroyer Squadron(until 1959):

Captain Sir Charles E. Madden,Bt.(“HMS Battleaxe”):1947-July 1949

Captain W. Kaye Edden(“HMS Battleaxe”): July 1949-March 1951

Captain Peter D.H.R. Pelly(“HMS Battleaxe”): March 1951-August 1952

Captain Edward C. Bayldon(“HMS Battleaxe”): August 1952-January 1954

Captain Colin H. Campbell(“HMS Battleaxe”): January 1954-April 1955

Captain Arthur R. Hezlet(“HMS Battleaxe”): April 1955-July 1956

Captain J.K. Kennard(“HMS Cavendish”): July 1956-November 1957

Captain Patrick U. Bayly(“HMS Cavendish”): November 1957-1959

Commanding, 7th Destroyer Squadron(from 1958 until 1963):

Captain Colin D. Madden(“HMS Trafalgar”: May 1958-November 1959

Captain George C. Crowley(“HMS Trafalgar”): November 1959-May 1961

Captain Robert R.B. Mackenzie(“HMS Trafalgar”): May 1961-1963

Commanding, 8th Destroyer Squadron:

Captain Richard T. White(“HMS Cossack”): February 1949-August 1950

Captain Varyl C. Begg(“HMS Cossack”): August 1950-February 1952

Captain Walter A. Adair(“HMS Cossack”): February 1952-July 1953

Captain Harold S. Hopkins(“HMS Cossack”): July 1953-September 1954

Captain Lionel W.L. Argles(“HMS Cossack”): September 1954-June 1955

Captain Edmund T. Larken(“HMS Cossack”): June 1955-November 1956

Captain Charles W. Malins(“HMS Cheviot”): November 1956-April 1958

Captain William D. O’Brien(“HMS Cheviot”): April 1958-October 1959

Captain Anthony R.E. Evans(“HMS Cavendish”): October 1959-1961

Captain Hugh A. Corbett(“HMS Caesar”): 1961-September 1962

Captain Bernard D.O. MacIntyre(“HMS Caesar”: September 1962-

227

Commanding, 1st Frigate Squadron(until 1999):

Captain Geoffrey C. Lloyd(“HMS Charybdis”): November 1972-December 1973

Captain John A.F. Lawson(“HMS Charybdis”): December 1973-April 1975

Captain D. Conrad Jenkin(“HMS Galatea”): April-October 1975

Captain William S. Gueterbock(“HMS Galatea”): October 1975-March 1977

Captain David B. Nolan(“HMS Galatea”): March 1977-August 1978

Captain Anthony R. Barnden(“HMS Galatea”): August 1978-November 1979

Captain Robin I. T. Hogg(“HMS Galatea”): November 1979-January 1981

Captain Timothy M. Bevan(“HMS Ajax”): January-April 1981

Captain Jeremy M. Porter(“HMS Ajax”): April 1981-May 1983

Captain Peter C. Abbott(“HMS Ajax”): May 1983-December 1984

Captain John F.S. Trinder(“HMS Ajax”/

“HMS Euryalus”): December 1984-1986

Captain David M. Jeffreys(“HMS Euryalus”): 1986-June 1987

Captain Geoffrey A. Eades(“HMS Beaver”): June 1987-March 1988

Captain Andrew B. Gough(“HMS Beaver”): March-August 1988

Captain Anthony Morton(“HMS Beaver”): August 1988-March 1990

Captain Roger C. Lane-Nott(“HMS Coventry”): March 1990-December 1991

Captain Stephen E. Saunders(“HMS Coventry”): December 1991-August 1993

Captain Christopher D. Stanford(“HMS Coventry”):August 1993-September 1994

Captain Thomas Morton(“HMS Coventry”): September 1994-1996

Captain David A. Lewis(“HMS Boxer”): 1996-November 1997

Captain Richard J. Ibbotson(“HMS Beaver”/

“HMS Boxer”): November 1997-December 1999

228

Commanding, 2nd Frigate Squadron(until 2002):

Captain William G. Crawford(“HMS Pelican”): November 1947-September 1949

Captain Christopher D. Bonham-Carter(“HMS Pelican”): September 1949-1951

Captain Alwyn D. Lenox-Conyngham(“HMS Mermaid”): September 1952-January 1954

Captain Alexander H.C. Gordon Lennox(“HMS Mermaid”):January 1954-1955

Captain Edward L. Cook(“HMS Teazer”): December 1958-January 1960

Captain Edward W. Briggs(“HMS Teazer”): January 1960-August 1961

Captain Ian W. McLaughlan(“HMS Whirlwind”): August 1961-December 1962

Captain Raymond P. Dannreuther(“HMS Undaunted”):December 1962-November 1963

Captain Geoffrey C. Mitchell(“HMS Aurora”): November 1963-December 1965

Captain Bernard H. Notley(“HMS Aurora”): December 1965-June 1967

Captain A. Desmond Cassidi(“HMS Undaunted”): June 1967-December 1968

Captain Brian C.G. Hutchings(“HMS Undaunted”): December 1968-May 1970

Captain John B. Robathan(“HMS Undaunted”): May 1970-September 1971

Captain R. Michael Burgoyne(“HMS Undaunted”): September 1971-November 1973

Captain Linley E. Middleton(“HMS Undaunted”/

“HMS Apollo”): November 1973-April 1975

Captain Richard A. Stephens(“HMS Apollo”): April 1975-January 1977

Captain George M.F. Vallings(“HMS Apollo”): January 1977-February 1978

Captain James W.F. Briggs(“HMS Apollo”/

“HMS Diomede”): February 1978-October 1979

Captain Anthony J. Dunn(“HMS Diomede”): October 1979-May 1981

Captain Anthony M.G. Pearson(“HMS Broadsword”):May-October 1981

Captain William R. Canning(“HMS Broadsword”): October 1981-October 1982

Captain Robert McQueen(“HMS Broadsword”): October 1982-October 1983

Captain Anthony M. Norman(“HMS Broadsword”): October 1983-April 1985

Captain Geoffrey R.W. Biggs(“HMS Broadsword”): April 1985-May 1986

Captain Brian W. Turner(“HMS Broadsword”): May 1986-October 1987

Captain Colin H.D. Cooke-Priest(“HMS Brilliant”): December 1987-February 1989

Captain Richard F. Cobbold(“HMS Brilliant”): February 1989-December 1990

Captain Tobin D. Elliott(“HMS Brilliant”): December 1990-May 1992

Captain James M. Burnell-Nugent(“HMS Brilliant”):May 1992-September 1993

Captain Charles J. Freeman(“HMS Cornwall”): September 1993-1994

Captain Geoffrey K. Billson(“HMS Cornwall”): 1994-October 1996

Captain Anthony K. Dymock(“HMS Cornwall”: October 1996-May 1998

Captain James C. Rapp(“HMS Cornwall”): May 1998-August 1999

Captain Timothy P. McClement(“HMS Cornwall”): August 1999-2001

229

Captain Steven R. Kirby(“HMS Cornwall”): 2001-March 2002

Commanding, 3rd Frigate Squadron(until 1980):

Captain Alan D.H. Jay(“HMS Black Swan”): February 1949-June 1950

Captain George A.F. Norfolk(“HMS Black Swan”): June 1950-1952

Captain George O. Roberts(“HMS Cardigan Bay”): April 1956-April 1958

Captain Peter J. Wyatt(“HMS Cardigan Bay”): April 1958-October 1959

Captain Alan R. Aldous(“HMS Cardigan Bay”): October 1959-May 1961

Captain Michael F. Fell(“HMS Loch Killisport”: May 1961-February 1963

Captain William C. Simpson(“HMS Loch Killisport”):February 1963-February 1964

Captain Michael E. Barrow(“HMS Diomede”): December 1973-May 1974

Captain John H.F.C. de Winton(“HMS Leander”): May 1974-June 1975

Captain John M. Tait(“HMS Leander”): June 1975-December 1976

Captain Alastair F.C. Wemyss(“HMS Diomede”): December 1976-October 1978

Captain Kenneth A. Snow(“HMS Arethusa”: October 1978-May 1980

230

Commanding, 4th Frigate Squadron:

Captain Ralph C. Medley(“HMS Cardigan Bay”): July 1948-January 1950

Captain Walter L.M. Brown(“HMS Cardigan Bay”):January 1950-August 1951

Captain Hugh C.B. Coleridge(“HMS Cardigan Bay”):August 1951-February 1953

Captain Bryan C. Durant(“HMS Cardigan Bay”): February 1953-October 1954

Captain E.Nigel Pumphrey(“HMS Cardigan Bay”): October 1954-April 1956

Captain John R.G. Trechman(“HMS Eastbourne”): June 1959-January 1961

Captain John C. Cartwright(“HMS Plymouth”: January 1961-February 1963

Captain Edward L. Cook(“HMS Plymouth”): February-April 1963

Captain Edward R. Anson(“HMS Juno”): December 1974-May 1976

Captain Charles E.T. Baker(“HMS Cleopatra”): May 1976-January 1977

Captain John M. Webster(“HMS Cleopatra”): January 1977-November 1978

Captain John M. Tait(“HMS Cleopatra”): November 1978-March 1981

Captain Hugo M. White(“HMS Avenger”): March 1981-August 1982

Captain A. Peter Woodhead(“HMS Avenger”): August 1982-September 1983

Captain A. Bruce Richardson(“HMS Avenger”): September 1983-March 1985

Captain Christopher J.S. Craig(“HMS Avenger”): March 1985-September 1986

Captain Ian D.G. Garnett(“HMS Active”): September 1986-February 1988

Captain Paul C.B. Canter (“HMS Active”): February 1988-August 1989

Captain Martin A. Johnson (“HMS Active”): 1990-July 1991

Captain Anthony J.C. Morrow (“HMS Active”): July 1991-January 1993

Captain Christopher R. Beagley (“HMS Active”): January 1993-September 1994

Captain G.B.D. Lane (“HMS Marlborough”): September 1994-1995

Captain John F. Rodley(“HMS Marlborough”): September 1995-1997

Captain A. James G. Miller(“HMS Marlborough”): 1997-June 1999

Captain Anthony J. Rix(“HMS Marlborough”): June 1999-December 2000

Captain Duncan L. Potts(“HMS Marlborough”): December 2000-August 2002

Captain Mark Anderson(“HMS Marlborough”): August 2002-2004

231

Commanding, 5th Frigate Squadron(until 1980):

Captain George K. Collett(“HMS Cardigan Bay”): August 1946-1948

Captain Gordon T.S. Gray(“HMS Wakeful”/

“HMS Torquay”): November 1955-October 1957

Captain Edward M. Usherwood(“HMS Torquay”): October 1957-September 1959

Captain Jozef Bartosik(“HMS Scarborough”): September 1959-January 1961

Captain David A. Dunbar-Nasmith(“HMS

Scarborough”/”HMS Berwick”): January 1961-1963

Captain David W. Brown*”HMS Hermione”): December 1972-April 1974

Captain Peter M. Stanford(“HMS Hermione”): April 1974-June 1975

Captain Geoffrey R.T. Duffay(“HMS Hermione”): June 1975-January 1977

Captain John A.B. Thomas(“HMS Hermione”): January 1977-February 1978

Captain John B.L. Watson(“HMS Hermione”): February-July 1978

Captain D. Benjamin Bathurst(“HMS Minerva”): September 1978-December 1980

232

Commanding, 6th Frigate Squadron(until 2002):

Captain Roy S. Foster-Brown(“HMS Loch Insh”): August 1950-1951

Captain Colin C. Martell(“HMS Venus”): November 1952-1954

Captain Philip F. Powlett(“HMS Undine”): October 1954-November 1955

Captain John F.D. Bush(“HMS Undine”): November 1955-1956

Captain Raymond Hart(“HMS Undine”): April 1957-October 1958

Captain Edward B. Ashmore(“HMS Blackpool”): October 1958-January 1960

Captain Henry R. Hewlett(“HMS Yarmouth”): January 1960-April 1962

Captain Ian W. Jamieson(“HMS Nubian”): April 1962-1964

Captain Richard D. Franklin(“HMS Andromeda”): August 1971-December 1972

Captain Alexander F.R. Weir(“HMS Andromeda”): December 1972-July 1974

Captain Robert W.F. Gerken(“HMS Andromeda”): July 1974-January 1976

Captain Anthony M.G. Pearson(“HMS Andromeda”):January 1976-March 1977

Captain Kelvin A. Low(“HMS Andromeda”/

“HMS Sirius”): March 1977-August 1978

Captain Michael L’E. Tudor-Craig(“HMS Sirius”): August 1978-November 1979

Captain Thomas G.B. Ram(“HMS Sirius”): November 1979-April 1981

Captain David Pentreath(“HMS Plymouth”): April 1981-July 1982

Captrain Michael C. Cole(“HMS Plymouth”): July 1982-1984

Captain Peter A. Voute(“HMS Ariadne”): 1984-February 1986

Captain Peter J. Grindal(“HMS Ariadne”): February 1986-September 1987

Captain John H.S. McAnally(“HMS Ariadne”/

“HMS Hermione”): September 1987-May 1989

Captain Andrew S. Ritchie(“HMS Hermione”): May 1989-December 1990

Captain Alexander K. Backus(“HMS Hermione”): December 1990-1992

Captain James F. Perowne(“HMS Norfolk”): December 1992-1994

Captain Niall S.R. Kilgour(“HMS Norfolk”/

“HMS Montrose”): 1994-August 1996

Captain Timothy J.H. Laurence(“HMS Montrose”): August 1996-August 1997

Captain Adrian J. Nance(“HMS Montrose”): August 1997-December 1998

Captain Robert G. Cooling(“HMS Montrose”): December 1998-July 2000

Captain C. Anthony Johnstone-Burt(“HMS Montrose”):July 2000-December 2001

Captain Matthew J. Parr(“HMS Montrose”): December 2001-February 2002

233


Captain David C. Ingram”HMS St.Austell Bay”): April 1951-May 1952

Captain Earl Cairns(“HMS St.Austell Bay”): May 1952-March 1953

Captain Richard G.W. Hare(“HMS Veryan Bay”): March 1953-February 1954

Captain Hugh C. Martell(“HMS Bigbury Bay”): February 1954-February 1955

Captain C. Patrick Norman(“HMS Mounts Bay”): February 1955-April 1956

Captain George E. Hunt(“HMS Bigbury Bay”): April 1956-June 1958

Captain William G. Meeke(“HMS Lynx”): August 1958-February 1960

Captain Robin A. Begg(“HMS Lynx”): February 1960-August 1961

Captain David B.N. Mellis(“HMS Puma”): August 1961-May 1963

Captain Peter M. Austin(“HMS Lynx”): May 1963-January 1965

Captain Peter G.R. Mitchell(“HMS Lynx”/

”HMS Puma”): January1965-1966

Captain Matin N.Lucey(“HMS Puma”): 1966-

Captain Cyril J. Cunningham(“HMS Puma”):

Captain Oliver P. Sutton(“HMS Scylla”): July 1972-October 1974

Captain David G. Armytage(“HMS Jupiter”): June 1976-September 1977

Captain Geoffrey T.J.O. Dalton(“HMS Jupiter”): September 1977-June 1979

Captain Charles E.T. Baker(“HMS Argonaut”): June 1979-May 1981

Captain Christopher H. Layman(“HMS Argonaut”/

“HMS Cleopatra”): May 1981-January 1983

Captain Guy F. Liardet(“HMS Cleopatra”): January 1983-1984

Captain Roy T. Newman(“HMS Cleopatra”): 1984-December 1985

Captain Peter Dalrymple-Smith(“HMS Cleopatra”): December 1985-1987

Captain Thomas M. Le Marchand(“HMS Cleopatra”):1987-January 1989

Captain John P. Clarke(“HMS Argonaut”): January 1989-June 1990

Captain William K. Hutchison(“HMS Argonaut”): June 1990-February 1992

Captain Robert P. Stevens(“HMS Argonaut”): February 1992-March 1993

234


Captain Richard J. Bates(“HMS Ajax”): June 1973-December 1974

Captain D. John Mackenzie(“HMS Ajax”): December 1974-July 1976

Captain Robert R. Squires(“HMS Ajax”): July 1976-March 1977

Captain Peter Cobb(“HMS Ajax”): March 1977-December 1978

Captain Michael J.F. Rawlinson(“HMS Ajax”): December 1978-July 1980

Captain Timothy M. Bevan(“HMS Ajax”/

“HMS Ariadne”): July 1980-April 1982

Captain James L. Weatherall(“HMS Andromeda”): April 1982-February 1984

Captain Michael A.C. Moore(“HMS Andromeda”): February 1984-September 1985

Captain Jeremy T. Sanders(“HMS Andromeda”): September 1985-March 1987

Captain Neil E. Rankin(“HMS Andromeda”): March 1987-1988

Captain Christopher L. Wreford-Brown(“HMS Cornwall”):1988-January 1989

Captain Richard T.R. Phillips(“HMS Cornwall”): January 1989-October 1990

Captain Paul Branscombe(“HMS Cornwall”): October 1990-September 1992

Captain David A.J. Blackburn(“HMS Cornwall”): September 1992-1993


Captain William C. McKnight(“HMS Brave”): 1985-March 1987

Captain Fabian M. Malbon(“HMS Brave”): March 1987-August 1988

Captain Andrew B. Gough(“HMS Brave”): August 1987-December 1989

Captain Jonathon Band(“HMS Norfolk”): 1989-1991

Captain R.John Lippiett(“HMS Norfolk”): 1991-December 1992

Captain James F. Perowne(“HMS Norfolk”): December 1992-March 1993

235

Commanding, 17th Frigate Squadron(Dartmouth Training Squadron)(from 1956):

Captain John E. Scotland(“HMS Vigilant”): November 1955-April 1957

Captain Morgan C. Giles(“HMS Vigilant”): April 1957-December 1958

Captain Peter N. Howes(“HMS Vigilant”): December 1958-August 1960

Captain Peter W.B. Ashmore(“HMS Roebuck”): August 1960-December 1961

Captain Terence T. Lewin(“HMS Urchin”): December 1961-August 1963

Captain North E.F. Dalrymple-Hamilton: August 1963-December 1964

Captain Christopher B.H. Wake-Walker(“HMS Tenby”/

“HMS Eastbourne”): December 1964-August 1966

Captain Ronald W. Forrest(“HMS Torquay”): August 1966-December 1967

Captain Ian S. S. Mackay: December 1967-July 1969

Captain O. Nigel A. Cecil(“HMS Tenby”/

“HMS Scarborough”): July 1969-February 1971

Captain Wilfred J. Graham: February 1971-1972


Captain Denis Jermain(“HMS Yarmouth”): November 1961-April 1963

Captain E. Gerard N. Mansfield(“HMS Yarmouth): April 1963-December 1964

Captain Anthony S. Morton(“HMS Yarmouth”): December 1964-1966

Commanding, 21st Escort Squadron:

Captain Richard K.N. Emden(“HMS Berwick”): April 1963-1965

Captain Thomas W. Stocker(“HMS Dido”): March 1965-October 1966

Commanding, 22nd Escort Squadron:

Captain Edward L. Cook(“HMS Plymouth”): April-May 1963

Captain Derrick G. Kent(“HMS Plymouth): May 1963-October 1964

Commanding, 23rd Escort Squadron:

Captain Arthur M. Power(“HMS Rhyl”): February 1963-August 1964

Captain John A. Templeton-Cotill(“HMS Rhyl”): August 1964-April 1966

236

Commanding, 24th Escort Squadron:

Captain Jack Bitmead(“HMS Duchess”): January-September 1963

Captain the Hon. David P. Seely(“HMS Ajax”): September 1963-July 1965

Captain A. Gordon Tait(“HMS Ajax”): July 1965-1966


Captain B.C. Godfrey Place(“HMS Rothesay”): April 1962-1963


Captain Hubert W.E. Hollins(“HMS Caesar”): March 1964-1965

Captain Kenneth Lee-White(“HMS Euryalus”): 1965-1966


Captain Ronald F. Plugge(“HMS Galatea”): December 1963-November 1965

Captain Henry C. Leach(“HMS Galatea”): November 1965-February 1967


Captain Duncan D. Knight(“HMS Blackpool”): August 1964-1966


Captain Thomas E. Fanshawe(“HMS Plymouth”): October 1964-1966


Captain Donald V.M. Macleod(“HMS Falmouth”): December 1963-1965

237

Commanding, 2nd Training Squadron(until :

Captain Terence A.K. Maunsell(“HMS Zephyr”): July 1948-September 1950

Captain John F. Whitfield(“HMS Zephyr”): September 1950-January 1952

Captain J.F.M. Glenny(“HMS Zephyr”): January 1952-

Captain Frank H.E. Hopkins(“HMS Tyrian”): July 1953-1954

Captain Ian G. Robertson(“HMS Grenville”): December 1955-June 1957

Captain H. Richard B. Janvrin(“HMS Grenville”): June 1957-December 1958

Captain Edward L. Cook(“HMS Teazer”): December 1958-

Commanding, 3rd Training Squadron:

Captain Donald G.F.W. Macintyre(“HMS Crispin”):August 1948-April 1950

Captain Philip L. Saumarez(“HMS Crispin”): April 1950-October 1951

Captain Michael Le Fanu(“HMS Relentless”): October 1951-May 1952

Captain David G. Clutterbuck(“HMS Zest”): December 1956-April 1958

238

Captain, Fishery Protection Squadron:

Captain Anthony H. Thorold: January 1949-1950

Captain Basil Jones: December 1951-June 1953

Captain Frank R. Twiss: June 1953-November 1954

Captain Alastair D. Robin: November 1954-November 1956

Captain Edward A.S. Bailey: November 1956-November 1957

Captain Barry J. Anderson: November 1957-July 1959

Captain Hugo H. Bracken: July 1959-March 1961

Captain George C. Leslie: March 1961-November 1962

Captain Richard J. Trowbridge: November 1962-May 1964

Captain Frank W. Watson: May 1964-July 1965

Captain William I. Campbell: July 1965-June 1966

Captain J. Roger S. Gerard-Pearse: June 1966-July 1968

Captain D.G. Cooper: July 1968-June 1969

Captain Thomas H.E. Baird: June 1969-August 1971

Captain Geoffrey R.T. Duffay: August 1971-December 1973

Captain John T. Tomlinson: December 1973-April 1975

Captain Michael H. Livesay: April 1975-December 1976

Captain Peter G.V. Dingemans: December 1976-October 1978

Captain the Hon. Nicholas J. Hill-Norton: October 1978-July 1980

Captain John F.S. Trinder: July 1980-October 1982

Captain Peter G.J. Murison: October 1982-September 1984

Captain Nicholas J. Barker: September 1984-1986

Captain James S. Chestnutt: 1986-March 1988

Captain Roy Harding: March 1988-

Captain(Destroyers), Portsmouth:

Captain Maurice L. Hardie(“HMS Boxer”): February 1951-April 1952

Captain John P. Scatchard(“HMS Boxer”): April 1952-April 1953

Captain Albert H.F. Hunt(“HMS Boxer”): April 1953-April 1954

Captain John F.Beaufoy Brown (“HMS Boxer”): April 1954-1955

Captain Ian M. Clegg(“HMS Vigo”): November 1955-October 1956

Captain Oswald N. Bailey(“HMS Vigo”: October 1956-February 1958

Captain Michael P. Pollock(“HMS Vigo”): February 1958-1959

239

Captain(Destroyers), Portland/Plymouth:

Captain Ian R. Sarel(“HMS Zephyr”/

“HMS Myngs”): 1952-August 1953

Captain Peter N. Buckley(“HMS Orwell”): August 1953-August 1954

Captain Richard F.N. Kearney(“HMS Orwell”): August 1954-December 1955

Captain Terence W. B. Shaw(“HMS Orwell”): December 1955-April 1957

Captain Peter M. Compston(“HMS Orwell”): April 1957-November 1958

Captain Robert White(“HMS Orwell”/

“HMS Chaplet”): November 1958-August 1960

Captain Anthony C. Tupper: August 1960-June 1961

Captain Bertie Pengelly: June 1961-

240

(c) TRAINING AND EDUCATION

INDEX:

Boys’ Training Establishment (“HMS Ganges”), Captain: page 265

Boys’ Training Establishment (“HMS St. Vincent”), Captain: page 266

Boys’ Training Ships, (“HMS Impregnable”), Inspecting Captain: page 251

Dartmouth, R.N. College/“HMS Britannia”, Captain: page 252

Flying Training, Flag Officer: page 246

Greenwich, R.N. College, President: page 241

Captain: page 243

Ground Training, Flag Officer: page 246

Gunnery School, Devonport (”HMS Cambridge”), Captain: page 256

Gunnery School, Portsmouth (“HMS Excellent”), Captain: page 254

Gunnery School, Sheerness/Chatham, Captain: page 257

Imperial Defence College/Royal College of Defence Studies,

Senior Naval Member: page 247

Joint Services Staff College/National Defence College/Joint

Services Defence College,Senior Naval Member: page 263

Maritime Operations, School of/Navigation and Directional School

(“HMS Mercury”/”HMS Dryad), Captain: page 261

Maritime Tactical School, Director: page 250

Maritime Warfare School, Commandant (see Maritime Operations)

New Entry Training Establishment (“HMS Raleigh”), Captain: page 264

Sea Training, Flag Officer: page 245

Deputy Flag Officer: page 246

Signals School, (“HMS Mercury”), Captain: page 260

Staff College, R.N., Director: page 249

Torpedo School, (“HMS Vernon”), Captain: page 258

War College, R.N., Director: page 248

241

President, Royal Naval College, Greenwich(from 1873):

Vice-Admiral Sir Astley Cooper Key: January 1873-December 1875

Admiral Edward G. Fanshawe: December 1875-March 1878

Admiral Sir Charles F.A.Shadwell: March 1878-March 1881

Admiral Sir Geoffrey T. Phipps Hornby: March 1881-November 1882

Admiral William G. Luard: November 1882-November 1885

Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas E. Brandreth: February 1886-November 1888

Admiral Sir William Graham: November 1888-September 1891

Admiral Sir Richard Vesey Hamilton: September 1891-May 1894

Admiral Sir Walter J. Hunt-Grubbe: May 1894-October 1897

Admiral Sir Richard E. Tracey: October 1897-October 1900

Admiral Sir Robert H. More-Molyneux: October 1900-October 1903

Admiral Sir Robert H. Harris: October 1903-October 1906

Admiral Sir Arthur D. Fanshawe: October 1906-March 1908

Admiral Sir John Durnford: March 1908-March 1911

Admiral Sir Frederic W.Fisher: March 1911-October 1914

Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Alexander E. Bethell: October 1914-January 1915

Vice-Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly: January 1915-December 1916

Admiral Sir Henry B.Jackson: December 1916-August 1919

Vice-Admiral Sir William C.Pakenham: August 1919-October 1920

Admiral Sir Frederick C.T.Tudor: November 1920-February 1922

Rear-Admiral Herbert W. Richmond: February 1922-February 1923

Admiral Sir George P.W.Hope: February 1923-February 1926

Admiral Sir Richard Webb: February 1926-February 1929

Vice-Admiral John W.L.McClintock: February -March 1929

Vice-Admiral Sir William H. D. Boyle: April 1929-August 1932

Vice-Admiral Sir Barry E. Domvile: August 1932-August 1934

Vice-Admiral Sir Ragnar M. Colvin: August 1934-March 1937

Vice-Admiral Sir Sidney R. Bailey: March 1937-October 1938

Vice-Admiral Sir Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis: October 1938-March 1940

Commodore Augustus W.S. Agar: May 1943-October 1946

Vice-Admiral Sir E.J. Patrick Brind: October 1946-September 1948

Vice-Admiral Geoffrey N. Oliver: September 1948-March 1950

Admiral Sir Harold R.G. Kinahan: March 1950-March 1952

Vice-Admiral Sir C.Aubrey L. Mansergh: March 1952-April 1954

Admiral Sir William G. Andrewes: April 1954-December 1956

Vice-Admiral Sir Geoffrey Barnard: December 1956-December 1958

Rear-Admiral Earl Cairns: December 1958-July 1961

242

Rear-Admiral Alexander H.C. Gordon Lennox: July 1961-October 1962

Rear-Admiral Morgan C. Morgan-Giles: October 1962-April 1964

Rear-Admiral Ian L.M. McGeoch: April 1964-May 1965

Rear-Admiral Patrick U. Bayly: May 1965-June 1967

Vice-Admiral Sir Horace C. Lyddon: June 1967-September 1968

Rear-Admiral Edward F. Gueritz: September 1968-October 1970

Rear-Admiral Martin N. Lucey: October 1970-February 1972

Rear-Admiral Edward W. Ellis: February 1972-July 1974

Rear-Admiral Derek W. Bazalgette: July 1974-July 1976

Rear-Admiral Charles A.W. Weston: July 1976-July 1978

Rear-Admiral Anthony J. Cooke: July 1978-July 1980

Rear-Admiral John H. Carlill: July 1980-November 1982

243

Captain, Royal Naval College, Greenwich(from 1873):

Captain Frank T. Thomson: January 1873-January 1874

Captain Hugh Campbell: January 1874-January 1875

Captain Henry F. Nicholson: January 1875-May 1877

Captain Compton E. Domvile: May 1877–September 1879

Captain Francis Durrant: October 1879-August 1880

Captain Frederick G.D. Bedford: August 1880-August 1883

Captain Charles C. Penrose Fitzgerald: August 1883-March 1886

Captain Alexander P. Hastings: March 1886-February 1889

Captain Atwell P. M. Lake: February 1889-January 1892

Captain Robert W. Stopford: January 1892-January 1895

Captain John Durnford: January-November 1895

Captain John P.Pipon: November 1895-January 1898

Captain John G.M. Field: January-March 1898

Captain Michael P.O’Callaghan: March-September 1898

Captain Spencer H.M. Login: September 1898-September 1900

Rear-Admiral Henry J. May: September 1900-May 1904

Captain Edmond J.W. Slade: May 1904-October 1906

Captain Edward C. Villiers: October 1906-December 1908

Captain Edward H. Moubray: December 1908-December 1910

Captain Herbert J.O. Millar: December 1910-December 1912

Captain William F. Slayter: December 1912-? 1914

Rear-Admiral Edmund P.E.Jervoise: August 1914-July 1919

Captain Percy M. R. Royds: July 1919-October 1920

Captain Humphrey H. Smith: October 1920-October 1922

Captain Walter J.C.Lake: October 1922-October 1924

Captain G. T.Carlisle P.Swabey: October 1924-September 1926

Captain Robert C. Davenport: September 1926-September 1928

Captain Kenelm E.L. Creighton: September 1928-December 1929

Captain Richard H.O.Lane-Poole: December 1929-August 1931

Captain Hamilton C.Allen: August 1931-September 1933

Captain Alban T.B.Curteis: September 1933-August 1935

Captain Henry H.Bousfield: August 1935-September 1937

Captain Louis H.K.Hamilton: September 1937-June 1939

Captain Augustus W.S.Agar: June-July 1939

Captain John C. Davis: September 1939-May 1943

Commodore Augustus W.S. Agar: May 1943-1946

Captain Leslie N. Brownfield: September 1946-January 1949

244

Captain Hugh W. S. Browning: January 1949-January 1951

Captain Godfrey N. Brewer: January 1951-June 1952

Captain Anthony C.C. Miers: June 1952-August 1954

Captain Christopher H. Hutchinson: August 1954-October 1956

Captain Edward J. Roper: October 1956-April 1959

Captain Maurice L. Hardie: April 1959-December 1960

Captain George B. Rowe: December 1960-July 1962

Commodore David K. Buchanan-Dunlop: July 1962-July 1964

Captain Nigel G. Hallett: July 1964-July 1966

Captain Michael A.J. Hennell: July 1966-May 1969

Captain Charles H. Hammer: May 1969-May 1972

Captain Robert N. Heard: May 1972-May 1974

Captain Roi E. Wilson: May 1974-February 1976

Captain Denys S. Wyatt: February 1976-1978

245

Flag Officer, Sea Training:

Vice-Admiral William G. Crawford: September 1958-August 1960

Vice-Admiral Peter W. Gretton: August 1960-December 1961

Rear-Admiral Horace R. Law: December 1961-May 1963

Rear-Admiral Patrick U. Bayly: May 1963-April 1965

Rear-Admiral Philip G. Sharp: April 1965-July 1967

Rear-Admiral John C.Y. Roxburgh: July 1967-May 1969

Rear-Admiral J. Anthony R. Troup: May 1969-March 1971

Rear-Admiral E. Gerard N. Mansfield: March 1971-October 1972

Rear-Admiral John O. Roberts: October 1972-April 1974

Rear-Admiral James H.F. Eberle: April 1974-April 1975

Rear-Admiral J. Roger S.Gerard-Pearse: April 1975-November 1976

Rear-Admiral Gwynedd I. Pritchard: November 1976-November 1978

Rear-Admiral Anthony J. Whetstone: November 1978-September 1980

Rear-Admiral David M. Eckersley-Maslin: September 1980-April 1982

Rear-Admiral John M. Webster: April 1982-May 1984

Rear-Admiral Michael H. Livesay: May 1984-December 1985

Rear-Admiral Barry N. Wilson: December 1985-June 1987

Rear-Admiral John F. Coward: June 1987-June 1988

Rear-Admiral Roy T. Newman: June 1988-December 1989

Rear-Admiral A.Bruce Richardson: December 1989-July 1991

Rear-Admiral Michael C. Boyce: July 1991-September 1992

Rear-Admiral John G. Tolhurst: September 1992-April 1996

Rear-Admiral Peter M. Franklyn: April 1996-July 1997

Rear-Admiral R. John Lippiett: July 1997-September 1999

Rear-Admiral Alexander K. Backus: September 1999-November 2001

Rear-Admiral James C. Rapp: November 2001-April 2004

Rear-Admiral Roger S. Ainsley: April 2004-June 2006

Rear-Admiral Anthony J. Rix: June 2006-May 2007

Rear-Admiral Richard J. Ibbotson: May 2007-February 2009

Rear-Admiral Christopher A. Snow: February 2009-July 2011

Rear-Admiral Clive C.C. Johnstone: July 2011-April 2013

Rear-Admiral Benjamin J. Key: April 2013-July 2015

Rear-Admiral John R.H. Clink: July 2015-June 2018

Rear-Admiral William J. Warrender: June 2018-

246

Flag Officer, Flying Training(until 1970):

Rear-Admiral Lachlan D. Mackintosh of

Mackintosh: September 1945-September 1947

Rear-Admiral Charles E. Lambe: September 1947-August 1949

Rear-Admiral Edmund W. Anstice: August 1949-August 1951

Rear-Admiral Walter T. Couchman: August 1951-June 1953

Rear-Admiral Guy Willoughby: June 1953-February 1956

Rear-Admiral Charles L.G. Evans: February 1956-October 1957

Rear-Admiral Dennis R.F. Cambell: October 1957-September 1960

Rear-Admiral Frank H.E. Hopkins: September 1960-October 1961

Rear-Admiral Philip D. Gick: October 1961-July 1964

Rear-Admiral Donald C.E.F. Gibson: July 1964-October 1965

Rear-Admiral David W. Kirke: October 1965-February 1968

Rear-Admiral Cedric K. Roberts: February 1968-November 1970

Flag Officer, Ground Training(until 1957):

Rear-Admiral Douglas H. Everett: January 1949-May 1951

Rear-Admiral Cecil R.L. Parry: May 1951-May 1953

Rear-Admiral Arthur D. Torlesse: May 1953-November 1954

Rear-Admiral Ralph L. Fisher: November 1954-1957

Deputy Flag Officer, Sea Training(Assistant Chief of Staff (Training) from 2015):

Commodore Mark W.G. Kerr: 1997-1999

Commodore George M. Zambellas: 2001-2002

Commodore Matthew J. Parr: 2003-January 2005

Commodore Bruce N.B. Williams: January-August 2005

Commodore Nicholas R. Lambert: January 2008-November 2009

Commodore K. Wayne L. Keble: November 2009-February 2011

Commodore Patrick A. McAlpine: February-November 2011

Commodore Timothy M. Lowe: December 2011-August 2012

Commodore John S. Weale: September 2012-May 2015

Commodore Steven Dainton: June 2015-January 2017

Commodore Andrew M. Cree: January 2017-

247

Senior Naval Member, Directing Staff, Imperial Defence College(Royal College of

Defence Studies from 1970):

Captain Gerald L.C. Dickens: September 1926-August 1929

Captain James F. Somerville: August 1929-September 1931

Captain Bertram H. Ramsay: September 1931-November 1933

Captain Arthur J. Power: November 1933-October 1935

Captain Henry E. Horan: October 1935-July 1937

Captain William G. Tennant: July 1937-August 1939

Rear-Admiral the Hon. Guy H.E. Russell: 1946-December 1947

Rear-Admiral William G. Andrewes: December 1947-January 1950

Rear-Admiral Reginald M.J. Hutton: January 1950-April 1952

Rear-Admiral Stephen H. Carlill: April 1952-April 1954

Rear-Admiral Manley L. Power: April 1954-April 1956

Rear-Admiral William G. Crawford: April 1956-April 1958

Rear-Admiral Peter W. Gretton: April 1958-July 1960

Rear-Admiral George I.M. Balfour: July 1960-January 1963

Rear-Admiral Gordon T.S. Gray: January 1963-January 1965

Rear-Admiral Colin D. Madden: January 1965-January 1967

Rear-Admiral Geoffrey A. Henderson: January 1967-January 1969

Rear-Admiral E. Gerard N. Mansfield: January 1969-January 1971

Rear-Admiral Anthony S. Morton: January 1971-November 1972

Rear-Admiral Alan C.W. Wilson: November 1972-January 1975

Rear-Admiral Richard P. Clayton: January-December 1975

Rear-Admiral Anthony J. Cooke: December 1975-June 1978

Rear-Admiral Bryan J. Straker: June 1978-November 1980

Rear-Admiral R. Michael Burgoyne: November 1980-December 1982

Rear-Admiral Gilbert A. Baxter: December 1982-December 1984

Rear-Admiral Ronald V. Holley: December 1984-September 1985

Rear-Admiral Peter N. Marsden: September 1985-April 1988

Rear-Admiral James F.T.G. Salt: April 1988-July 1990

Rear-Admiral J.G. Robin Musson: July 1990-April 1993

Major-General John S. Chester: April 1993-January 1995

Rear-Admiral James F. Perowne: January 1995-January 1996

Rear-Admiral John H.A.J. Armstrong: January 1996-April 1998

Rear-Admiral Hugh W. Rickard: April 1998-September 2000

Rear-Admiral Peter A. Dunt: September 2000-September 2002

Rear-Admiral Roger G. Lockwood: September 2002-January 2005

Rear-Admiral Robert A. Mark: January 2005-January 2007

Rear-Admiral Christopher A. Snow: January 2007-January 2008

248

Rear-Admiral Simon R. Lister: April 2008-February 2009

Rear-Admiral Simon T. Williams: February 2009-November 2011

Major-General S. Timothy Chicken: November 2011-October 2013

Director, Royal Navy War College(until 1977):

Captain Edmond J. W.Slade: May 1904-November 1907

Rear-Admiral Robert S. Lowry: November 1907-November 1908

Rear-Admiral Lewis Bayly: November 1908-February 1911

Vice-Admiral Sir Henry B. Jackson: March 1911-February 1913

Vice-Admiral the Hon. Sir Alexander E. Bethell: February 1913-August 1914

Rear-Admiral Herbert W. Richmond: February 1920-February 1923

Captain John W. Cuthbert: May 1947-June 1949

Captain Charles L. Keighley-Peach: June 1949-August 1951

Captain Ernest H. Shattock: August 1951-July 1953

Captain John Holmes: July 1953-March 1956

Captain Walter L.M. Brown: March 1956-March 1958

Captain Thomas M. Masterman: March 1958-December 1959

Captain Alan F. Black: December 1959-December 1961

Captain Adrian P.W. Northey: December 1961-October 1963

Captain Hinton J.C. Shand: October 1963-September 1966

Captain Denis W. Sherwood: September 1966-September 1967

Captain Alan G. Smalley: September 1967-September 1969

Captain James W.D. Cook: September 1969-February 1971

Captain William R.H. Lapper: February 1971-February 1973

Captain Ronald D. Butt: February 1973-February 1975

Captain Peter I.F. Beeson: February 1975-February 1977

249

Director, R.N.Staff College(until 1997):

Captain the Hon. Reginald A.R.Plunkett-Ernle-

Erle-Drax: March 1919-July 1922

Captain Edward A.Astley-Rushton: July 1922-July 1925

Captain William M.James: July 1925-January 1926

Captain Geoffrey Blake: January 1926-November 1927

Captain Charles J.C.Little: November 1927-March 1930

Captain Thomas F.P.Calvert: March 1930-April 1932

Captain Robert H.T.Raikes: April 1932-August 1934

Rear-Admiral Bertram C.Watson: August 1934-February 1937

Captain William S.Chalmers: February 1937-January 1939

Captain Richard J.S.Scott: January 1939-September 1939

Captain John W. Durnford: October 1943-September 1944

Captain Charles T. Addis: September 1944-November 1946

Captain Reginald M.J. Hutton: November 1946-December 1948

Captain John W.M. Eaton: December 1948-March 1951

Captain Robert A. Currie: March 1951-March 1953

Captain J. David Luce: March 1953-July 1954

Captain R. Alastair Ewing: July 1954-August 1956

Captain Arthur R. Hezlet: August 1956-December 1957

Captain Joseph C.C. Henley: December 1957-March 1959

Captain Norman L.A. Jewell: March 1959-March 1961

Captain Charles P. Mills: March 1961-September 1962

Captain Alan W.F. Sutton: September 1962-January 1965

Captain Thomas H.P. Wilson: January 1965-January 1967

Captain Peter G. Loasby: January 1967-February 1969

Captain Peter G.R. Mitchell: February 1969-October 1971

Captain Anthony J. Cooke: October 1971-June 1973

Captain Thomas C. Briggs: June 1973-February 1976

Captain David E. Macey; February 1976-October 1977

Captain William T.T. Pakenham: October 1977-May 1979

Captain Brian R. Longworth: May 1979-April 1981

Captain David H. Morse: April 1981-July 1982

Captain David Pentreath: July 1982-September 1984

Captain Geoffrey A. Eades: September 1984-December 1986

Captain Jeremy J. Blackham: December 1986-July 1989

Captain David M. Jeffreys: July 1989-

Commodore John H.A.J. Armstrong: October 1994-1995

Commodore Antony L. Chilton: 1995-1997

250

Director, Maritime Tactical School:

Captain Geoffrey Barnard: April 1948-December 1949

Captain John G. Hewitt: December 1949-January 1952

Captain Ralph G. Swallow: January 1952-March 1954

Captain Philip L. Saumarez: March 1954-August 1956

Captain Horace R. Law: August 1956-August 1958

Captain John H. Walwyn: August 1958-November 1959

Captain Terence W.B. Shaw: November 1959-June 1962

Captain Henry R. Hewlett: June 1962-December 1963

Captain Dennis H. Mason: December 1963-March 1965

Captain Denis Jermain: March 1965-August 1967

Captain William R.D. Gerard-Pearse: August 1967-October 1969

Captain David Hepworth: October 1969-June 1971

Captain Stephen H. Stuart: June 1971-December 1973

Captain R. Michael Burgoyne: December 1973-November 1975

Captain D. Conrad Jenkin: November 1975-January 1978

Captain Patrick J. Symons: January 1978-January 1980

Captain Michael L’E. Tudor-Craig: January 1980-September 1981

Captain Gordon F. Walwyn: September 1981-June 1983

Captain Hugh M. Balfour: June 1983-June 1985

Captain Colin H.D. Cooke-Priest: June 1985-May 1987

Captain Jeremy T. Sanders: May 1987-1989

Captain Stephen Taylor: 1989-

251

Inspecting Captain of Boys’ Training Ships(“HMS Impregnable”)(until 19 :

Captain William Gore Jones: June 1868-

Captain John C. Wilson: January 1872-January 1875

Captain William H. Edye: January 1875-January 1878

Captain Henry D. Hickley: January 1878-January 1880

Captain Richard Bradshaw: January 1880-January 1883

Captain Joseph E.M. Wilson: January 1883-March 1886

Captain Hilary G. Andoe: March 1886-September 1889

Captain Robert H. Harris: September 1889-April 1893

Captain Day H. Bosanquet: April 1893-April 1896

Captain Pelham Aldrich: April 1896-January 1899

Captain Arthur C.B. Bromley: January 1899-November 1901

Captain Edward H. Gamble: November 1901-May 1904

Captain Robert A.J. Montgomerie: May 1904-July 1905

Captain Cecil Burney: July 1905-November 1907

Captain George E. Patey: November 1907-February 1909

Captain Herbert W. Savory: February 1909-February 1911

Captain John M. De Robeck: February-December 1911

Captain Edmund R. Pears: December 1911-

252

Captain, “HMS Britannia” Training Ship (until 1905)/Captain, Royal Naval College,

Dartmouth(from 1905):

Captain Robert Harris: January 1859-October 1862

Captain Richard A. Powell: October 1862-April 1866

Captain George G. Randolph: April 1866-September 1867

Captain John Corbett: September 1867-August 1871

Captain the Hon. Fitzgerald A.C. Foley: August 1871-August 1874

Captain William Graham: August 1874-August 1877

Captain Henry Fairfax: August 1877-August 1880

Captain Richard Wells: August 1880-September 1883

Captain Nathaniel Bowden-Smith: September 1883-September 1886

Captain Frederick G.D. Bedford: September 1886-September 1889

Captain Noel S.F. Digby: September 1889-September 1892

Captain Alan B. Thomas: September 1892-April 1894

Captain Arthur W. Moore: April 1894-April 1897

Captain the Hon. Assheton G. Curzon-Howe: April 1897-March 1900

Captain Michael P. O’Callaghan: March 1900-April 1903

Captain Charles H. Cross: April 1903-May 1905

Captain William E. Goodenough: May 1905-August 1907

Captain Trevylyan D.W. Napier: August 1907-July 1910

Captain Hugh Evan-Thomas: July 1910-July 1912

Captain the Hon. Victor A. Stanley: July 1912-August 1914

Rear-Admiral Trevylyan D.W. Napier: September-December 1914

Captain Edmond Hyde Parker: December 1914-February 1915

Captain Norman C. Palmer: February 1915-May 1916

Rear-Admiral William G.E.Ruck Keene: May 1916-February 1919

Captain Eustace la T.Leatham: February 1919-February 1921

Captain Francis A.Marten: February 1921-January 1923

Captain the Hon.Herbert Meade: January 1923-February 1926

Captain Martin E. Dunbar-Nasmith: February 1926-February 1929

Captain Sidney J. Meyrick: February 1929-December 1931

Captain Norman A. Wodehouse: December 1931-December 1934

Captain Reginald V. Holt: December 1934-December 1936

Captain Frederick H. G. Dalrymple-Hamilton: December 1936-November 1939

Captain Robert L. B. Cunliffe: December 1939-April 1942

Captain Edward A. Aylmer: April 1942-December 1943

Captain Gerald H. Warner: December 1943-January 1946

Captain Peveril B.R.W. William-Powlett: January 1946-February 1948

Captain Hugh W. Faulkner: February 1948-August 1949

253

Captain Norman V. Dickinson: August 1949-April 1951

Captain Richard T. White: April 1951-August 1953

Captain William G. Crawford: August 1953-April 1956

Captain William J. Munn: April 1956-August 1958

Captain Frank H.E. Hopkins: August 1958-August 1960

Captain Horace R. Law: August 1960-December 1961

Captain W. John Parker: December 1961-September 1963

Captain John E.L. Martin: September 1963-August 1966

Captain Ian W. Jamieson: August 1966-April 1968

Captain David Williams: April 1968-September 1970

Captain A. Gordon Tait: September 1970-August 1972

Captain John M. Forbes: August 1972-September 1974

Captain Michael A. Higgs: September 1974-September 1976

Captain Paul W. Greening: September 1976-October 1978

Captain Nicholas J.S. Hunt: October 1978-June 1980

Captain J.Julian R. Oswald: June 1980-June 1982

Captain Timothy M. Bevan: June 1982-September 1984

Captain George M. Tullis: September 1984-1987

Captain John R. Brigstocke: 1987-1989

Captain J. Robert Shiffner: 1989-September 1991

Captain Richard G. Hastilow: September 1991-September 1993

Captain Simon Moore: September 1993-September 1995

Captain Anthony P. Masterton-Smith: September 1995-January 1998

Commodore Roy A.G. Clare: January 1998-September 1999

Commodore Mark W.G. Kerr: September 1999-January 2002

Commodore C. Anthony Johnstone-Burt: January 2002-May 2004

Commodore Richard J. Ibbotson: May 2004-2005

Commodore Timothy R. Harris: 2005-April 2007

Commodore Martin B. Alabaster: April 2007-September 2008

Commodore John K. Moores: September 2008-March 2011

Commodore Simon P.Williams: March 2011-September 2012

Captain Jeremy P. Kyd: September 2012-February 2014

Captain Henry Duffy: February 2014-September 2016

Captain Jolyon Woodard: September 2016-

254

Captain, Gunnery School, Portsmouth(“HMS Excellent”)(until 1985):

Captain Richard S. Hewlett: June 1857-July 1863

Captain Astley Cooper-Key: July 1863-September 1866

Captain Arthur W.A. Hood: September 1866-August 1869

Captain Henry Boys: August 1869-May 1874

Captain Thomas Brandreth: May 1874-January 1877

Captain Frederick A. Herbert: January 1877-March 1880

Captain John O. Hopkins: March 1880-June 1881

Captain William Codrington: June 1881-April 1883

Captain John A. Fisher: April 1883-November 1886

Captain Compton E. Domvile: November 1886-June 1890

Captain Hugo L. Pearson: June 1890-June 1893

Captain Lewis A. Beaumont: June 1893-July 1894

Captain Archibald L. Douglas: July 1894-November 1895

Captain Edmund F. Jeffreys: November 1895-August 1897

Captain William H. May: August 1897-November 1900

Captain Arthur Barrow: November 1900-April 1903

Captain Percy M. Scott: April 1903-March 1905

Captain Frederick T.Hamilton: March 1905-July 1907

Captain Reginald G. O. Tupper: July 1907-August 1910

Captain Frederick C. T. Tudor: August 1910-June 1912

Captain Morgan Singer: June 1912-August 1914

Captain Cole C.Fowler: August 1914-March 1917

Captain Henry R. Crooke: March 1917-June 1918

Captain Robert N. Bax: June 1918-June 1920

Captain Francis H.Mitchell: June 1920-August 1922

Captain Arthur J.Davies: August 1922-August 1924

Captain the Hon. Matthew R. Best: August 1924-August 1926

Captain Francis Loftus Tottenham: August 1926-April 1928

Captain Charles A. Scott: April 1928-May 1930

Captain Guy C.C.Royle: May 1930-July 1932

Captain Edward O.B.S.Osborne: July 1932-July 1933

Captain A.Francis Pridham: July 1933-October 1935

Captain Arthur J.Power: October 1935-September 1937

Captain Harold M.Burrough: September 1937-December 1938

Captain Arthur F.E.Palliser: December 1938-May 1940

Captain E.J. Patrick Brind: May-November 1940

Captain Oliver Bevir: November 1940-June 1941

Captain Herbert A. Packer: June 1941-January 1943

255

Captain Robert D. Oliver: January 1943-January 1944

Captain William G. Agnew: February 1944-September 1945

Captain William R. Slayter: September 1945-January 1947

Captain Patrick V. McLaughin: January 1947-January 1949

Captain Stephen H. Carlill: January 1949-April 1950

Captain Robert F. Elkins: April 1950-April 1952

Captain Varyl C. Begg: April 1952-March 1954

Captain William F.H.C. Rutherford: March 1954-January 1956

Captain Roddie Casement: January 1956-January 1958

Captain Hugh C. Martell: January 1958-September 1959

Captain James S. Dalglish: September 1959-August 1961

Captain John G. Wells: August 1961-February 1963

Captain Hubert H. Dannreuther: February 1963-October 1964

Captain Arthur M. Power: October 1964-August 1966

Captain Godfrey B. Teale: August 1966-January 1969

Captain G. Roger Villar: January 1969-November 1970

Captain Peter D. Nichol: November 1970-September 1972

Captain Rhoderick S. Falconer: September 1972-October 1974

Captain Michael C.M. Mansergh: October 1974-October 1976

Captain Peter Lucas: October 1976-October 1978

Captain Richard K.S. Bethell: October 1978-February 1981

Captain John J.Streatfield-James: February 1981-November 1982

Captain James T. Lord: November 1982-March 1985

256

Captain, Devonport Gunnery School(“HMS Cambridge”) (until 19 ):

Captain Arthur W. Jerningham: January 1857-April 1862

Captain Leopold G. Heath: April 1862-April 1863

Captain Charles J.F. Ewart: April 1863-May 1867

Captain the Hon. Fitzgerald A.C. Foley: May 1867-May 1871

Captain Frederick A. Herbert: May 1871-August 1874

Captain the Hon. William J. Ward: August 1874-August 1877

Captain Thomas Le H. Ward: August 1877-August 1880

Captain Alexander Buller: August 1880-August 1883

Captain George S. Bosanquet: August 1883-August 1886

Captain Henry F. Cleveland: August 1886-October 1889

Captain Henry J. Carr: October 1889-January 1892

Captain Archibald L. Douglas: January 1892-July 1894

Captain Richard H. Hamond: July 1894-December 1896

Captain William M. Lang: December 1896-August 1898

Captain Robert W. Craigie: August 1898-August 1900

Captain Charles R. Arbuthnot: August 1900-August 1903

Captain Francis J. Foley: August 1903-January 1906

Captain Paul W. Bush: January 1906-April 1907

Captain John B. Eustace: April 1907-March 1910

Captain Vivian H.G. Bernard: March 1910-May 1912

Captain the Hon. Algernon D.E.H. Boyle: May 1912-August 1914

Captain Henry M. Doughty: September-December 1914

Captain Charles F. Thorp: December 1914-June 1915

Captain John M. Casement: November 1918-November 1920

Captain George R.B. Blount: November 1920-May 1923

Captain William F. Sells: May 1923-July 1925

Captain Bernard W.M. Fairbairn: July 1925-April 1927

Captain Edward O. Cochrane: April 1927-April 1929

Ca[ptain Edward O.B.S. Osborne: April 1929-July 1930

Captain Cyril G. Sedgwick: July 1930-June 1932

Captain Wilfred N. Custance: June 1932-August 1934

Captain E. Neville Syfret: August 1934-December 1935

Captain Alexander R. Hammick: December 1935-May 1938

Captain Eustace Rotherham: May 1938-November 1939

257

Captain, Sheerness Gunnery School(from 1892); Chatham from 1908):

Under Flag Captain, The Nore: 1892-1900

Captain Charles Campbell: January 1900-December 1901

Captain Charles H. Adair: January 1902-February 1905

Captain Henry M.T. Tudor: February 1905-May 1906

Captain Alexander A.C. Galloway: July-December 1906

Captain Charles H. Coke: January 1907-May 1908

Captain Alfred E.A. Grant: June 1908-March 1910

Captain Brian H.F. Barttelot: March 1910-March 1912

Captain Charles W. Keighly-Peach: March 1912-May 1914

Captain Cunningham R. de C. Foot: May 1914-1915

Captain Cyril S. Townsend: January 1919-January 1921

Captain Arthur G. Craufurd: January 1921-January 1923

Captain Wellwood G.C. Maxwell: January 1923-February 1925

Captain Charles W. Round-Turner: February 1925-October 1926

Captain Hubert Ardill: October 1926-March 1927

Captain John C. Hamilton: March 1927-March 1929

Captain Stephen St.L. Moore: March-June 1929

Captain F. Thomas B. Tower: June 1929-March 1931

Captain Arthur N. Dowding: March 1931-January 1933

Captain Denham M.T. Bedford: January 1933-May 1935

Captain A. Lumley St. G. Lyster: May 1935-May 1936

Captain Arthur D. Read: May 1936-May 1938

Captain Percy Todd: May 1938-November 1939

Captain Hubert G.D. Acland: November 1939-February 1941

258

Captain, Torpedo School(“HMS Vernon”)(from 1876 until 1986):

Captain William Arthur: April 1876-June 1879

Captain William E. Gordon: June 1879-February 1883

Captain Albert Hastings Markham: February 1883-May 1886

Captain Samuel Long: May 1886-January 1889

Captain Arthur K. Wilson: January 1889-February 1892

Captain William H. Hall: February 1892-November 1893

Captain Sir Baldwin Wake-Walker, Bt.: November 1893-November 1895

Captain John Durnford: November 1895-October 1899

Captain Charles G. Robinson: October 1899-February 1902

Captain George le C. Egerton: February 1902-September 1904

Captain Henry B. Jackson: September-December 1904

Captain Charles J. Briggs: December 1904-May 1907

Captain Douglas A. Gamble: May 1907-October 1908

Captain Robert S. Phipps Hornby: October 1908-November 1911

Captain William C. M. Nicholson: November 1911-September 1914

Captain Frederick L. Field: September 1914-September 1915

Captain Harry L. d’E. Skipwith: September 1915-July 1918

Captain Frederick C.U.Vernon-Wentworth: July 1918-March 1919

Captain Arthur K. Waistell: March 1919-April 1920

Captain Christopher R. Payne: April 1920-April 1922

Captain John Derwent Allen: April 1922-November 1924

Captain Henry K.Kitson: November 1924-November 1926

Captain Nicholas E. Archdale: November 1926-November 1928

Captain Henry D. Bridges: November 1928-November 1930

Captain Stephen D. Tillard: November 1930-August 1932

Captain Alfred H.Taylor: August 1932-August 1934

Captain Roderick B.T.Miles: August 1934-September 1935

Captain Algernon U.Willis: September 1935-April 1938

Captain Denis W.Boyd: April 1938-December 1939

Rear-Admiral Brian Egerton: December 1939-June 1943

Captain Harold E. Morse: June 1943-September 1944

Captain Norman V. Grace: September 1944-January 1946

Captain John Hughes-Hallett: January 1946-May 1948

Captain Wilfrid J.C. Robertson: May 1948-August 1950

Captain Clarence D. Howard-Johnston: August 1950-October 1952

Captain Nicholas A. Copeman: October 1952-December 1954

Captain John Grant: December 1954-December 1956

Captain Edward A. Blundell: December 1956-February 1959

259

Captain Morgan C. Giles: February 1959-January 1961

Captain Hardress L. Lloyd: January 1961-April 1963

Captain Douglas M.H. Stobie: April 1963-June 1965

Captain Robert E. Lloyd: June 1965-July 1967

Captain William P.B. Barber: July 1967-April 1969

Captain Thomas K. Edge-Partington: April 1969-October 1970

Captain Stuart M.W. Farquharson-Roberts: October 1970-November 1972

Captain Robert S. Browning: November 1972-July 1974

Captain Geoffrey D. Trist: July 1974-July 1976

Captain Edward M.S. O’Kelly: July 1976-August 1978

Captain Stuart K. Sutherland: August 1978-December 1980

Captain George Oxley: December 1980-March 1983

Captain Jonathan D.W. Husband: March 1983-1986

260

Captain, Signals School(“HMS Mercury” from 1941)(until 1993):

Captain Allan F. Everett: August 1906-1908

Captain Edward M. Phillpotts: January 1911-July 1912

Captain Frederick L. Field: July 1912-September 1914

Captain Lionel G. Preston: November 1920-November 1922

Captain Claude Seymour: November 1922-April 1925

Captain John K. im Thurn: April 1925-January 1928

Captain James S.C. Salmond: January 1928-January 1930

Captain William B. Mackenzie: January 1930-January 1932

Captain Herbert Fitzherbert: January 1932-January 1934

Captain Richard H.L. Bevan: January 1934-August 1935

Captain James W.S. Dorling: August 1935-August 1937

Captain Arthur J.L. Murray: August 1937-March 1939

Captain Angus E.M.B. Cunninghame-Graham: March 1939-May 1941

Captain Gerald H. Warner: August 1941-December 1943

Captain Alan K. Scott-Moncrieff: December 1943-January 1946

Captain Charles L. Firth: January 1946-April 1948

Captain John H.F. Crombie: April 1948-September 1950

Captain John G.T. Inglis: September 1950-October 1951

Captain Peter Dawnay: October 1951-January 1954

Captain John R.B. Longden: January 1954-May 1955

Captain Alexander H.C. Gordon Lennox: May 1955-March 1957

Captain Charles B. Brooke: March 1957-January 1959

Captain John A.C. Henley: January 1959-August 1960

Captain Peter N. Howes: August 1960-December 1961

Captain David E. Bromley-Martin: December 1961-December 1963

Captain David V. Morgan: December 1963-April 1966

Captain J. Rae McKaig: April 1966-April 1968

Captain Sir Peter Anson, Bt.: April 1968-April 1970

Captain Barrie H. Kent: April 1970-October 1972

Captain Roger C. Morgan: October 1972-April 1975

Captain Derek A.P. O’Reilly: April 1975-January 1977

Captain John M. Tait: January 1977-October 1978

Captain Sydney D.S. Bailey: October 1978-January 1981

Captain Gerald A. Plumer: January 1981-January 1983

Captain William W.F. Chatterton Dickson: January 1983-1985

Captain Francis D. Lowe: 1985-1988

Captain Anthony J.C. Morrow: 1988-March 1991

Captain Paul R. Sutermeister: March 1991-1993

261

Captain, School of Maritime Operations(“HMS Mercury”/ “HMS Dryad”)(Navigation and

Directional School until ; Maritime Warfare School from (“HMS

Collingwood” from 2002)):

Captain Henry F. Oliver: June 1903-February 1907

Captain Laurence E. Power: February 1907-February 1910

Captain Henry W. Grant: February 1910-January 1912

Captain Edward L. Booty: January 1912-November 1914

Cap[tain Arthur C.S. Hughes D’Aeth: February 1919-December 1920

Captain Oliver E. Leggett: November 1920-November 1922

Captain Harold O. Reinold: November 1922-December 1924

Captain John W. Carrington: December 1924-December 1926

Captain James D. Campbell: December 1926-December 1928

Captain James A.G. Troup: December 1928-June 1930

Captain Wilbraham T.R. Ford: June 1930-June 1932

Captain Oswald H. Dawson: June 1932-July 1934

Captain Ernest J. Spooner: July 1934-August 1936

Captain William H. Gell: August 1936-May 1937

Captain A. Robin M. Bridge: May 1937-June 1939

Captain Henry A. Rowley: June-December 1939

Captain Thomas C.Armstrong: December 1939-January 1944

Captain Brian B. Schofield: January 1944-February 1945

Captain Charles F.W. Norris: February 1945-December 1946

Captain Eric G. A. Clifford: January 1947-December 1948

Captain Charles A.G. Nichols: December 1948-December 1950

Captain Anthony H. Thorold: December 1950-January 1953

Captain Martin J. Evans: January 1953-January 1955

Captain Richard G. Tosswill: January 1955-May 1956

Captain Richard B. Honnywill: May 1956-June 1957

Captain David S. Tibbits: June 1957-October 1959

Captain F. Brian P. Brayne-Nicholls: October 1959-October 1961

Captain Peter S. Wyatt: October 1961-August 1963

Captain David B.N. Mellis: August 1963-July 1965

Captain Martin S. Ollivant: July 1965-September 1967

Captain Ronald D. Butt: September 1967-August 1969

Captain Alan G. Watson: August 1969-June 1972

Captain Dennis W. Foster: June 1972-October 1974

Captain Gwynedd I. Pritchard: October 1974-May 1976

Captain John F. Cadell: May 1976-June 1979

Captain Geoffrey T.J.O. Dalton: June 1979-September 1981

262

Captain Anthony N. Barnden: September 1981-July 1983

Captain John(Jock) C.K. Slater: July 1983-May 1985

Captain Anthony M. Norman: May 1985-October 1986

Captain Jake D.L. Backus: October 1986-1989

Captain Anthony G.M.A. Provest: 1989-January 1992

Captain Peter M. Franklyn: January 1992-September 1993

Captain Andrew S. Ritchie: September 1993-September 1995

Commodore R.John Lippiett: September 1995-June 1997

Commodore John R. Hance: June 1997-October 1999

Commodore John F. Rodley: October 1999-July 2001

Commodore Philip L. Wilcocks: July 2001-April 2004

Commodore Adrian J. Nance: April 2004-March 2006

Commodore Charles P.R. Montgomery: March 2006-March 2007

Commodore Steven R. Kirby: March 2007 June 2010

Commodore Timothy M. Lowe: June 2010-December 2011

Commodore Michael P. Mansergh: March 2012-August 2013

Captain Steven Dainton: August 2013-April 2015

Captain Andrew A. Jordan: April 2015-

263

Senior Naval Member, Directing Staff, National Defence College( Joint Services Staff

College until 1971; Joint Service Defence College from 1983 until 1997 )

Captain Manley L. Power: December 1946-October 1948

Captain Ralph L. Fisher: October 1948-1950

Captain George K. Collett: 1950-June 1952

Captain Ralph C. Medley: June 1952-April 1954

Captain Roger B.N. Hicks: April 1954-June 1956

Captain Talbot L. Eddison: June 1956-December 1957

Captain Edward A.S. Bailey: December 1957-December 1959

Captain David E. Bromley-Martin: December 1959-November 1961

Captain Edmund S. Carver: November 1961-November 1963

Captain John M. Townley: November 1963-August 1966

Captain Raymond P. Rannreuther: August 1966-March 1968

Captain Gerald E.Sampson: March 1968-July 1970

Captain Hugh P. Janion: July 1970-August 1972

Captain Michael A. Higgs: August 1972-September 1974

Captain Herbert B. Parker: September 1974-September 1976

Captain Geoffrey D. Trist: September 1976-October 1978

Captain Peter N. Hamilton-Jones: October 1978-February 1981

Captain Sydney D.S. Bailey: February 1981-July 1983

Captain Anthony R. Wood: July 1983-April 1985

Captain Timothy R. Lee: April 1985-1987

Captain C. Christopher Morgan: 1987-March 1989

Captain Patrick McLaren: March 1989-

264

Captain, New Entry Training Establishment(“HMS Raleigh”):

Rear-Admiral Charles O. Alexander: October 1939-March 1944

Captain Harold Hickling: September 1944-January 1945

Captain Alexander H. Maxwell-Hyslop: January 1945-June 1946

Captain George F. Stevens-Guille: June 1946-February 1948

Captain Philip C. Taylor: February 1948-May 1949

Captain Iain G. Maclean: May 1949-December 1950

Captain William E.C. Davy: December 1950-September 1953

Captain Ivan O. Backhouse: September 1953-June 1955

Captain William G. Pulvertaft: June 1955-July 1957

Captain Archibald G. Forman: July 1957-May 1959

Captain John A. Osborne: May 1959-June 1961

Captain George C. Crowley: June 1961-May 1963

Captain Denis Jermain: May 1963-February 1965

Captain Peter White: February 1965-March 1967

Captain Peter G.R. Mitchell: March 1967-February 1969

Captain James F.R. Weir: February 1969-April 1971

Captain Malcolm C. Denman: April 1971-July 1973

Captain Henry E. Howard: July 1973-February 1976

Captain Robert W.F. Gerken: February 1976-February 1978

Captain Richard E. Lambert: February 1978-October 1979

Captain John Jacobsen: October 1979-March 1982

Captain Brian R. Outhwaite: March 1982-February 1984

Captain Brian T. Brown: February 1984-1985

Captain Robert C.F. Hill: 1986-1987

Captain Peter J. Grindal: October 1987-1989

Captain John C.L. Wright: 1989-1991

Captain Richard O. Irwin: April 1990-October 1992

Captain Peter A. Dunt: October 1992-1994

Captain Richard A.Y. Bridges: 1994-September 1995

Commodore Hugh W. Rickard: September 1995-1998

Commodore Roger G. Lockwood: 1998-2000

Commodore Laurence P. Brokenshire: 2000-July 2003

Commodore David W. Pond: July 2003-January 2006

Commodore W. John Keegan: January 2006-January 2008

Commodore S. Jonathan Woodcock: January 2008-December 2009

Captain Stephen Murdoch: December 2009-September 2012

Captain Robert Fancy: September 2012-September 2014

Captain Robert J.A. Bellfield: September 2014-September 2016

Captain Eleanor L. Ablett: September 2016-

265

Captain, Boys’ Training Establishment(“HMS Ganges”)(until 1976):

Captain Ernest G. Barton: January 1907-January 1909

Captain Charles L. Vaughan-Lee: January 1909-February 1911

Captain Cecil S. Hickley: February 1911-May 1913

Rear-Admiral George C. Cayley: May 1913-April 1918

Rear-Admiral Cecil S. Hickley: April 1918-March 1919

Captain Francis G. St.John: March 1919-March 1921

Captain Ernest Wigram: March 1921-March 1923

Captain Robin C. Dalglish: March 1923-May 1925

Captain Percy L.H. Noble: May 1925-May 1927

Captain Wilbraham T. R. Ford: May 1927-May 1929

Captain Francis M. Austin: May 1929-May 1931

Captain Everard J. Hardman-Jones: May 1931-February 1933

Captain Hugh H. Rogers: February 1933-August 1935

Captain Charles O. Alexander: August 1935-August 1937

Captain Eric R. Corson: August 1937-November 1939

Captain Francis W.H. Goolden: November 1939-May 1940

Captain Walter H.G. Fallowfield: May 1940-April 1944

Captain George L.D. Gibbs: April 1944-November 1945

Captain Eric W. Bush: November 1945-April 1948

Captain W. Geoffrey A. Robson: April 1948-April 1950

Captain Duncan C. Hill: April 1950-April 1951

Captain John F. Whitfield: April 1951-March 1953

Captain Earl Cairns: March 1953-December 1954

Captain Michael Le Fanu: December 1954-January 1957

Captain Robert D. Franks: January 1957-January 1959

Captain Hugh S. Mackenzie: January 1959-November 1960

Captain John R. Gower: November 1960-July 1962

Captain C. Patrick Norman: July 1962-December 1963

Captain B.C. Godfrey Place: December 1963-October 1965

Captain Frank W. Watson: October 1965-December 1967

Captain Derek W. Napper: December 1967-November 1969

Captain Maurice J. Button: November 1969-November 1971

Captain William N. Ash: November 1971-October 1973

Captain J.Murray C. Dunlop: October 1973-1976

266

Captain, Boys’ Training Establishment(“HMS St.Vincent”) (from 1927 until 1969):

Captain Percy L.H. Noble: May 1927-February 1928

Captain Wellwood G.C. Maxwell: February 1928-May 1930

Captain Robert H.T. Raikes: May 1930-April 1932

Captain Evelyn C.O. Thomson: April 1932-April 1934

Captain Gerald C. Harrison: April 1934-September 1936

Captain Harold T. Baiilie-Grohman: September 1936-September 1938

Captain Guy L. Warren: September 1938-June 1940

Captain Lionel C.P. Tudway: June 1940-April 1942

Rear-Admiral L. Stanley Holbrook: April 1942-December 1945

Captain John W.M. Eaton: December 1945-December 1947

Captain Charles P. Frend: December 1947-January 1950

Captain George C. Colville: January 1950-January 1952

Captain Michael S. Townsend: January 1952-April 1953

Captain Gilbert L. Farnfield: April 1953-September 1955

Captain John O.C. Hayes: September 1955-September 1957

Captain Raymond S. Hawkins: September 1957-September 1959

Captain A. John R. White: September 1959-December 1961

Captain Michael N. Tufnell: December 1961-August 1962

Captain Alan R. Aldous: August 1962-August 1964

Captain Charles B. Fetherston-Dilke: August 1964-July 1966

Captain Michael H. Griffin: July 1966-1969

267

(f) ROYAL MARINES

INDEX:

Amphibious Warfare, Chief of: page 271

Chatham Group, Commander: page 270


Commandant-General/Adjutant-General/Deputy Adjutant-

General: page 268

Deputy Commandant-General/Director of the Royal Marines: page 273

Commando Brigade, 3rd, Commander: page 272

Commando Forces, Commander: page 271

Commando Training Centre, Commandant: page 273

Plymouth Group, Commander: page 270

Portsmouth Group, Commander: page 270

Training and Reserves, Commander: page 271

268

Commandant-General, Royal Marines(Deputy Adjutant-General until 191 ; Adjutant-General

from 191 until 1943):

Major-General Sir Charles W. Adair: September 1878-September 1883

General Sir John W.C. Williams: September 1883-August 1888

General Sir Howard S. Jones: August 1888-August 1893

General Sir Henry B. Tuson: August 1893-March 1900

Lieutenant-General John I. Morris: March 1900-June 1902

Lieutenant-General Sir William P. Wright: June 1902-June 1907

General Sir William T. Adair: June 1907-June 1911

General Sir William C. Nicholls: June 1911-June 1916

Major-General Sir David Mercer: June 1916-July 1920

Major-General Gunning M. Campbell: July-November 1920

General Sir Herbert E. Blumberg: December 1920-March 1924

General Sir Alexander R.H. Hutchison: March 1924-December 1927

General Sir Lewis S.T. Halliday: December 1927-June 1930

General Sir Richad V.T. Ford: June 1930-October 1936

General Sir William W. Godfrey: October 1936-October 1939

General Sir Alan G.B. Bourne: October 1939-January 1943

General Sir Thomas L. Hunton: January 1943-April 1946

General Sir R.A. Dallas Brooks: April 1946-May 1949

General Sir Leslie C. Hollis: May 1949-May 1952

General Sir John C. Westall: May 1952-August 1955

General Sir Campbell R. Hardy: August 1955-February 1959

General Sir Ian H. Riches: February 1959-February 1962

General Sir Malcolm C. Cartwright-Taylor: February 1962-February 1965

General Sir Norman H. Tailyour: February 1965-November 1968

General Sir Peter W.C. Hellings: November 1968-November 1971

General Sir B. Ian S. Gourlay: November 1971-April 1975

Lieutenant-General Sir Peter J.F. Whiteley: April 1975-February 1977

Lieutenant-General Sir John C.C. Richards: February 1977-April 1981

Lieutenant-General Sir Steuart R. Pringle, Bt.: April 1981-April 1984

Lieutenant-General Sir Michael C.L. Wilkins: April 1984-May 1987

Lieutenant-General Sir J. Martin C. Garrod: May 1987-June 1990

Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Y. La R. Beverley: June 1990-April 1993

Lieutenant-General Sir Robert J. Ross: April 1993-March 1996

Major-General David A.S. Pennefather: March 1996-October 1998

Major-General Robert H.G. Fulton: October 1998-March 2001

Major-General Robert A. Fry: March 2001-May 2002

Major-General Anthony A. Milton: May 2002-February 2004

269

Major-General David Wilson: February-August 2004

Major-General James B. Dutton: August 2004-June 2006

Major-General Garry S. Robison: June 2006-June 2009

Major-General Andrew Salmon: June 2009-February 2010

Major-General Francis H.R. Howes: February 2010-December 2011

Major-General Edward G.M. Davis: December 2011-June 2014

Major-General Martin L. Smith: June 2014-June 2016

Major-General Robert A. Magowan: June 2016-January 2018

Major-General Charles R. Stickland: January 2018-

Chief of Staff:

Major-General Robin H. Campbell: November 1944-September 1946

Major-General Vivian D. Thomas: September 1946-May 1950

Major-General Wilfrid I. Nonweiler: May 1950-September 1951

Major-General John C. Westall: September 1951-May 1952

Major-General Campbell R. Hardy: May 1952-May 1955

Major-General Frank C. Horton: May 1955-August 1958

Major-General Reginald C. de M. Leathes: August 1958-November 1960

Major-General Robert A. Pigot: November 1960-November 1964

Major-General Peter W.C. Hellings: November 1964-1967

Major-General Nigel H.D. McGill: 1967-May 1968

Major-General Ian S. Harrison: May 1968-June 1970

Major-General Patrick R. Kay: June 1970-February 1974

Major-General Patrick J. Ovens: February 1974-August 1976

Major-General Robert P.W. Wall: August 1976-September 1979

Major-General Sir Steuart R. Pringle, Bt.: September 1979-February 1981

Major-General Michael C.L. Wlkins: February 1981-May 1982

Major-General John C. Hardy: May 1982-July 1984

Major-General J. Martin C. Garrod: July 1984-February 1987

Major-General John St.J. Grey: February 1987-July 1988

Major-General Henry Y. La T. Beverley: July 1988-May 1990

Major-General Andrew F. Whitehead: May 1990-1992

Major-General Andrew M. Keeling: 1992-1993

270

Commander, Portsmouth Group(from 1946 until 1970):

Major-General Hubert T. Newman: Decemmber 1946-November 1948

Major-General John E. Leech-Porter: November 1948-November 1949

Major-General Humphrey T. Tollemache: November 1949-May 1952

Major-General C. Farndale Phillips: May 1952-June 1954

Major-General James L. Moulton: June 1954-September 1957

Major-General Ian H. Riches: September 1957-February 1959

Major-General Reginald W. Madoc: February 1959-January 1961

Major-General Reginald C. de M. Leathes: January 1961-October 1962

Major-General Robert D. Houghton: October 1962-September 1964

Major-General Nigel H.D. McGill: September 1964-1967

Major-General Peter W.C. Hellings: 1967-August 1968

Major-General B. Ian S. Gourlay: August 1968-October 1970

Commander, Plymouth Group(until 1970):

Major-General Charles R. W. Lamplough; November 1946-November 1949

Major-General John E. Leech-Porter: November 1949-November 1951

Major-General Richard F. Cornwall: November 1951-November 1954

Major-General Halford D. Fellowes: November 1954-August 1957

Major-General Reginald W. Madoc: August 1957-February 1959

Major-General Malcolm C. Cartwright-Taylor: February 1959-February 1962

Major-General Norman H. Tailyour: February 1962-February 1965

Major-General Ferris N. Grant: February 1965-April 1968

Major-General Anthony P. Willasey-Wilsey: April 1968-October 1970

Commander, Chatham Group(until 1950):

Major-General Archibald M. Craig: 1942-1944

Major-General Arthur R. Chater: 1946-1948

Major-General Robert A.R. Neville: 1948-August 1950

271

Chief of Amphibious Warfare(until 1962):

Major-General Godfrey E. Wildman-Lushington: June 1947-October 1950

Major-General Vivian D. Thomas: October 1950-June 1954

Major-General C. Farndale Phillips: June 1954-August 1957

Major-General James L. Moulton: August 1957-September 1961

Major-General Robert D. Houghton: September 1961-1962

Commander, Commando Forces(from 1970):

Major-General Peter J.F. Whiteley: October 1970-July 1972

Major-General John I.H. Owen: July 1972-October 1973

Major-General Edgar G.D. Pounds: October 1973-March 1976

Major-General Roderick J. Ephraums: March 1976-February 1978

Major-General Sir Steuart R. Pringle, Bt.: February 1978-August 1979

Major-General Sir J. Jeremy Moore: August 1979-May 1982

Major-General Michael C.L. Wilkins: May 1982-February 1984

Major-General John St.J. Grey: February 1984-January 1987

Major-General Nicholas F. Vaux: January 1987-March 1990

Major-General Robert J. Ross: March 1990-1993

Commander, Training and Reserves(from 1970):

Major-General B. Ian S. Gourlay: October 1970-September 1971

Major-General Robert B. Loudoun: September 1971-February 1975

Major-General David C. Alexander: February 1975-February 1977

Major-General Peter L. Spurgeon: February 1977-February 1980

Major-General John F. Mottram: February 1980-February 1983

Major-General Julian H.A. Thompson: February 1983-July 1986

Major-General Henry Y. La T. Beverley: July 1986-June 1988

Major-General Robert J. Ross: June 1988-March 1990

272

Commander, 3rd Commando Brigade:

Brigadier John H. G. Wills: October 1946-1948

Brigadier Campbell R. Hardy: 1948-1951

Brigadier C. Farndale Phillips: 1951-1952

Brigadier James L. Moulton: 1952-1954

Brigadier Ian H. Riches: 1954-July 1955

Brigadier Reginald W. Madoc: July 1955-August 1957

Brigadier Robert D. Houghton: August 1957-July 1959

Brigadier Peter W.C. Hellings: July 1959-November 1960

Brigadier Norman H. Tailyour: November 1960-January 1962

Brigadier Francis C. Barton: January 1962-January 1964

Brigadier Leslie G. Marsh: January 1964-May 1965

Brigadier Anthony P. Willasey-Wilsey: May 1965-October 1966

Brigadier B. Ian S. Gourlay: October 1966-August 1968

Brigadier Peter J.F. Whiteley: August 1968-July 1970

Brigadier Patrick J. Ovens: July 1970-December 1972

Brigadier Roderick J. Ephraums: December 1972-January 1975

Brigadier John C.C. Richards: January 1975-January 1977

Brigadier J. Jeremy Moore: January 1977-April 1979

Brigadier Michael C.L. Wilkins: April 1979-January 1981

Brigadier Julian H.A. Thompson: January 1981-January 1983

Brigadier J. Martin C. Garrod: January 1983-July 1984

Brigadier Henry Y. La T. Beverley: July 1984-June 1986

Brigadier Robert J. Ross: June 1986-May 1988

Brigadier Andrew F. Whitehead: May 1988-April 1990

Brigadier Andrew M. Keeling: April 1990-1992

Brigadier David A.S. Pennefather: 1992-1994

Brigadier Jonathan J. Thomson: 1994-May 1995

Brigadier Anthony A. Milton: May 1995-1997

Brigadier Robert H.G. Fulton: 1997-1998

Brigadier David Wilson: 1998-November 1999

Brigadier Robert A. Fry: November 1999-March 2001

Brigadier Roger G.T. Lane: March 2001-July 2002

Brigadier James B. Dutton: July 2002-May 2004

Brigadier John G. Rose: May 2004-January 2006

Brigadier Jeremy H. Thomas: January 2006-June 2007

Brigadier David A. Capewell: June 2007-April 2008

Brigadier Francis R.H. Howes: April-September 2008

Brigadier Gordon K. Messenger: September 2008-December 2009

273

Brigadier Edward G.M. Davis: January 2010-December 2011

Brigadier Martin L. Smith: December 2011-June 2013

Brigadier Stuart M. Birrell: June 2013-July 2014

Brigadier Charles R. Stickland: July 2014-September 2015

Brigadier James A.J. Morris: October 2015-2017

Brigadier Gwyn S.G. Jenkins: 2017-

Deputy Commandant-General (Director of the Royal Marines until 20 ):

Brigadier Mark J.D. Noble: 2007-June 2009

Brigadier Paul R. Denning: June 2009-June 2012

Brigadier M. William Dunham: June 2012-November 2014

Brigadier Richard A.W. Spencer: November 2014-September 2017

Brigadier Haydn J. White: September 2017-

Commandant, Commando Training Centre(from 1972):

Colonel Henry Y. La R. Beverley: September 1980-January 1983

Brigadier Andrew R. Pillar: 1998-May 2002

Brigadier Nicholas E. Pounds: May 2002-April 2004

Brigadier Garry S. Robison: April 2004-June 2006

Brigadier Andrew Salmon: December 2006-April 2008

Brigadier M. William Dunham: April 2008-May 2010

Brigadier Gerald M. Salzano: May 2010-May 2012

Brigadier Timothy J. Bevis: May-October 2012

Colonel David L. Kassapian: October 2012-Dececember 2014

Colonel Kevin Oliver: December 2014-January 2017

Colonel Michael J. Tanner: January 2017-

senior royal navy appointments 1865- - gulabin.com royal navy appointments 186… · 1 updated...

Documents