Vice-Admiral Sir James Watt KBE FRCS (19 August 1914 – 28 December 2009) was a British surgeon, Medical Director-General of the Royal Navy, 1972–1977 and...
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player and paediatrician James Russell Watt (1935–2022), New Zealand rugby union player Sir James Watt (Royal Navy officer) (1914–2009), British surgeon...
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John Watts (1755–1801) was a Royal Navy officer. He served as a midshipman in Resolution on James Cook's third voyage to the Pacific in 1776–1780. In 1787–1789...
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Andrew Jones, GCB, DL (born 14 February 1960) is a retired senior Royal Navy officer. After service in the South Atlantic in 1982 during the Falklands...
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The Royal Navy Medical Service (RNMS), also termed the Royal Naval Medical Service and branded as Navy Healthcare, is the branch of the Royal Navy responsible...
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general John Watts (merchant) (died 1616), English merchant and shipowner John Watts (Royal Navy officer) (1755–1801), midshipman on James Cook's third...
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The Royal Naval College, Greenwich, was a Royal Navy training establishment between 1873 and 1998, providing courses for naval officers. It was the home...
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was a British Royal Navy flag officer and politician. He was born in Calcutta, the son of Admiral Sir George Elliot. He entered the navy in November 1827...
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Chatham Dockyard (redirect from Flag Officer, Medway)
Chatham Dockyard was a Royal Navy Dockyard located on the River Medway in Kent. Established in Chatham in the mid-16th century, the dockyard subsequently...
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1944 Birthday Honours (MBE) (section Royal Navy)
Samuel John Taylor, First Radio Officer, RNR, NAP/964525 (Herne Bay). Staff Sergeant Major Reginald James Brooks, Royal Marines (Deal). Superintending...
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Andrews, Royal Navy, D257452S. Lieutenant Commander Ross Donald Balfour, Royal Navy, C040712E. Warrant Officer 1 James Adrian Cuthbert, Royal Marines,...
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John Murray (cricketer, born 1873) (category Royal Navy officers of World War I)
– 31 May 1916) was a Scottish first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer. The son of James and Christina Murray, he was born at Aberdeen in June 1873...
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eldest son of Royal Navy officer Alexander Hamilton Watt and his wife Margaret (née Gilchrist). His father was a relative of James Watt, inventor of the...
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Admiral Sir Henry Smith KCB (1803 – 18 January 1887) was a British officer in the Royal Navy. He commanded the Aden Expedition in 1839 which took Aden as the...
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1943 Birthday Honours (section Royal Navy)
Division Royal Canadian Navy Chief Petty Officer W. L. Harding, Royal Canadian Naval Reserve, O.N. A-831. Chief Petty Officer James A. Taylor, Royal Canadian...
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the Royal Navy of England, and later (from 1707) of Great Britain, and the United Kingdom. The list starts from 1660, the year in which the Royal Navy came...
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focuses on maritime patrol and transport duties in support of the Royal New Zealand Navy and the New Zealand Army. Its air combat capability ended in 2001...
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Greetham, Royal Navy. Lieutenant Commander Malcolm Llewellyn-Jones, Royal Navy. Lieutenant William McEwan Meir, Royal Navy. Warrant Officer James Moulson...
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American officers, who went on to command the early United States Navy. With the Continental Army's victory in the Revolutionary War, the navy was dissolved...
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senior officer in the Royal Air Force and World War I flying ace Sir James Alexander Gordon (1782–1869), distinguished British officer in the Royal Navy Patrick...
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West Africa Squadron (redirect from Senior Officer, West Africa Squadron)
also known as the Preventative Squadron, was a squadron of the British Royal Navy whose goal was to suppress the Atlantic slave trade by patrolling the...
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1944 Birthday Honours (BEM) (section Royal Navy)
Royal Naval Flag Officer-in-Charge, London. Frederick Neath, Welfare Officer, Bristol Aeroplane Co. Ltd. Alexander Nelson, Boatswain, Merchant Navy....
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1946 New Year Honours (MBE) (section Royal Navy)
Corps of Royal Engineers. No. S/73398 Warrant Officer Class II David James Watkins, Royal Army Service Corps. Major (temporary) John Paterson Watt (77410)...
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Horse Stanley Vaudin, The Life Guards. James Watt. Cyril Alfred Webb. Arthur Leslie Wrixen. Bar to the Royal Victorian Medal (in Silver) Arthur Ernest...
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footballer Thomas Baillie - Royal Navy officer known for a celebrated libel case. William Baillie - Irish print maker. James Bailie - American real estate...
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Tobias Furneaux (category Royal Navy officers)
1735 – 18 September 1781) was a British navigator and Royal Navy officer, who accompanied James Cook on his second voyage of exploration. He was one of...
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Army officer James Watt (1769–1848) William Whewell (1794–1866) Nicolas Theodore de Saussure (1767–1845) "Fellows of the Royal Society". London: Royal Society...
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Sergeant Instructor) James Henry Ripley, Po.16861, Royal Marines. Chief Petty Officer Ernest Roberts, D/J.107059. Chief Petty Officer Walter Charles Roberts...
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Director of Naval Construction (redirect from Chief Constructor of the Navy)
the Navy was a senior principal civil officer responsible to the Board of Admiralty for the design and construction of the warships of the Royal Navy. From...
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Maintainer in the Royal Australian Navy. Lieutenant Commander Alexander James Finnis, RAN – For meritorious achievement as the Commanding Officer of HMAS Glenelg...
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