Sir Henry Frederick Nicholson KCB (21 October 1835 – 17 October 1914) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. Nicholson joined...
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Henry Nicholson may refer to: Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1844–1899), British palaeontologist and zoologist Henry Nicholson (Royal Navy officer) (1835–1915)...
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Admiral Nicholson may refer to: Douglas Nicholson (1867–1946), British Royal Navy admiral Gresham Nicholson (1892–1975), British Royal Navy admiral Henry Nicholson...
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Nicholson (1743 – December 28, 1811) was an officer in the Continental Navy during the American Revolutionary War and later in the United States Navy...
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collector and art dealer Harold James Nicholson (born 1950), CIA officer convicted of spying for Russia Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1816–1878), British paleontologist...
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and children now known as the Pinjarra massacre. Stirling entered the Royal Navy at age 12 and as a midshipman saw action in the Napoleonic Wars. Rapid...
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Richard Lindsay Nicholson DSO RN (29 October 1882 – 1 November 1940) was a British captain of the Royal Navy. He served in World War I and is known for...
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post-holder is responsible for procurement and matériel in the British Royal Navy. Originally the post-holder was a member of the Board of Admiralty and...
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The rank of admiral is currently the highest rank to which an officer in the Royal Navy can be promoted, admiral of the fleet being used nowadays only...
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Marshal William Gustavus Nicholson, 1st Baron Nicholson, GCB (2 March 1845 – 13 September 1918) was a British Army officer who served in the Second Anglo-Afghan...
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place overall. Overall the Royal Navy ordered 12 Nicholson 55s Nicholson 70 Designed by Raymond Wall and Camper & Nicholson with an LWL of 54 ft 6 in (16...
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Sir Arthur Wilson, 3rd Baronet (redirect from Arthur Wilson (Royal Navy officer))
3rd Baronet, VC, GCB, OM, GCVO (4 March 1842 – 25 May 1921) was a Royal Navy officer. He served in the Anglo-Egyptian War and then the Mahdist War being...
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Brisbane (b.1688) and his wife, Isabel Nicholson. On 5 August 1757 he was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy. He was created Commander of the 12...
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Prince George, Duke of Kent (category Royal Navy admirals of World War II)
in the Royal Navy in the 1920s and then briefly as a civil servant. He became Duke of Kent in 1934. In the late 1930s he served as an RAF officer, initially...
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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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The Royal Scots Navy (or Old Scots Navy) was the navy of the Kingdom of Scotland from its origins in the Middle Ages until its merger with the Kingdom...
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1833 – 9 October 1896) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. Wells joined the Royal Navy in 1847 and served in the Crimean...
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on New France. He recruited Nicholson to join the effort, which was to include a sea-based attack on Quebec with Royal Navy support, and a land-based expedition...
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Department of the Navy still several years away, responsibility for design and construction fell to the Department of War, headed by Secretary Henry Knox. As early...
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senior Royal Navy officer. He served in the Boxer Rebellion as commander of a raiding party and in the First World War as commanding officer of the battleship...
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HMNB Devonport (redirect from Royal Navy Devonport)
for the Royal Navy (the others being HMNB Clyde and HMNB Portsmouth) and is the sole nuclear repair and refuelling facility for the Royal Navy. The largest...
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Charles Lightoller (category Royal Navy officers of World War I)
seamen. He was the most senior officer to survive the disaster. Lightoller served as a commanding officer in the Royal Navy during World War I and was twice...
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Captain Henry Duncan (24 November 1735 – 7 October 1814)[a] was an officer of the Royal Navy, who saw service in the American War of Independence. Duncan...
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Malta Dockyard (redirect from Flag Officer, Malta)
consolidated, by the Royal Navy. With the loss of Menorca, Malta swiftly became the Navy's principal Mediterranean base. The Royal Navy Dockyard was initially...
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patron, he refused unless membership was also offered to officers of the Royal Navy and the Royal Marines, and this was agreed. On 28 August 1837 a meeting...
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Royal Armoured Corps. 7622900 Sergeant William Henry Girdlestone, Royal Army Ordnance Corps. 863023 Warrant Officer Class II (acting) Stephen Henry Glossop...
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1946 New Year Honours (MBE) (section Royal Navy)
(Retd). Mr. Samuel William Loynes, Temporary Warrant Officer, Royal Indian Navy. Lieutenant Henry Edward Lukey, (Retd). Temporary Acting Lieutenant-Commander...
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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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Captain John Nicholson Inglefield (1748 – 7 February 1828) was an English naval officer in the Royal Navy. John Nicholson Inglefield was the son of a ship's...
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Caspar John (category Royal Navy officers of World War II)
Fleet Sir Caspar John GCB (22 March 1903 – 11 July 1984) was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as First Sea Lord from 1960 to 1963. He was a pioneer in...
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