Vice-Admiral John Ford (fl.17 December 1738 – 14 September 1796) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief of the Jamaica Station. Promoted...
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player John Ford (musician) (born 1948), English singer, songwriter and guitarist John Ford (Royal Navy officer) (1738–1796), British admiral John Alexander...
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John Perkins (died 27 January 1812), nicknamed Jack Punch, was a British Royal Navy officer. Perkins was perhaps the first mixed race commissioned officer...
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Admiral Ford may refer to: John Ford (1894–1973), U.S. Navy rear admiral John Ford (Royal Navy officer) (died 1796), British Royal Navy vice admiral John D...
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George Henry Hodgson (25 January 1817–c. 1848) was an English Royal Navy officer and polar explorer. He fought in the First Opium War (1839-1842) where...
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GCB, OM, GCVO, PC (30 April 1840 – 2 March 1929) was a Royal Navy officer. As a junior officer he served in the Black Sea during the Crimean War. He then...
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USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78) is an aircraft carrier of the United States Navy and the lead ship of her class. The ship is named after the 38th President...
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of Edsel Ford I and oldest grandson of Henry Ford. He served as president of the Ford Motor Company from 1945 to 1960, chief executive officer (CEO) from...
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Admiral Sir John Arthur Symons Eccles, GCB, KCVO, CBE (20 June 1898 – 1 March 1966) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet...
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Vice Admiral Sir John Willson Musgrave Eaton, KBE, CB, DSO, DSC (3 November 1902 – 21 July 1981) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief...
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Vice Admiral Sir John Augustine Collins, KBE, CB (7 January 1899 – 3 September 1989) was a Royal Australian Navy (RAN) officer who served in both World...
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Charles Stewart (28 July 1778 – 6 November 1869) was a United States Navy officer who commanded a number of warships, including USS Constitution. He saw...
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Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. (born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913 – December 26, 2006) was the 38th president of the United States, serving from 1974...
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USS John D. Ford (DD-228/AG-119) was a Clemson-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Rear Admiral John Donaldson...
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This is a list of shore establishments (or stone frigates) of the Royal Navy and Royal Naval Reserve. Portsmouth establishments HMNB Clyde RNAS Culdrose...
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1861 – 28 July 1933) was a senior Royal Navy officer. He served as a British observer with the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Russo-Japanese War; during...
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the U.S. Navy. Notable officers include: John P. Jones John Barry (Continental Navy officer and first flag officer of the United States Navy), Edward...
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Admiral Sir John Gregory Crace KBE, CB (6 February 1887 – 11 May 1968) was an Australian who came to prominence as an officer of the Royal Navy (RN). He...
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The history of the Royal Canadian Navy goes back to 1910, when the naval force was created as the Naval Service of Canada and renamed a year later by...
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27 May 2016. "Navy List". Admiralty. Retrieved 21 May 2016. "Senior Royal Navy appointments" (PDF). Retrieved 20 May 2016. "New Head Royal Marines Takes...
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first Royal Navy officer assigned to a naval air project. On 21 June 1910, Lt. George Cyril Colmore became the first qualified pilot in the Royal Navy. After...
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Force John Buford (1826–1863), United States Army cavalry officer John Bush (Royal Navy officer) (1914–2013), British Royal Navy officer John Cameron...
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Royal Navy officer to receive both the American Navy Cross and the British Victoria Cross (Royal Navy, 1927) Ivan Travkin, Soviet Union (Soviet Navy,...
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Ratings of the Royal Navy have used cutlasses, short, wide bladed swords, since the early 18th century. These were originally of non-uniform design but...
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Station was a formation or command of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy stationed at Port Royal in Jamaica from 1655 to 1830. The station was formed, following...
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1990) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy. Educated at the Nautical College at Pangbourne in Berkshire, Hopkins joined the Royal Navy in 1927. Hopkins...
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Wilbraham Tennyson Randle Ford, KCB, KBE, OStJ (19 January 1880 – 16 January 1964), was a senior officer in the Royal Navy. He was the Rear Admiral Commanding...
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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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The Flag Officer Scotland and Northern Ireland (FOSNI) was a senior post in the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. It was based at HM Naval Base Clyde...
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RNAS Yeovilton (HMS Heron) (redirect from Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton)
Squadron was formed at RNAS Ford on 24 May 1939; 85 years ago (1939-05-24), from the Royal Navy Observer School, but after Ford was bombed early in the war...
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