• King Edward VII. In 1933 he married Nancy Coutts. In 1926 Richard Cayley joined the Royal Navy as a midshipman. He was promoted to sub-lieutenant in 1929...
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  • during the Second World War G. C. Cayley (1866–1944), senior Royal Navy and Royal Air Force officer George Cayley (1773–1857), English naturalist, physical...
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  • Major General Sir Walter de Sausmarez Cayley, KCMG, CB, DL (8 August 1863 – 21 July 1952) was a British Army officer who served in Africa towards the end...
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  • Australians who have attained admiral rank within the Royal Australian Navy (RAN); that is, officers who have held the rank of admiral (four-star rank),...
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    Lancelot Cayley Shadwell (26 April 1882 – 28 October 1963) was an English writer, lyricist, and ceramicist. He wrote the lyrics to a host of popular songs...
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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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    Wragg 1974, pp. 57–58. Fairlie & Cayley 1965, p. 158. Dee, Richard (2007). The Man who Discovered Flight: George Cayley and the First Airplane. Toronto:...
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    who have held general officer rank or the rank of brigadier (together now recognized as starred officers) in the British Army, Royal Marines, British Indian...
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  • make a balloon flight which crashes into the Adriatic Sea. 1804 Sir George Cayley builds a model glider with a main wing and separate, adjustable vertical...
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  • Royal Navy Wren Elizabeth Jane Elma Aitkenhead, WRNS.46665. Temporary Stoker Petty Officer Albert Edward Allen, C/KX.91922. Yeoman of Signals Richard...
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  • together is the Australian Defence Force Ensign, the Royal Australian Navy white ensign and the Royal Australian Air Force Ensign. The Australian army has...
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    his report in the Ballarat Star, 1 May 1896, p. 1. Cayley 1966, p. 82. Cayley 1966, pp. 82–83. Cayley 1966. O'Brien 1992, p. 81. The Sydney Sun, 5 May 1941...
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    led to the foundation of modern aerodynamics, most notably by Sir George Cayley. Balloons, both free-flying and tethered, began to be used for military...
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  • MC, (95553), late Royal Armoured Corps. Royal Air Force Acting Air Vice-Marshal Richard Trevor Morison, MBE. Air Commodore John Cayley Wickham, OBE. Group...
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  • cricketer Maurice Conde-Williams (1885–1967), naval officer and cricketer, played for the Royal Navy and Devon George Huth Cotterill (1868–1950), England...
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    Egypt, and served on staff Tutankhamun excavations Frederick Field (Royal Navy officer), (1871–1945) First Sea Lord Henry Poole, (1873–1928) sculptor Ellis...
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  • Pinch, A. TECH E., Royal Air Force. Acting Petty Officer Marine Engineering Mechanic (Mechanical) Richard Wilfred Simpkins, Royal Navy. Raymond Slater....
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    responsible under the Navy Board for victualling ships of the British Royal Navy. It oversaw the vast operation of providing naval personnel (140,000 men...
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    John Cyril Porte (category Royal Navy officers)
    September 1902. He served on HMS Royal Oak before he was promoted to lieutenant in 1905. Porte transferred to the Royal Navy Submarine Service in 1906 receiving...
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    1703) November 25 Jacob Benzon, Norwegian judge (b. 1688) Richard Spry, British Royal Navy officer, North America and West Indies Station (b. 1715) November...
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  • the Royal Society of London since its inception in 1660. Below is an incomplete list of people who are or were Fellow or Foreign Member of the Royal Society...
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    HMS Albacore (1793) (category Sloops of the Royal Navy)
    replaced Eyre in command of Albacore. She and HMS Invincible, Captain William Cayley, were escorting a convoy to the West Indies when on 1 April at 37°11′N 16°16′W...
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    June 1 – Second Anglo-Chinese War: Battle of Fatshan Creek – The British Royal Navy defeats the Cantonese fleet of Qing dynasty China. June 6 – Sophia of...
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  • Officer David Daubney Lloyd Warrant Officer Steven David Marshall Squadron Leader Louise Victoria Parker Wing Commander Richard David Presland, Royal...
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    (1729–1800), rear admiral Lord Aubrey Beauclerk (1710–1741), Officer of the Royal Navy John Benbow (1653–1702), admiral George Charles Bingham, 3rd Earl...
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    James McKeen Cattell, psychologist Henry Cavendish (Peterhouse) Arthur Cayley (Trinity) Sir James Chadwick (Caius), Nobel Prize winner Ernst Chain (Fitzwilliam)...
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  • Rowland Austin Harris, Royal Engineers, attd. 569th (Hampshire.) A.T. Company, Royal Engineers Captain Edward Cayley Harrison, Royal Garrison Artillery attd...
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    was made by an unnamed boy in an uncontrolled glider launched by George Cayley in 1853. First confirmed manned powered flight: was made by Clément Ader...
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  • Production Sub-Commissioner for Yorkshire Dora Cayley — General Overlooker, Small Arms Ammunition, Park Royal, Ministry of Munitions Frank Chaplin — Member...
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    "personal and familial reasons". In November of the same year, Andrew T. Cayley was appointed as new international Co-Prosecutor, and his Cambodian co-prosecutor...
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