William Bailey (11 May 1918 – 11 March 1985) was a Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve officer and businessman, who was twice awarded the George Medal for his...
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William Bailey (Royal Navy officer) (1918–1985), British recipient of the George Medal Billy Bailey (1947–1996), American convicted murderer William H...
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Commissioned Officer Corps rear admiral Sidney Bailey (1882–1942), British Royal Navy admiral Theodorus Bailey (officer) (1805–1877), U.S. Navy rear admiral...
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Sir William Milbourne James, GCB (22 December 1881 – 17 August 1973) was a British naval commander, politician and author. He served in the Royal Navy from...
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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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Sir Sidney Robert Bailey, KBE, CB, DSO (27 August 1882 – 27 March 1942) was a Royal Navy officer who served as President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich...
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The history of the Royal Navy reached an important juncture in 1707, when the Act of Union merged the kingdoms of England and Scotland into the Kingdom...
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cavalry officer John Bush (Royal Navy officer) (1914–2013), British Royal Navy officer John Cameron (British Army officer), British military officer and commander...
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1944 Birthday Honours (BEM) (section Royal Navy)
appropriate. Chief Petty Officer Albert Arrum, C/J.28885. Chief Petty Officer David Ashenden, C/239819. Chief Petty Officer John Henry William Baker, DSM, D/J...
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1944 Birthday Honours (MBE) (section Royal Navy)
Adamson, Royal Navy (Retd), Production Manager, J. & E. Hall Ltd. Walter Stephen Aldhouse, Managing Director, Aldhouse, Milnes & Co. Charles Bailey Allerton...
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in the Navy on secondment from the Royal Navy, due to the post-Independence retirement or transfer of many experienced officers to the Royal or the Pakistan...
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transformed into "His Majesty's Indian Navy", then "Her Majesty's Indian Marine", and finally the "Royal Indian Marine". The Royal Indian Marine transported large...
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Geoffrey Webb (cricketer) (category Royal Navy officers of World War I)
with Frank William Taylor (born 1887), in charge of education at Yola, Adamawa. During World War II, Webb was again a Royal Navy officer, becoming lieutenant-commander...
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Hervey, 6th Marquess of Bristol, peer (born 1915) 11 March – William Bailey, Royal Navy officer (born 1918, Portugal) 15 March – Morry Davis, politician (born...
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the Town of Annapolis Royal from 1710 until 1940. Rose Fortune Thomas Wood (reverend), 1st minister at Annapolis Rev. Jacob Bailey Andrew Henderson John...
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Malta Dockyard (redirect from Flag Officer, Malta)
Flag Officer Malta. After Baileys were dispossessed by the Maltese Government, by February 1968, the dockyard was closed as a naval base and the Royal Navy...
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Elliot, Royal Navy, State Field Gun Carriage, the State Funeral of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Wing Commander William Richard Skeen Essex, Royal Air Force...
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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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WRNS. Chief Petty Officer William John Collins, P/237865. Temporary Quartermaster Sergeant Instructor Stephen Connell, Ply.21809, Royal Marines. Sick Berth...
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Courtney (1890–1976), Royal Air Force officer Vice Admiral Richard Bell Davies VC (1886–1966), Royal Navy officer and aviator William Robert Aufrère Dawson...
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1946 New Year Honours (MBE) (section Royal Navy)
Lele, Royal Indian Navy. Temporary Lieutenant (Sp.) John Addison Lewis, RNVR. Mary Olwen Liddell, Second Officer, WRNS. Lieutenant (E) Richard William George...
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English author and Anglican bishop Lewis Bayly (Royal Navy officer) (1857–1938), British Royal Navy admiral Lewis Bayly, birth name of Lewis Bayly Wallis...
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Bermuda (Her/His Majesty's Dockyard, Bermuda) was the principal base of the Royal Navy in the Western Atlantic between American independence and the Cold War...
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Geoffrey Blake, KCB, DSO (16 September 1882 – 18 July 1968) was an officer in the Royal Navy who served as Fourth Sea Lord from 1932 to 1935. Blake was born...
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commissioned by South African financier Sir Abraham Bailey, 1st Baronet to commemorate the Royal Navy officers who commanded British fleets in the First World...
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of the Navy that a device for qualified submariners be adopted. He submitted a pen-and-ink sketch as an example. A Philadelphia firm, Bailey, Banks and...
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1943 Birthday Honours (section Royal Navy)
Bank Officers' Guild (now serving in the Royal Navy). Major Charles Henry Hannington, JP, Commandant, Portsmouth Special Constabulary. Henry William Harper...
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Northamptonshire Sir Sidney Bailey (1882–1942), British Royal Navy Admiral Simon Bailey (disambiguation), multiple people Simon Bailey (priest) (1955–1995),...
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Ragnar Colvin (category Royal Navy officers of World War I)
May 1882 – 22 February 1954) was a long-serving Royal Navy officer who commanded the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) at the outbreak of the Second World War...
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implementation of long-term policy in regards to the composition of all Royal Navy fleets, squadrons and commands and including operational planning and...
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