Napoleonic Wars in the Royal Navy. Born into a long-established naval family, his uncle was the famous Admiral Robert Digby, Henry went to sea at the end...
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Henry Digby may refer to: Henry Digby, 1st Earl Digby (1731–1793) Sir Henry Digby (Royal Navy officer) (1770–1842), British naval officer, served in the...
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Admiral Robert Digby (20 December 1732 – 25 February 1815) was a Royal Navy officer who also served briefly as a Member of Parliament (MP). He is the namesake...
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Spanish diplomats between 1604 and 1625. In 1613, the diplomat Sir John Digby was surprised to discover records of these payments. According to the historian...
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Sir Charles Saunders KB (c. 1715 – 7 December 1775) was a British Royal Navy officer. He commanded the fourth-rate HMS Gloucester and led her in action...
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based at Cosford and RAF Digby respectively and are part of the Defence School of Communications and Information Systems. The Royal Air Force operates several...
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Robert Digby in 1768. Robert Digby's brother was Henry, 7th Baron Digby; Henry, who owned Sherborne Castle, was later created the 1st Earl Digby, in 1790...
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the Navy originally called the Clerk Comptroller of the Navy was originally a principal member of the English Navy Royal, and later the British Royal Navy...
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William Mounsey CB (1766 – 25 September 1830) was a British officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the American Revolutionary, the French Revolutionary...
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Robert Murray (c.1763 – 30 June 1834[a]) was an officer in the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary...
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Admiral Sir George Digby Morant KCB (8 August 1837 – 13 February 1921) was an Anglo-Irish admiral in the British Royal Navy. Morant was born in Ireland...
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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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Rear Admiral (RAdm) is a flag officer rank of the British Royal Navy. It is immediately superior to Commodore and is subordinate to Vice Admiral. It is...
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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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West Indies Station was a formation or command of the United Kingdom's Royal Navy stationed in North American waters from 1745 to 1956, with main bases...
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guitarist and composer based in the UK Mervyn Wingfield (1911–2005), Royal Navy officer Martin Wingfield (born 1951), British politician Mervyn Wingfield...
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Sir James Lind KCB (c. 1752 – 12 June 1823) was an officer of the Royal Navy who served during the American War of Independence and the French Revolutionary...
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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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1943 Birthday Honours (section Royal Navy)
Division Royal Navy Chief Petty Officer Edgar Henry Brown, P.222306. Chief Petty Officer Joseph Hamilton Charles, C/J.48870. Chief Petty Officer Llewelyn...
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James Young (1762 – 8 March 1833) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, rising to the...
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Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) expanded rapidly and substantially during the Second World War, with vessels transferred or purchased from the Royal Navy and...
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The Royal Navy was responsible for all of British North America, until Canadian Confederation in 1867. After Confederation the Royal Navy increasingly...
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Battle of Trafalgar whilst on board HMS Africa captained by Henry Digby (Royal Navy officer), Inscribed this book was shivered in this manner by a whole...
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Glorious First of June (section Royal Navy)
mutinied due to errors in provisions and pay. In consequence, the French Navy officer corps suffered greatly from the effects of the Reign of Terror, with...
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Frank Thornton (category Royal Air Force officers)
airman in the Royal Air Force before ending the war as an officer. From the rank of leading aircraftman he was commissioned as a pilot officer on probation...
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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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Richard Goodwin Keats (redirect from Richard Goodwin Keats (Royal Navy officer))
scholastic aptitude and determined on a career in the Royal Navy.[citation needed] Keats entered the navy as a midshipman in 1770 aboard the 74-gun HMS Bellona...
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fleet to withdraw. The siege marked the first involvement of the British Royal Navy with the French Revolution. After the arrest of the Girondist deputies...
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War. She then served as Rear Admiral Robert Digby's flagship at the Battle of Cape St Vincent in 1780. Royal George sank on 29 August 1782 whilst anchored...
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footballer John White - Lord Mayor of London Edward Whitehead - former Royal Navy officer better known for advertising Schweppes tonic water Tom Whittaker -...
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