• John Herbert Babington, GC, OBE (6 February 1911 – 25 March 1992) was a British teacher and Royal Navy officer who was awarded the George Cross for "great...
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    Air Marshal Sir John Tremayne Babington, KCB, CBE, DSO, DL (20 July 1891 – 20 March 1979) was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force. In 1944, he retired...
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  • Sir John Tremayne Babington (1891–1979), British Royal Air Force officer John Babington (Royal Navy officer) (1911–1992), British Royal Navy officer awarded...
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    Admiral John Byng (baptised 29 October 1704 – 14 March 1757) was a British Royal Navy officer who was court-martialled and executed by firing squad. After...
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    The Royal Hospital School (commonly abbreviated as "RHS" and historically nicknamed "The Cradle of the Navy") is a British co-educational fee-charging...
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    the Admiralty, was the political head of the English and later British Royal Navy. He was the government's senior adviser on all naval affairs, responsible...
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    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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  • banker and Member of Parliament Gervaise Cooke (1911–1976), British Royal Navy officer and Naval Secretary Gervais Djondo (born c. 1934), Togolese entrepreneur...
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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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  • Admiralty with the Royal Navy providing the bulk of large vessels. They were accompanied by several other vessels of allied navies, most notably the French...
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    belonged to Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service instead. Female medical and dental officers were commissioned into the Royal Air Force and held RAF...
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  • J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z References John Adams (Royal Navy officer) David Anderson (judge) John Archibald Ian Campbell, 12th Duke of Argyll Torquhil...
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    unsuccessfully attempted to capture the Jacobite-held town of Athlone. After Babington died of disease, Prince George of Hesse-Darmstadt became the new Colonel...
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  • Richard Carter (died 1692) was an English officer in the Royal Navy. He is said to have been lieutenant of the Cambridge in 1672, with Captain Herbert...
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  • This is a bibliography of works on military executions in World War I. Babington, Anthony, For the Sake of Example: Capital Courts-Martial, 1914–1920,...
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  • Robert John Babington, DSC, QC (9 April 1920 – 17 September 2010) was an Ulster Unionist Party politician, who served as the member of the House of Commons...
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  • Intelligence services in the Royal Air Force are delivered by Officers of the Royal Air Force Intelligence Branch and Airmen from the Intelligence Analyst...
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    James Pinson Labulo Davies (category Royal Navy officers)
    After his stint as a teacher Davies enlisted as a cadet with the British Royal Navy's West Africa Squadron, and served on HMS Volcano under Commander Robert...
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    Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder (category Royal Flying Corps officers)
    Marshal of the Royal Air Force Arthur William Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, GCB (11 July 1890 – 3 June 1967) was a Scottish Royal Air Force officer and peer. He...
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  • Canadian escape artist, confidence man Henry Smith (Royal Navy officer) (1803–1887), British naval officer Henry Smith (VC) (1825–1862), English winner of...
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    1962) was a Royal Air Force officer who commanded British air operations during Operation Torch. Welsh started his career in the Merchant Navy and from 1910...
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    within the British Armed Forces, where the Royal Navy takes precedence, followed by the British Army and then Royal Air Force. It is customary for Indian and...
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  • Christopher Draper (category Royal Navy officers)
    included John Tremayne Babington and John Salmond – all of whom were later air marshals. After passing his course, Draper was assigned to the Royal Naval...
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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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  • Charles Richard Fox (category Grenadier Guards officers)
    in the Royal Navy, Fox entered the Grenadiers, and was known in later life as a collector of Greek coins. His collection was bought for the royal museum...
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  • Swiss banker, CEO of Credit Suisse Thomas Graves (Royal Navy officer) (c.1747 – 1814), British naval officer Thomas Green (disambiguation), multiple people...
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  • Austin, Royal Navy officer and explorer (died 1865) George Hudson, railway financier (died 1871) 15 April – James Clark Ross, Royal Navy officer and explorer...
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  • Stephen Murray (actor) (category Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art)
    promoted to Lieutenant Commander in The Navy Lark on BBC Radio. His film debut was as the second police officer who interrupts an amorous Eliza and Freddy...
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  • Geraldine Maitland Aves, Senior Welfare Officer, Ministry of Health. Joan, Lady Babington, for services to the Royal Air Force Comforts Committee. Edwin Backhouse...
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    WESTBATT. The force was commanded initially by Lieutenant Colonel Glen Babington and then later, in 2004, by Lieutenant Colonel Shane Caughey. Due to the...
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