The Commander-in-Chief, The Nore, was an operational commander of the Royal Navy. His subordinate units, establishments, and staff were sometimes informally...
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Geographical features River Nore, Ireland Pic de Nore, a mountain in the south of France Military Commander-in-Chief, The Nore, former major operational...
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maintained a Commander-in-Chief, The Nore, a senior officer responsible for protecting the entrance to the port of London, and merchant traffic along the east...
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John Corbett (Royal Navy officer) (category Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath)
Warrior. He was made Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station in 1877 and Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1884. He retired in 1887. In his spare time Corbett...
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fleet in the war he had completely readied it for. He went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. Born the grandson of Daniel Callaghan MP, and the son...
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John Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey (category Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire)
destruction of the Bismarck. After that he became Commander-in-Chief, The Nore with responsibility for controlling the east coast convoys and organising minesweeping...
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Ernst, Prince of Leiningen (category Members of the First Chamber of the Diet of the Grand Duchy of Baden)
captain in 1860 and given command of HMS Magicienne, and then HMY Victoria and Albert. He further served as Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1885–87,...
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Doveton Sturdee (category Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George)
war Sturdee served as commander of the 4th Battle Squadron in the Grand Fleet and then as Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. Born the son of Captain Frederick...
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under the Commander-in-Chief at the Nore until 1921. In World War II the FOIC was responsible to the Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. Prior to World War I...
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Reginald Tyrwhitt (category Commanders of the Legion of Honour)
was as Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. Born the son of the Rev. Richard St John Tyrwhitt and Caroline Tyrwhitt (née Yorke), Tyrwhitt joined the training...
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Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. Wells joined the Royal Navy in 1774. He became commanding officer of the frigate HMS Melampus in early 1794 during the French...
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Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. Born the son of Captain Robert Lethbridge RN, Thomas Lethbridge joined the Royal Navy in 1843. Promoted to captain in 1863...
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William Goodenough (category Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath)
Admiral commanding the Reserve Fleet in 1923 and Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in 1924. He was First and Principal Naval Aide-de-camp to the King from 1929...
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Allied Command Channel (redirect from Commander-in-Chief Channel)
1952-1961 Commander-in-Chief, The Nore / Commander NORECHAN 1961-1994 Flag Officer Scotland & Northern Ireland / Commander NORECHAN / Commander NORLANT The Plymouth...
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Henry Chads (category Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath)
be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. Born the son of Admiral Sir Henry Ducie Chads, Henry Chads joined the Royal Navy in 1832 and went on to take part in operations...
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George Elphinstone, 1st Viscount Keith (category Viscounts in the Peerage of the United Kingdom)
conferred on him in 1797. On the renewal of the war in 1803 he was appointed Commander-in-Chief, North Sea (which at the time included Nore Command), which...
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Henry Nicholson (Royal Navy officer) (category Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath)
served as Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. Nicholson joined the Royal Navy in 1849. He was Captain of HMS Temeraire at the Bombardment of Alexandria in 1882 and...
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Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. Curme joined the Royal Navy in 1841. Promoted to captain in 1864, he commanded HMS Repulse...
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Josceline Percy (Royal Navy officer) (category Companions of the Order of the Bath)
Royal Navy officer and politician who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. Josceline Percy was the fourth son of Algernon Percy, second Baron Lovaine...
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Algernon Heneage (category Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath)
went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. Dubbed "Pompo", he was known for his immaculate dress and his white-glove inspections of the ships under his...
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officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, The Nore from 1766 to 1769. Willett became commanding officer of the sloop HMS Kingfisher in December 1745. Promoted...
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served as Commander-in-Chief, The Nore from 1744 to 1745. Cotterell became commanding officer of the sloop HMS Happy in 1722. Promoted to captain in June 1726...
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Charles Frederick Hotham (category Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath)
Hotham later became Commander-in-Chief, The Nore and then Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth. Born in York the son of Captain John Hotham and Maria Elizabeth...
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Frederick Parham (category Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath)
on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. Educated at the Royal Naval College, Osborne, and the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Parham joined the Royal Navy...
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William Boys (Royal Navy officer) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB)
officer who became Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. Promoted to captain, Boys joined the Royal Navy in 1717 and became a midshipman in the third-rate HMS Prince...
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to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. Born the son of Rev'd. William James Darley Waddilove, Charles Waddilove was appointed a lieutenant in the Royal Navy...
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Chaloner Ogle (category British military personnel of the War of the Spanish Succession)
cowardice at the Battle of Toulon in February 1744. Promoted to full admiral on 23 June 1744, he became Commander-in-Chief, The Nore in September 1745...
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Richard Wells (Royal Navy officer) (category Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath)
officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. Wells joined the Royal Navy in 1847 and served in the Crimean War in 1855. He was on board HMS...
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Alexander Graeme (category Royal Navy personnel of the American Revolutionary War)
officer who became Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. Born at Graemeshall in Orkney, Graeme became commanding officer of the sloop HMS Kingfisher in February 1776...
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William James Hope-Johnstone (category Knights Commander of the Order of the Bath)
Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. Born the second son of Vice-Admiral Sir William Johnstone Hope, William James Hope-Johnstone joined the Royal Navy in 1811...
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