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William Young (Royal Navy officer, born 1761) William Young (27 August 1761 – 11 February 1847) was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the American War of Independence, and the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. He should not be confused with his namesake and near contemporary Vice Admiral William Young .
Career. Hill entered the Royal Navy 10 November 1787 as a volunteer on board HMS Vestal, commanded by Sir Richard John Strachan. In August of 1791 he was transferred as a midshipman to HMS Phoenix. On his return to England in the autumn of 1793 Hill joined HMS Boyne, commanded by Sir John Jervis. He was promoted to lieutenant on 17 December ...
Napoleonic Wars. Vice-Admiral Sir William Mitchell KCB ( c. 1745 – 7 March 1816) was an officer of the British Royal Navy during the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Mitchell is best known for rising from humble origins to high rank, having joined the Navy in 1766 as an able seaman and died in 1816 as a vice-admiral.
Officers of the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (formed 1903) for civilians, had single wavy rings 4 inch wide, with the curl a squarish shape. The lieutenant commander's narrow ring was originally straight, but after 1942 was waved also. This system of rank insignia is still worn today by officers in the Sea Cadets.
John Gore (Royal Navy officer, born 1772) Admiral Sir John Gore, KCB (9 February 1772, County Kilkenny, Ireland – 21 August 1836, Datchet, Buckinghamshire) was a British naval commander of the 18th and 19th centuries. His father was Colonel John Gore.
Vice Admiral Sir John Francis Coward, KCB, DSO (11 October 1937 – 30 May 2020) was a Royal Navy officer who served as Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies from 1992 to 1994. Naval career. Coward joined the Royal Navy in 1958. He served in the Falklands War in 1982 as Captain of HMS Brilliant.
Years of service. 1965–2003. Rank. Vice admiral. Commands held. Second Sea Lord and Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command. Awards. Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath. Vice Admiral Sir Peter Spencer KCB (born 1947) is a Royal Navy officer who became Second Sea Lord .
