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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.
Battle of Texel. Admiral Henry Killigrew (c. 1652 – 9 November 1712) was a Royal Navy officer who rose to the rank of Admiral of the Blue and was appointed a Lords Commissioner of the Admiralty and member of the Board of Admiralty. After retiring from the Royal Navy he pursued a career in politics and later became a Member of Parliament.
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 rank of vice-admiral of the white . Young was born in 1762, the son of a naval officer. He followed his father, and an older half-brother, into the navy and was promoted to commander early in ...
Vice-admirals commanding 2nd Division: 1: Vice-Admiral: Sir Archibald Berkeley Milne: 24 March 1909 - 9 August 1910 2: Vice-Admiral: Sir George A. Callaghan: 9 August 1910 - 19 October 1911 3: Vice-Admiral: Sir John R. Jellicoe: 19 October 1911 - May 1912
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 .
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 ...
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 .
