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The Great War: Navy


The widespread introduction of modern communication techniques such as radio and sonar greatly changed the way Naval forces where used in the Great War. Gallipoli, on the northern bank of the Dardanelles, and Dogger Bank in the North Sea, where the location for some of the biggest navel battles of the Great War. Naval blockades nearly lost, and in turn, helped win the war, as each side attempted to stop all supplies reaching their intended destinations.

Henry William Allingham

Henry William Allingham

1896-2009
Aircraft mechanic and car designer; World War I veteran and centenarian
Sitter in 1 portrait
Sir Geoffrey Schomberg Arbuthnot

Sir Geoffrey Schomberg Arbuthnot

1885-1957
Admiral
Sitter in 7 portraits
Arthur Melland Asquith

Arthur Melland Asquith

1883-1939
Brigadier-General and civil servant in Sudan; recipient of the Distinguished Service Order
Sitter in 4 portraits
Philippe Marie Joseph Raymond Auboyneau

Philippe Marie Joseph Raymond Auboyneau

1899-1961
French naval commander and admiral
Sitter in 12 portraits
Sir Roger Roland Charles Backhouse

Sir Roger Roland Charles Backhouse

1878-1939
Admiral of the fleet
Sitter in 6 portraits
George Alexandra Ballard

George Alexandra Ballard

1862-1948
Admiral
Sitter in 1 portrait
Sir Geoffrey Barnard

Sir Geoffrey Barnard

1902-1974
Vice-Admiral and President of the Royal Navy College
Sitter in 3 portraits
Sir Charles Martin de Bartolome

Sir Charles Martin de Bartolome

1871-1941
Admiral
Sitter in 5 portraits
Charles Pipon Beaty-Pownall

Charles Pipon Beaty-Pownall

1872-1938
Admiral
Sitter in 3 portraits
Charles William de la Poer Beresford, Baron Beresford

Charles William de la Poer Beresford, Baron Beresford

1846-1919
Admiral and Conservative politician; MP for County Waterford, Marylebone East and Portsmouth
Sitter in 56 portraits
Sir Geoffrey Blake

Sir Geoffrey Blake

1882-1968
Vice-Admiral
Sitter in 6 portraits
Francis Clifton Brown

Francis Clifton Brown

1874-1963
Vice-Admiral
Sitter in 3 portraits
Sir Harold Arthur Brown

Sir Harold Arthur Brown

1878-1968
Vice admiral
Sitter in 12 portraits
Sir Cecil Burney, 1st Bt

Sir Cecil Burney, 1st Bt

1858-1929
Admiral of the Fleet
Sitter in 9 portraits
Sir George Astley Callaghan

Sir George Astley Callaghan

1852-1920
Admiral of the Fleet
Sitter in 7 portraits