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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.

Sir (William) Graham Greene

Sir (William) Graham Greene

1857-1950
Civil servant
Sitter in 6 portraits
George Grossmith Jr

George Grossmith Jr

1874-1935
Actor, manager and playwright
Sitter associated with 22 portraits
Sir Douglas Bernard Hall, 1st Bt

Sir Douglas Bernard Hall, 1st Bt

1866-1923
Captain in the Royal Engineers, yachtsman and Conservative politician; MP for Isle of Wight
Sitter in 5 portraits
Sir (William) Reginald Hall

Sir (William) Reginald Hall

1870-1943
Admiral
Sitter in 4 portraits
Percival Henry Hall-Thompson

Percival Henry Hall-Thompson

1874-1950
Admiral
Sitter in 2 portraits
Sir Lionel Halsey

Sir Lionel Halsey

1872-1949
Admiral
Sitter in 10 portraits
(Frederick) Leverton Harris

(Frederick) Leverton Harris

1864-1926
Politician and art collector
Sitter in 4 portraits
Sir Herbert Leopold Heath

Sir Herbert Leopold Heath

1861-1954
Admiral
Sitter in 4 portraits
Sir Horace Hood

Sir Horace Hood

1870-1916
Rear-Admiral
Sitter in 1 portrait
Sir George Price Webley Hope

Sir George Price Webley Hope

1869-1959
Deputy First Sea Lord
Sitter in 9 portraits
Sir Charles Hope Dundas of Dundas

Sir Charles Hope Dundas of Dundas

1859-1924
Admiral
Sitter in 4 portraits
Ronald Arthur Hopwood

Ronald Arthur Hopwood

1868-1949
Rear Admiral; Poet
Sitter in 3 portraits
Sir Henry Humphreys

Sir Henry Humphreys

1863-1924
Engineer Rear-Admiral
Sitter in 2 portraits
Cuthbert E. Hunter

Cuthbert E. Hunter

1866-1952
Admiral
Sitter in 3 portraits
Sir Henry Bradwardine Jackson

Sir Henry Bradwardine Jackson

1855-1929
Admiral and developer of wireless telegraphy
Sitter in 4 portraits
Sir Thomas Jackson

Sir Thomas Jackson

1868-1945
Admiral
Sitter in 3 portraits
John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe

John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe

1859-1935
Admiral
Sitter in 19 portraits
Charles Duncan Johnson

Charles Duncan Johnson

1869-1930
Admiral
Sitter in 3 portraits
William Vey Juniper

William Vey Juniper

1861-1924
Engineer Rear-Admiral
Sitter in 3 portraits
Frederick Septimus Kelly

Frederick Septimus Kelly

1881-1916
Composer and rower; Olympian
Sitter in 1 portrait