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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 (Henry) Percy Douglas

Sir (Henry) Percy Douglas

1876-1939
Vice-Admiral, hydrographer, athlete and rifle-shooter
Sitter in 8 portraits
Sidney Robert Drury-Lowe

Sidney Robert Drury-Lowe

1871-1945
Vice-Admiral
Sitter in 4 portraits
Sir Sheldon Francis Dudley

Sir Sheldon Francis Dudley

1884-1956
Surgeon, Vice-Admiral and Chief of Medical Services in the Royal Navy
Sitter in 13 portraits
Sir Alexander Ludovic Duff

Sir Alexander Ludovic Duff

1862-1933
Admiral
Sitter in 5 portraits
Philip Wylie Dumas

Philip Wylie Dumas

1868-1948
Admiral
Sitter in 4 portraits
Cyril Walter Dumpleton

Cyril Walter Dumpleton

1897-1966
Politician and Mayor of St Albans
Sitter in 1 portrait
John Bridges Eustace

John Bridges Eustace

1861-1947
Admiral
Sitter in 3 portraits
Sir Allan Frederic Everett

Sir Allan Frederic Everett

1868-1938
Admiral
Sitter in 5 portraits
Richard Bowles Farquhar

Richard Bowles Farquhar

1859-1948
Admiral
Sitter in 2 portraits
Sir Paul Fildes

Sir Paul Fildes

1882-1971
Microbiologist; son of Sir Luke Fildes
Sitter in 3 portraits
John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher

John Arbuthnot Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher

1841-1920
Admiral
Sitter in 17 portraits
Sir Herbert Fitzherbert

Sir Herbert Fitzherbert

1885-1958
Admiral of the Royal Navy
Sitter in 9 portraits
Sir Arthur Gaskell

Sir Arthur Gaskell

1871-1952
Surgeon Vice-Admiral and writer of various papers connected with the Royal Naval Medical Service
Sitter in 4 portraits
Sir Ernest Frederick Augustus Gaunt

Sir Ernest Frederick Augustus Gaunt

1865-1940
Admiral
Sitter in 8 portraits
King George VI

King George VI

1895-1952
Reigned 1936-52
Sitter associated with 562 portraits
Alfred Ernest Albert Grant

Alfred Ernest Albert Grant

1861-1933
Admiral
Sitter in 3 portraits
Henry William Grant

Henry William Grant

1870-1949
Naval commander and telecommunications company director
Sitter in 1 portrait