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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.
1896-2009
Aircraft mechanic and car designer; World War I veteran and centenarian
Sitter in 1 portrait
Aircraft mechanic and car designer; World War I veteran and centenarian
Sitter in 1 portrait
1883-1939
Brigadier-General and civil servant in Sudan; recipient of the Distinguished Service Order
Sitter in 4 portraits
Brigadier-General and civil servant in Sudan; recipient of the Distinguished Service Order
Sitter in 4 portraits
Philippe Marie Joseph Raymond Auboyneau
1899-1961French naval commander and admiral
Sitter in 12 portraits
Charles William de la Poer Beresford, Baron Beresford
1846-1919Admiral and Conservative politician; MP for County Waterford, Marylebone East and Portsmouth
Sitter in 56 portraits
Alfred Francis Blakeney Carpenter
1881-1955Vice-Admiral; recipient of the Victoria Cross
Sitter in 12 portraits
1868-1919
Politician and Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Sitter in 2 portraits
Politician and Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve
Sitter in 2 portraits
1884-1956
Surgeon, Vice-Admiral and Chief of Medical Services in the Royal Navy
Sitter in 13 portraits
Surgeon, Vice-Admiral and Chief of Medical Services in the Royal Navy
Sitter in 13 portraits
1871-1952
Surgeon Vice-Admiral and writer of various papers connected with the Royal Naval Medical Service
Sitter in 4 portraits
Surgeon Vice-Admiral and writer of various papers connected with the Royal Naval Medical Service
Sitter in 4 portraits