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Bobby Moore, who remains England's youngest men's captain and the only England captain to have lifted the World Cup, reached 90 captaincies in 1973, sharing the record with Wright. Steph Houghton has the record for captaincies of the women's team, and outright fourth-most caps as captain (72) behind Wright and Moore, and Kane. Seven male ...
Sea captain from Guernsey widely credited as having transformed the economy of Costa Rica by establishing the Costa Rican coffee trade. United Kingdom: Yes 1802 1863 Ladd, William. American anti-war activist and New England sea captain who devoted his pen to preaching non-resistance during the War of 1812. United States: Yes 1778 1841 Lawrence ...
Captain Frederic John Walker, CB, DSO & Three Bars (3 June 1896 – 9 July 1944) (his first name is given as Frederick in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography [1] and some London Gazette entries) was a British Royal Navy officer noted for his exploits during the Second World War.
Pages in category "Royal Navy officers of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 671 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
John Gregson, actor, conscripted to serve on minesweepers in the Royal Navy during World War II. Used this experience playing the Captain of HMS Exeter, in the 1956 film The Battle of the River Plate. Alec Guinness, actor, served during World War II, initially as a rating, but later commissioned in 1941. He commanded a landing craft taking part ...
Captain George Edward Hunt, DSO & Bar, DSC & Bar (4 July 1916 – 16 August 2011) was a highly decorated Royal Navy submarine commander during the Second World War. While commanding HMS Ultor, he became the British submarine commander with the greatest number of sinkings of enemy vessels to his name, though David Wanklyn achieved sinkings of greater tonnage. [1]
Naval History.net; Mackie, Gordon (December 2022). "Royal Navy Senior Appointments from 1865" (PDF). Colin Mackie at gulabin.com. Niehorster, Leo Dr. (2013) World War II Armed Forces — Orders of Battle and Organizations - British, Colonial, and Dominion Armed Forces - British, Colonial, and Dominion Navies .
This category is for people from the United Kingdom who served in the military of the UK or other Allies during World War II The main page for this category is Category:Military history of the United Kingdom during World War II .