The Royal Naval Reserve (RNR) is one of the two volunteer reserve forces of the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom. Together with the Royal Marines Reserve,they form the Maritime Reserve. The present RNR was formed by merging the original Royal Naval Reserve,created in 1859,and the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR),created in 1903. The Royal Naval Reserve has seen action in World War I,World War II,the Iraq War,and War in Afghanistan.
Vice-Admiral Sir John Lockhart-Ross,6th Baronet,known as John Lockhart from 1721 to 1760,was an officer of the Royal Navy who saw service during the War of the Austrian Succession,Seven Years' War,and the American War of Independence,and served for a time as a Member of Parliament.
Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Rooke was an English naval officer. As a junior officer he saw action at the Battle of Solebay and again at the Battle of Schooneveld during the Third Anglo-Dutch War. As a captain,he conveyed Prince William of Orange to England and took part in the Battle of Bantry Bay during the Williamite War in Ireland.
Sir Joshua Abraham Hassan,nicknamed "Salvador" (Saviour),was a Gibraltarian politician,and first mayor and Chief Minister of Gibraltar,serving four terms as chief minister for a total of over 20 years. He is seen as the key figure in the civil rights movement in Gibraltar,and played a key role in the creation of the territory's institutions of self-government.
Adolfo John Canepa,CMG,OBE,GMH is a Gibraltarian politician. He has dedicated most of his life to politics and the development of Gibraltar,having served both as Leader of the Opposition and as Chief Minister of Gibraltar from 8 December 1987 to 25 March 1988. During this period he was also the leader of the Association for the Advancement of Civil Rights (AACR). He is a former Speaker of the Gibraltar Parliament.
Admiral Sir James Whitley Deans Dundas GCB was a Royal Navy officer. He took part in the Napoleonic Wars,first as a junior officer when he took part in the Anglo-Russian invasion of Holland in Autumn 1799 and later as a commander when he was in action at Copenhagen Dockyard shortly after the capture of that City in August 1807. He also served as Whig Member of Parliament for Greenwich and then for Devizes and became First Naval Lord in the First Russell ministry in July 1847 and in that role his service was dominated by the needs of Whig party. He was appointed Commander-in-Chief in the Mediterranean in 1852 and led all naval operations in the Black Sea including the bombardment of Sevastopol in October 1854 during the Crimean War.
The Royal Gibraltar Police (RGP) is,along with Her Majesty's Customs (Gibraltar),the principal civilian law enforcement agency in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. It is the oldest police force in the Commonwealth of Nations outside the United Kingdom.
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Morice Pole,1st Baronet GCB was a Royal Navy officer,colonial governor and banker. As a junior officer he saw action at the siege of Pondicherry in India during the American Revolutionary War. After taking command of the fifth-rate HMS Success he captured and then destroyed the Spanish frigate Santa Catalina in the Strait of Gibraltar in the action of 16 March 1782 later in that War.
John Elliot was a Scottish officer of the Royal Navy who served during the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence. He rose to the rank of admiral,and served briefly as colonial governor of Newfoundland.
Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory located at the southern tip of the Iberian Peninsula. It has an area of 6.7 km2 (2.6 sq mi) and is bordered to the north by Spain. The landscape is dominated by the Rock of Gibraltar,at the foot of which is a densely populated town area,home to over 32,000 people,primarily Gibraltarians.
Vice Admiral George Darby was a Royal Navy officer. He commanded HMS Norwich at the capture of Martinique in 1762 during the Seven Years' War. He went on to command the Channel Fleet during the American Revolutionary War and later in that war served as First Naval Lord when he commanded the force that relieved Gibraltar from its siege by the Spanish in April 1781.
Vice Admiral Sir Adrian James Johns,is a former senior officer in the Royal Navy,serving as Second Sea Lord between 2005 and 2008. He was the Governor of Gibraltar between 2009 and 2013.
Rear Admiral Hon. George Heneage Lawrence Dundas CB was a senior officer in the Royal Navy. As a junior officer he came to prominence due to his brave conduct during a fire on the first-rate HMS Queen Charlotte. As a result of this he was appointed to the command of the sixth-rate HMS Calpe in which he took part in the Battle of Algeciras Bay in July 1801 during the French Revolutionary Wars. After serving for four years as Whig Member of Parliament for Richmond,he was given command of the fifth-rate HMS Euryalus and took part in the unsuccessful Walcheren Campaign in July 1809 during the Napoleonic Wars. He transferred to the third-rate HMS Edinburgh and landed troops at Viareggio in Italy in November 1812 later in that War. He went on to be Member of Parliament for Orkney and Shetland and became First Naval Lord in the First Melbourne ministry in August 1834 but died in office just two months later in October 1834.
Admiral Sir Hugo Moresby White,was a senior officer of the Royal Navy and subsequently Governor of Gibraltar.
The Gibraltar Medallion of Honour (GMH) is a civil award scheme established by the Government of the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. Its creation was announced in July 2008 by Chief Minister of Gibraltar,Peter Caruana. It ranks below the Freedom of the City of Gibraltar.
Solomon "Momy" Levy MBE JP,was a Gibraltarian estate agent and the Mayor of Gibraltar. He held office from 1 August 2008 to 31 July 2009.
HMS Calpe was a British Royal Navy Type II Hunt-class destroyer escort. Built as a result of the outbreak of World War II,Calpe escorted convoys during the war and participated in the Dieppe Raid. Calpe is an old name for Gibraltar. Collaborating with USS Wainwright on 13 December 1943,she assisted in the sinking of German U-boat U-593. Calpe was loaned and then sold to the Danish Navy,remaining active until she was scrapped in Sweden in 1966.
The Royal Calpe Hunt of the British Crown Colony of Gibraltar originated in 1812 as the Civil Hunt. The fox hunt was initially a civilian endeavour that began when a pair of English foxhounds were imported to Gibraltar. The hunts took place across the border,in the Campo de Gibraltar area of Spain. However,in 1814,the membership of the Hunt underwent a substantial change. Many officers of the Gibraltar garrison joined the Hunt,which shifted from a civilian to a military enterprise. That year,the name was changed to the Civil Calpe Hunt. It retained that title until 1817,after which it was known as the Calpe Hunt. The first Master of the Hunt was Charles Elphinstone Fleeming. However,the Master most associated with the Hunt was Pablo Larios,Marquis of Marzales,who held that title for forty-five years. His election to that position in 1891 was not only historic,but strategic. His appointment represented only the second time that the position had not been filled by a member of the military. In addition,his Spanish heritage and influence in the Campo de Gibraltar,where he owned extensive estates,garnered him the loyalty of the local Spanish farmers,and therefore eased the ever-present tensions between the military and the farmers over the crop damage that was inherent to the Hunt. In 1906,King Edward VII of the United Kingdom and King Alfonso XIII of Spain became joint Patrons of the Hunt,after which it was known as the Royal Calpe Hunt. The tradition of the Hunt continued for more than a century,until 1939,and the onset of the Second World War
Rear Admiral John Robert Hamilton Clink,is a former Royal Navy officer who retired from the Royal Navy in 2018.
Vice Admiral Sir Hugh Martell,was a Royal Navy officer who served as Admiral Commanding,Reserves. He is best known for his part as commander of Task Force 308 in Operation Mosaic,the series of British nuclear tests in the Monte Bello Islands in Western Australia in 1956.
