Vice-Admiral Sir Humphrey Thomas Walwyn,was an officer of the Royal Navy,who served during the Second Boer War and First World War,and was the Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Indian Navy from 1928 until his retirement in 1934. He then served as Governor of Newfoundland from 1936,throughout the Second World War,until 1946.
Admiral Sir James Michael Burnell-Nugent,is a retired Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief Fleet from 2005 to 2007.
Admiral of the Fleet Sir David Benjamin Bathurst,is a former Royal Navy officer. He is the only living person,apart from King Charles III,holding the rank of Admiral of the Fleet in the Royal Navy since the death of Lord Boyce. After training as a pilot and qualifying as a helicopter instructor,Bathurst commanded a Naval Air Squadron and then two frigates before achieving higher command in the navy. He served as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff from 1993 to 1995:in that capacity he advised the British Government on the deployment of Naval Support including Sea Harriers during the Bosnian War.
Admiral Sir John Cunningham Kirkwood Slater,,known as Jock Slater,is a retired Royal Navy officer. He commanded a minesweeper,a frigate and then a destroyer before taking over the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious and then achieving higher command in the Navy. He served as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff from 1995 to 1998:in that capacity he played a key role in the 1998 Strategic Defence Review carried out by the Labour Government that had come to power a year earlier.
Admiral Sir John Jeremy Black,,known as Jeremy Black or J. J. Black,was a senior Royal Navy officer. He commanded the aircraft carrier HMS Invincible during the Falklands War,and later served as Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command from 1989 until his retirement in 1991.
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward Beckwith Ashmore,was a senior Royal Navy officer. He saw active service in the Second World War and later commanded two frigates before achieving high command in the Navy. He served as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff in the mid-1970s and in that role he advised the incoming Labour government on a major defence review and on the implications of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus. He went on to be acting Chief of the Defence Staff,serving briefly in a caretaker capacity following the death of his predecessor.
Rear-Admiral Sir Oswald Nigel Amherst Cecil,KBE,CB was a British naval officer.
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Michael Patrick Pollock,was a senior officer in the Royal Navy who rose to become First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff in the early 1970s. In the Second World War,he was an officer on ships tasked with protecting convoys in the Atlantic and the Mediterranean,and was gunnery officer on the cruiser HMS Norfolk when she fought the German battleship Scharnhorst during the Battle of North Cape. He later commanded the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal,and hosted Ian Smith on HMS Tiger. In retirement,he held the position of King of Arms of the Order of the Bath and Gloucester King of Arms,with responsibility for heraldry in Wales.
Admiral Sir John David Luce,was a Royal Navy officer. He fought in the Second World War as a submarine commander before taking part in the Dieppe Raid and becoming Chief Staff Officer to the Naval Forces for the Normandy landings. He also commanded a cruiser during the Korean War. He served as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff in the mid-1960s and in that role resigned from the Royal Navy along with Navy Minister Christopher Mayhew in March 1966 in protest over the decision by the Labour Secretary of State for Defence,Denis Healey,to cancel the CVA-01 aircraft carrier programme.
Admiral of the Fleet Sir William Doveton Minet Staveley was a Royal Navy officer. Staveley saw service as a minesweeper commander on coastal patrol during the Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation before commanding a frigate and then an aircraft carrier and ultimately achieving higher command in the Navy. He served as First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff in the late 1980s. In that role he fought hard for a fleet large enough to meet NATO commitments.
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Edward Lambe,was a senior Royal Navy officer. He fought in the Second World War in command of a cruiser,as Director of Naval Plans and then in command of an aircraft carrier. He served as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff from 1959 until 1960 when he was forced to retire early because of a heart condition. He died only a few months later.
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.
Vice Admiral Sir Alan Michael Massey,KCB,CBE is a former senior officer in the Royal Navy who served as the Second Sea Lord.
Admiral Sir Eric James Patrick Brind,was a senior officer in the Royal Navy who served as the first Commander-in-Chief Allied Forces Northern Europe from 1951 to 1953.
Vice Admiral Sir Hugh Richard Benest Janvrin was a Royal Navy officer who served as Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (1966–68) and Flag Officer Naval Air Command (1968–70).
Admiral Sir Ian Andrew Forbes,is a former Royal Navy officer who served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic.
Lieutenant General Sir John Gordon Lorimer,is a retired senior British Army officer,who served as the Chief of Joint Operations and the Defence Senior Adviser to the Middle East and North Africa. He was appointed Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man on 29 September 2021.
Admiral Sir Philip Andrew Jones,is a retired senior Royal Navy officer. After service in the South Atlantic in 1982 during the Falklands War,he commanded the frigates HMS Beaver and HMS Coventry. He went on to be Flag Officer,Scotland,Northern England and Northern Ireland,Commander United Kingdom Maritime Forces and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff before being appointed Fleet Commander and Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff. Jones served as First Sea Lord from April 2016 to June 2019.
Vice Admiral Sir Ian Fergus Corder,is a retired senior Royal Navy officer who served as UK Military Representative to NATO,and was the Lieutenant Governor of Guernsey from 2016 to 2021.
Admiral Sir Keith Edward Blount,is a senior Royal Navy officer and pilot,who since July 2023 serves as NATO's Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe. He was Assistant Chief of Naval Staff and head of the Fleet Air Arm from 2015 to 2019. He served as Commander Allied Maritime Command,NATO,from 2019 to 2023.
