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Admirals of the British Navy

II ADMIRAL SIR CECIL BURNEY, G.C.M.G., K.C.B

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t; he served as a Lieutenant of the "Carysfoot" during the Egyptian war, and also in the Naval and military operations nea

engaged in some work on the outside of a turret slipped overboard, striking his head as he fell. Lieutenant Burney and Mr. Berridge, gunner, at once plunged to the resc

the Admiralty Submarine Committee, 1910-11; Rear-Admiral Commanding Fifth Cruiser Squadron, February, 1911; Acting Vice-Admir

national Squadron ordered to blockade the coast of Montenegro, and in May of the same year he wa

ay in 1913, and the K.C.M.G. in October of the same year, in wh

Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour for his war services in the same year. In 1916 he was also appointed Second Sea Lord of the Admiralty. He also holds the O

nd in October was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the East Coast of Scotla

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“IF the English are singularly incurious about their Navy, that attitude must not be thought to imply neglect. On the contrary, it is a blend of admiration, respect, and, above all, confidence, induced very largely by the Navy itself. For so long has the Navy minded its own silent business that we—otherwise so inquisitive a people—have come to look upon it as beyond examination and (normally too eager to cut open the drum and explore its resources) trustfully to leave it to its own devices, conscious that those devices are wholly in our own interests.”
1 INTRODUCTION2 I ADMIRAL SIR JOHN R. JELLICOE, G.C.B., O.M., G.C.V.O3 II ADMIRAL SIR CECIL BURNEY, G.C.M.G., K.C.B4 III ADMIRAL SIR CHARLES EDWARD MADDEN, K.C.B., K.C.M.G., C.V.O5 IV REAR-ADMIRAL RICHARD FORTESCUE PHILLIMORE, C.B., M.V.O6 V VICE-ADMIRAL SIR REGINALD H. S. BACON, K.C.B., K.C.V.O., D.S.O7 VI VICE-ADMIRAL SIR JOHN MICHAEL de ROBECK, K.C.B8 VII VICE-ADMIRAL TREVYLYAN DACRES WILLES NAPIER, C.B., M.V.O9 VIII REAR-ADMIRAL SIR OSMOND DE BEAUVOIR BROCK, K.C.V.O., C.B., C.M.G10 IX REAR-ADMIRAL LIONEL HALSEY, C.B., C.M.G11 X VICE-ADMIRAL SIR WILLIAM C. PAKENHAM, K.C.B., K.C.V.O12 XI COMMODORE GODFREY M. PAINE, C.B., M.V.O13 XII COMMODORE SIR REGINALD YORKE TYRWHITT, K.C.B., D.S.O