Admiral of the fleet

The portrait of the King was taken by photographer Hugo Burnand in Windsor Castle's Grand Corridor in November last year and features him wearing his Field Marshal No1 Full Ceremonial Frock Coat.

Admiral John Jellicoe, Commander of the British Battlecruiser Fleet 1914-1916. Shown here in dress uniform c1920. Source of original black & white photograph not determined. No known copyright restrictions evident.

Admiral of the Fleet SIR William Henry May, G.C.B., G.C.V.O., Royal Navy (31 July, 1849 – 7 October, 1930)

Admiral Andrew Cunningham. 1982. He was C-in-C of the Mediterranean Fleet in WWII.

Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (1880-1952) — Admiral of the Fleet Lord Tovey, GCB, 1947 (650x944)

The Earl Beatty while a Vice Admiral Admiral of the Fleet David Richard Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty GCB, OM, GCVO, DSO, PC (17 January 1871 – 11 March 1936) was a Royal Navy officer. After serving in the Mahdist War and then the response to the Boxer Rebellion, he commanded the 1st Battlecruiser Squadron at the Battle of Jutland in 1916, a tactically indecisive engagement after which his aggressive approach was contrasted with the caution of his commander Admiral Sir John Jellicoe.

On the morning of 16 December 1941, nine days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Rear Admiral Chester W. Nimitz was working at his desk in the U.S. Navy’s Bureau of Navigation when he was

Sir William Orpen was a Irish painter🎨. He attended the Metropolitan School of Art, Dublin (1891-7), and the Slade School of Art, London (1897-9). He became a friend of Augustus John and joined the New English Art Club. The influence of Velázquez🎨, in particular, is apparent in such early genre subjects as The Mirror (1900; London, Tate).

Russia's deputy foreign minister Sergey Ryabkov has vowed to bomb a British warship the next time it sails too close to Crimea after warning shots were fired at HMS Defender on Wednesday.

Admiral of the Fleet the Earl of Mountbatten (1900–1979) Sir Oswald Hornby Joseph Birley (1880-1952)

Admiral Nimitz ~ Hero of the Pacific

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JOHN FISHER,1ST BARON FISHER (1841-1920).British naval officer,who served as Admiral of the Fleet,and First Sea Lord,at times during WWI.He was pivotal in the reformation and innovations of the Royal Navy,such as introducing steel hulled verssels. LIVED IN: TWICKENHAM

The rank of Admiral (or full admiral, or four-star admiral) is the highest rank normally achievable in the U.S. Navy. It ranks above vice admiral (three-star admiral) and below fleet admiral (five-star admiral). There have been 270 four-star admirals in the history of the U.S. Navy. Of these, 229 achieved that rank while on active duty, 40 were promoted upon retirement in recognition of combat citations, and one was promoted posthumously. Vice admiral is a senior naval flag officer rank…

King George VI’s Full Dress Uniform of Admiral of the Fleet (1937)

Fleet Adm. Ernest J. King

"If you want to go anywhere in modern war, in the air, on the sea, on the land, you must have command of the air." - William Halsey #USNavy #NavyAdmiral #USFleetAdmiral #Veteran #WordsOfVeterans