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1 AWARDS to CANADIANS in the ROYAL NAVY before WORLD WAR ONE
(Biographies and Citations Follow)
VICTORIA CROSS (VC)
LG NAME RANK SERVICE DECORATIONS
02/01/1859+ HALL, William Able Seaman RN VC
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KNIGHT GRAND CROSS ORDER OF THE BATH (Military) (GCB)
LG NAME RANK SERVICE DECORATIONS_____
24/05/1873+ WALLIS, Provo William Parry Vice Admiral RN GCB (KCB)
19/06/1911+ DRURY, Charles Carter Admiral RN GCB GCVO KCSI (KCB)
============================================================================================ KNIGHT GRAND CROSS ROYAL VICTORIAN ORDER (GCVO)
KNIGHT GRAND CROSS - - ROYAL VICTORIAN ORDER
LG NAME RANK SERVICE DECORATIONS___________ __
23/04/1907+ DRURY, Charles Carter Admiral RN GCVO KCB KCSI (GCB)
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KNIGHT COMMANDER ORDER OF THE BATH (Military) (KCB)
LG NAME RANK SERVICE DECORATIONS_____ ___
18/05/1860+ WALLIS, Provo William Parry Vice Admiral RN KCB (GCB)
14/03/1867+ BELCHER, Edward Vice Admiral RN KCB (Kt)
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KNIGHT COMMANDER ORDER OF THE BATH (Civil) (KCB)
LG NAME RANK SERVICE DECORATIONS_________________
30/06/1905+ DRURY, Charles Carter Vice Admiral RN KCB KCSI (GCB GCVO)
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KNIGHT COMMANDER MOST EXALTED ORDER OF THE STAR OF INDIA (KCSI)
LG NAME RANK SERVICE DECORATIONS___________________
01/01/1903+ DRURY, Charles Carter Rear Admiral RN KCSI (GCB GCVO)
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KNIGHT BACHELOR (Kt)
LG NAME RANK SERVICE DECORATIONS_______________
10/04/1824+ WESTPHAL, George Augustus Captain RN Kt
01/01/1843+ BELCHER, Edward Rear Admiral RN Kt CB (KCB)
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COMPANION MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH (Military) (CB)
LG NAME RANK SERVICE DECORATIONS________
14/12/1841+ BELCHER, Edmund Captain RN CB (KCB Kt)
06/04/1852+ WATTS, George Edward Rear Admiral RN CB
19/04/1901+ VAN KOUGHNET, Edmund Barker Captain RN CB
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COMPANION MOST HONOURABLE ORDER OF THE BATH (Civil) (CB)
LG NAME RANK SERVICE DECORATIONS______
01/01/1914+ de CHAIR, Dudley Rawson Rear Admiral RN CB MVO (KCB KCMG)
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MEMBER ROYAL VICTORIAN ORDER (4th Class) (MVO)
LG NAME RANK SERVICE DECORATIONS__________
12/09/1905+ ASHE, Edward Percy Captain RN MVO
16/06/1908+ de CHAIR, Dudley Rawson Captain RN MVO (KCB KCMG CB)
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BIOGRAPHIES of CANADIANS Awarded PREWW1 Honours in the ROYAL NAVY
ASHE, Edward Percy, Rear-Admiral - Member - Royal Victorian Order 4th Class (MVO) - RN -
Awarded as per London Gazette of 12 September 1905 (no Canada Gazette).
Born in Quebec.
He joined the navy as a Naval Cadet RN 01/08/1866. He won a prize while at the Royal Naval College in 1882.
He was promoted to Sub-Lieutenant RN on 17/12/1872. Lieutenant RN on 30/01/1877.
Qualified as a Gunnery Officer.
Served in the Egyptian War.
H.M.S. Thalia as First Lieutenant.
H.M.S. Philomel as First Lieutenant in 1883. He was promoted to Commander RN in 30/06/1891. He was promoted to Captain RN in 30/06/1899.
Served in the South African War. He was promoted to Commodore RN? And Rear-Admiral RN? He retired on 08/04/1907 under the Order-in-Council dated 08/12/1903. (Details from John MacFarlane)
Naval Cadet RN - - - - - 01 August 1866
Sub-Lieutenant RN - - 17 December 1972
Lieutenant RN - - - - - -30 January 1877
Commander RN - - - -- 30 June 1891
Captain RN - - - - - -- - 30 June 1892
Rear Admiral RN - - - - - - - - - - 1905
Retired --- - - - - - -- - - 08 April 1907
MEDALS of Rear-Admiral Edward Percy ASHE, MVO:
MVO (4th) - Egyptian Medal 1882 - Khedive's Bronze Star - South African War Medal 1903.
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BELCHER, Edward, Captain - Commander Order
of the Bath (Military) (CB) - Royal Navy
-
- Awarded in 1841.
Born in Nova Scotia.
Entered the Royal Navy at age 13 (1812).
Promoted Lieutenant in 1817.
Promoted to Commander 1829.
He was made a full Admiral in 1872.
BELCHER, Edward, Rear-Admiral, CB - Knight Bachelor
(Kt) - Royal Navy
-
- Awarded as per London Gazette of
1 January 1943 (no Canada Gazette).
BELCHER, Edward, Vice-Admiral, Sir, Kt, CB - Knight Commander
Order of the Bath (Military) (KCB) - Royal Navy - Awarded
in as per London Gazette of 14 March 1867 (no Canada Gazette).
MEDALS of Admiral Sir Edward BELCHER, KCB, Kt:
KCB Kt CB Arctic Medal (search
for Franklin 1852)
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de CHAIR, Dudley Lawson Stratford, Captain - Member
- Royal Victorian Order 4th Class (MVO)
-
- Royal Navy / HMS
Cochrane - Awarded as per London Gazette of 16 June 1908
(no Canada Gazette).
Born: Lennoxville, Quebec.
Commanding Officer of HMS Cochrane when awarded MVO. He
was President of the Interallied Naval
-
Commission for the disposal
of enemy vessels in 1922.
-
In 1923, he was made Governor of New
South Wales a post he held until 1930.
-
He was awarded the KCMG
in 1933 for this term as Governor of New South Wales.
Captain Royal Navy - - - - - - 1902
RearAdmiral Royal Navy- - - 1912
ViceAdmiral Royal Navy -- - 1917
Admiral Royal Navy - - - - - - 1920
de CHAIR, Dudley Lawson Stratford, Rear-Admiral, MVO -
Commander - Order of the Bath (Civil) (CB)
-
- Royal Navy
- Awarded as per London Gazette of 1 January 1914 (no Canada
Gazette).
de CHAIR, Dudley Lawson Stratford, Rear-Admiral, CB, MVO
- Knight Commander - Order of the Bath (KCB) - Royal Navy
- Awarded as per London Gazette of 1 January 1916 (no Canada
Gazette).
MEDALS of Admiral Sir Dudley Lawson de CHAIR, KCMG, KCB, MVO,
RN:
KCB KCMG CB (civil) MVO (4th)
Egypt Medal with clasp ALEXANDRIA 1914/15 Star
British War Medal Victory Medal with MID
Queen Victoria - Diamond Jubilee Medal King George V Coronation
Medal Chevalier Legion d'Honour France Distinguished
Service Medal (USA) Khedives Star 1882.
His medals were stolen from St. Osyth's Priority,
England in April 1986
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DRURY, Charles Carter, Admiral - Knight Commander
- Most Exalted Order of the Star of India (KCSI)
-
- Royal Navy
- Awarded as per London Gazette of 1 January 1903 (no Canada
Gazette).
Born: Rothesay, New Brunswick.
CommanderinChief of His Majesty's Naval Forces in
the East Indies".
CommanderinChief Mediterranean Fleet
Second Sea Lord of the Admiralty 1903 1908.
Joined Royal Navy Royal Navy -1859
Sub-Lieutenant Royal Navy - - - 1865
Lieutenant Royal Navy - - - - - - 1868
Commander Royal Navy - - - - -1875
Captain Royal Navy- - - - - - - - 1885
RearAdmiral Royal Navy - - - - 1899 - (Second Sea Lord)
Admiral Royal Navy- - - - - - - - 1908
DRURY, Charles Carter, Rear-Admiral, Sir, KCSI - Knight
Commander - Order of the Bath (Civil) (KCB) - Royal Navy -
Awarded as per London Gazette of 30 June 1905 (no Canada
Gazette).
"Awarded for outstanding services as Second Sea Lord
of the Admiralty."
DRURY, Charles Carter, Rear-Admiral, Sir, KCB, KCSI -
Knight Grand Cross - Royal Victoria Order (GCVO) - Royal
Navy - Awarded as per London Gazette of 23 April 1907 (no
Canada Gazette).
"Awarded for outstanding services as Second Sea Lord
of the Admiralty."
DRURY, Charles Carter, Admiral, Sir, GCVO, KCB, KCSI -
Knight Grand Cross - Order of the Bath (GCB) - Royal Navy
- Awarded as per London Gazette of 19 June 1911 (no Canada
Gazette).
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HALL, William, Able Seaman - VICTORIA CROSS (VC)
- Royal Navy / HMS Shannon
-
- Awarded as per London Gazette
of 2 January 1859 (no Canada Gazette).
-
Born: Horton's, NS.
Captain of the Foretop of HMS Shannon and served in the Naval
Brigade.
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He was the first black to be awarded the Victoria Cross.
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Hall stayed with the Royal Navy, serving on four other ships,
and finally returned to Nova Scotia with
the rank of Petty Officer
in July of 1976.
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He was the son of a rescued slave and died in
Hantsport, Nova Scotia, in 1904.
-
He was buried in an unmarked
grave, but in 1947 the Hantsport Branch of the Canadian Legion
erected
a cairn to his memory.
"Lieutenant (now Commander) Young, late gunnery officer
of Her Majesty's Ship "Shannon," and AbleSeaman
William Hall, "Captain of the Foretop" of that Vessel,
were recommended by the late Captain Peel for the Victoria Cross,
for their gallant conduct at a 24Pounder gun brought up
to the angle of the Shah Nujjiff, at Lucknow, on the 16th November,
1857." His action is deemed largely responsible for the
relief of Lucknow."
MEDALS of Petty Officer William HALL, VC, RN:
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-
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VC (Blue Ribbon) India Mutiny Crimea
Turkish Crimea.
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VAN KOUGHNET, Edmund Barker, Captain - Companion - Order
of the Bath (Military) (CB) - Royal Navy - Awarded as per
London Gazette of 19 April 1901 (no Canada Gazette).
Born at Lennoxville, Quebec.
Midshipman - RN 1864
S/Lieutenant - RN 1869
Lieutenant -- - RN 1873
Commander - RN 1885
Captain - - - - RN 1894
Awarded for services in South Africa.
MEDALS of Captain Edmund Barker VAN KOUGHNET, CB, RN:
CB (Military) Red River (Fenian Raid Bar 186665)
Egyptian Medal 188485 Queen's South African
Medal Khedive's Bronze Star
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WALLIS, Provo William Parry, Rear-Admiral - Knight
Commander - Order of the Bath (Military) (KCB)
-
- Royal Navy
- Awarded as per London Gazette of 18 May 1860 (no Canada
Gazette).
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Born at Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1791.
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To acquire seniority
in the Royal Navy, his father had his name placed on the books
of several different
ships sailing from Halifax starting when
he was four years old (1795).
-
He actually entered the RN in 1804
on board the "Cleopatra".
-
He was promoted to Lieutenant
in 1809 and served on the HMS "Shannon" when she engaged
the
American Naval Vessel "Chesapeake" on 1 June 1813.
The Captain was seriously wounded and the
1st Lieutenant killed.
Thus he took command of the Shannon and brought the "Chesapeake"
back to
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For this action, he was promoted Commander on
9 July 1813.
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Ccommanded "HMS Niemen" on the Halifax
station 1824 1826.
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Commanded "HMS Madagascar" in the West
Indies 1838 1839.
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Commanding "HMS Warspite" in the Mediterranean
1843 1846.
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He was promoted RearAdmiral in 1857 and
appointed CommanderinChief on the southeast
coast of South America.
-
He was promoted to ViceAdmiral
in September 1870 and should have retired after 53 years of actual
service.
-
However, to prevent two Admirals from dying as paupers,
a special clause in the retirement scheme of 1870
provided that
those officers who had commanded a ship during the French war
should be retained on the active
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