Promoted to the rank of captain in January 1897, he became a member of the Admiralty's Ordnance Committee.

Promoted to captain in 1908 he served in Ireland, and in 1911 became Adjutant of the Oxford OTC.

Promoted to the permanent rank of major in 1927 ( having been a substantive captain since 1916 ), he held a GSO2 staff appointment at Headquarters Eastern Command until February 1929 when he was promoted lieutenant-colonel and appointed to command 1st Battalion, Manchester Regiment.

Promoted to group captain, he assumed command of the bomber station at Binbrook in February 1943, where, despite his senior position, he continued to participate in operations.

Promoted to group captain on 1 July 1931, he was appointed commander of British forces in Aden in February 1934, in which role he tried to control the local tribesmen by use of an air blockade.

Promoted captain on 12 July 1911, he was seconded to study at the Staff College, Camberley from 1 February 1913, and was still there on the outbreak of the First World War.

Promoted to captain he commanded a company of the French military detachment there until 3 January 1946 under circumstance that had until 1945 become increasingly difficult with the gradual establishment of Japanese administration and troops in China.

Promoted to captain on 31 December 1952, he was posted to Buenos Aires as naval attaché to Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay in September 1953 before commanding the destroyer during the Suez Crisis in 1956.

Promoted to captain in 1814, Crane was assigned command of the Mediterranean Squadron in 1827 and acted as one of the commissioners in the negotiations with the Ottoman Empire.

Promoted to captain on 31 January 1943, he was given the temporary rank of lieutenant colonel and appointed Commanding Officer of the 1st Battalion 1st Royal Tank Regiment on 14 April 1943, leading them in North Africa for which he was awarded the DSO on 4 May 1943 and in Italy for which he was awarded a bar to his DSO on 24 February 1944.

Promoted to captain on 18 December 1950, he was stationed in the Middle East from 1953 and was then promoted to major on 18 December 1957.

Promoted to captain for gallantry, he then supported the capture of Elizabeth City, Edenton, and New Bern.

Promoted to the rank of captain in late 1930, he returned to Japan to take up administrative and training duties.

Promoted to the permanent rank of captain a few months after the war, he was assigned to a battalion of Marines ordered to China to relieve the hard-pressed garrison at Peking during the Boxer Rebellion.

Promoted to first lieutenant on July 17, 1919, he was advanced to the rank of captain on September 15, 1921.

Promoted to group captain on 1 January 1931, he went to the Air Armament School at RAF Eastchurch as officer commanding in January 1932.

Promoted to lieutenant on 16 February 1918, he was a reserve for the Olympic team as a 120 yard hurdler in 1924 before transferring to the Loyal ( North Lancashire ) Regiment on promotion to captain on 11 August 1928.

Promoted to captain on 10 July 1914, he returned to shore duty later that year to serve with the General Board.

Promoted to lieutenant on 1 March 1891, he was appointed an attaché in the Intelligence Branch of the Quartermaster-General's Department in India on 5 June 1892 and was then promoted to captain on 3 April 1895.

Promoted to captain in September 1918, he was assigned to head the Division of Enlisted Personnel of the Bureau of Navigation.

Promoted to the rank of captain in July 1862, he commanded the steam sloop during the next several months.

Promoted to captain on 1 March 1916, he was made adjutant of the 12th Battalion fifteen days later.

Promoted to captain while commanding Melville — on December 23, 1937 — he served as inspector of materiel for the 3d Naval District from August 6, 1938 to January 22, 1941.

Promoted to captain 3 March 1835, he died at his home in Bordentown, New Jersey, 1 August 1853.

Promoted to full general in 1920, he served as War Minister under Prime Ministers Hara Takashi ( 1918 – 21 ) and the 2nd Yamamoto administrations ( 1923 – 24 ), during which time he backed the Siberian Intervention.

Promoted to rear admiral in 1 December 1913, Okada served in a number of desk jobs thereafter, including that of the Naval Shipbuilding Command.

Promoted to major, Morshead served with his 2nd Battalion in the Battle of Gallipoli, distinguishing himself in the Battle of Lone Pine.

Promoted to younger writers by Anderson himself, Winesburg, Ohio has served as a representative early example of the modern short story cycle in American letters.

Promoted to lieutenant commander in 1930, he served as chief gunnery officer on Takao in 1934, followed by Mutsu in 1935.

Promoted to Vice-Admiral, he again served in the Baltic Fleet in 1830s, and from 1839 he was the military governor of Kronstadt, where he died.

Promoted to Major, he served as a legal adviser at GHQ Cairo, before becoming president of the British Military Court of Tripolitania, based in Tripoli, in 1944.

Promoted to major general in March 1920, he served as Assistant to the Commandant of the Marine Corps and later became Commanding General, Department of the Pacific with headquarters in San Francisco.

Promoted to Lance Naik ( Lance Corporal ), he served in the Chindit expedition led by Brigadier Orde Wingate into northern Burma in March 1943.

Promoted to Vice Admiral in April 1948, Struble served for two years as Deputy Chief of Naval Operations.

Promoted to vice admiral to 1962, and to admiral in 1964, Moorer served both as Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet and Commander-in-Chief of the Atlantic Fleet — the first Navy officer to have commanded both fleets.

Promoted to command of the sloop Bonetta in 1743, Graves served in the West Indies until 1747, commanding Ripon ’ s Prize, and, later, Enterprise.

Promoted to Rear Admiral July 16, 1862, he served throughout the four years of war and then retired again.

Promoted to Captain in 1813, he commanded Congress in 1817 ; served in Washington in 1818 ; and, in 1819, was placed in command of the Norfolk Station where, in 1821, he established a naval school on the schoolship Guerriere.

Promoted to lieutenant on 16 October 1948, he served with the intelligence branch in Italy in 1949 before being posted to the British Army of the Rhine in 1950.

Promoted to the ranks of Lieutenant Commander in 1930 and Commander in 1937, during that decade Sherman served at the Naval Academy, commanded Fighting Squadron 1, had charge of the Aviation Ordnance Section of the Bureau of Ordnance, was Navigator of the aircraft carrier Ranger ( CV-4 ), and had duty on a number of flag staffs.

Promoted to major general, he served in Jamaica, becoming its governor in 1782.

Promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral, Pye served as Chief of Staff to Commander Scouting Force, attended the Naval War College, had further Navy Department service, and was Commander Destroyers in both the Scouting Force and Battle Force.

Promoted to commander in 1866, Walker served as Assistant Superintendent of the Naval Academy from 1866 to 1869.

Promoted to major, he served in the army of occupation in Germany until 1919 when he returned to the USA.

Promoted to Korvettenkapitän in 1857, Tegetthoff served on a semi-official scientific expedition to the Red Sea.

Promoted to the rank of Commander in July 1921, Ghormley served as Aide to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy during 1923 – 25 and as Executive Officer of the battleship Oklahoma for the next two years.