- List of Cornish soldiers, commanders and sailors
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This is a list of Cornish people who were notable soldiers or seamen.
Contents
Army and Air Force officers and other ranks
- Robert Davies, Lieutenant of the Royal Engineers awarded the G.C. for bomb-disposal in 1940 saving St. Paul's Cathedral.
- John Enys, British soldier during the American Revolution.
- James Fynn VC, British soldier
- Captain Albert Jacka VC, MC and Bar, the first Australian to win the VC at Gallipoli (his family migrated to Victoria from St Buryan)
- Rick Rescorla, U.S. war hero and 9/11 victim (1939–2001)
- Sergeant Steven Roberts, the first solder to die in the invasion of Iraq
- Captain George Symons VC, DCM, artillery officer
- Sir John Trelawny, 1st Baronet, soldier in the English Civil War
- Arthur Tremayne, soldier in the Crimean War
- Captain Robert Walling, Royal Garrison Artillery
- Airmen
- Wing Commander Guy Gibson of The Dambusters.
- Charles Reep, airman and inventor of the long ball in soccer
- Geoffrey Wellum, DFC, fighter pilot and author
Commanders
- Sir John Arundell, Cornish Royalist commander
- Sir Walter Gilbert, 1st Baronet, general
- Bevil Grenville, Cornish Royalist commander
- Sir Richard Grenville, 1st Baronet (or Granville) (1600–1658), Cornish Royalist leader during the English Civil War
- Philip Melvill, Governor of Pendennis Castle, Falmouth
- William Scawen, Royalist commander in the English Civil War
- Richard Trant (d. 2007), general in the British army
- John Trevanion, Cornish Royalist commander
- John Johns Trigg, officer in the Virginia militia, American Civil War
- Stephen Trigg, brother of John, politician and officer in the Virginia militia, American Civil War
- David Tyacke, GOC Singapore District, last Commanding Officer of the DCLI
- James Howard Williams (Elephant Bill), lieutenant-colonel in the British Indian Army
Seamen
- James Erisey, privateer
- Captain William Hennah, RN
- Robert Peverell Hichens, DSO, DSC, lieutenant commander, RNVR
- Sir Edward Nicholl, commander, RNR
- William Odgers, VC, sailor in New Zealand
- Spry family, of St Antony in Roseland: several members of the family were commanders in the Royal Navy
- James Trevenen, captain in the Russian Navy
- Joseph Trewavas, VC, seaman in the Royal Navy
- Mark Versallion, lieutenant, RNR
Admirals
- Sir John Arundell, admiral, known as 'Jack of Tilbury'
- William Bligh, captain of HMS Bounty, botanist, governor of New South Wales, Royal Navy admiral
- Edward Boscawen, Royal Navy admiral
- Sir Frank Hopkins, a former captain of the aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal
- Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, Royal Navy admiral
- Admiral Barrington Reynolds, RN, notable for an anti-slavery expedition
- Rear-Admiral Robert Carthew Reynolds, RN[1]
- Sir Bartholomew Sulivan, Royal Navy admiral and hydrographer
See also
- Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry officers
- Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry soldiers
References
- ^ Reynolds, Robert Carthew, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, J. K. Laughton, Retrieved 29 March 2008
Categories:- Cornwall-related lists
- Military history of Great Britain
- Military history of Cornwall
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