The Navy List, Part 10

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H.M. Stationery Office, 1879

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Page 408 - Knight of the most ancient and most noble Order of the Thistle, and...
Page 305 - CMG ....... Companion of St. Michael and St. George. GCSI Grand Cross of the Star of India. KCSI Knight Commander of ditto. CSI Companion of ditto.
Page 516 - Money. We do, therefore, now make known to all Our loving Subjects, and to all others whom it may concern, by this Our Proclamation, by and...
Page 492 - Her Majesty, having taken the said Memorial into consideration, was pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to approve of what is therein proposed. And the Right Honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty are to give the necessary directions herein accordingly.
Page 516 - Order issued by a Flag Officer, whether he be or be not within the Limits of the Station of such Flag Officer ; and in the event of his being directed to join a Flag Officer on any Station, he shall be deemed to be under the Command of such Flag Officer from the Time when he arrives within the Limits of the Station...
Page 527 - It is ordained, where such act shall not have been performed in sight of a commanding officer as aforesaid, then the claimant for the honour shall prove the act to the satisfaction of the captain or officer commanding his ship, or to the officer commanding the regiment to which the claimant belongs...
Page 527 - It is ordained that as cases may arise not falling within the rules above specified or in which a claim though well founded may not have been established on the spot We will on the joint submission of Our Secretary of State for War and of Our Commander-in-Chief of Our army or on that of Our Lord High Admiral or Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty in the case of the Navy confer the Decoration but never without conclusive proof of the performance of the act of bravery for which the claim is made.
Page 526 - Cross shall only be awarded to those officers or men who have served Us in the presence of the enemy, and shall have then performed some signal act of valour, or devotion to their country. " Sixthly. — It is ordained with a view to place all persons on a perfectly equal footing in relation to eligibility for the Decoration...
Page 442 - Chief Gunner's Mate. Chief Boatswain's Mate. Chief Captain of the Forecastle. Admiral's Coxswain. Chief Quartermaster.
Page 305 - GCMG Grand Cross of St. Michael and St. George. KCMG Knight Commander of St. Michael and St.

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