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Chief of Naval Staff

1911-19      Rear-Adm Sir William Creswell
1919-21      Rear-Adm Sir Percy Grant, RN
1921-23      Vice-Adm Sir Allan Everett, RN
1923-24      Cdre G. F. Hyde (acting)
1924-26      Rear-Adm P. H. Hall-Thompson, RN
1926-29      Rear-Adm W. R. Napier, RN
1929-31      Vice-Adm W. M. Kerr, RN
1931-37      Adm Sir Francis Hyde
1937-41      Adm Sir Ragnar Colvin, RN
1941-45      Adm Sir Guy Royle, RN
1945-48      Vice-Adm Sir Louis Hamilton, RN
1948-55      Vice-Adm Sir John Collins
1955-59      Vice-Adm Sir Roy Dowling
1959-62      Vice-Adm Sir Henry Burrell
1962-65      Vice-Adm Sir Hastings Harrington
1965-68      Vice-Adm Sir Alan McNicoll
1968-70      Vice-Adm Sir Victor Smith
1970-73      Vice-Adm Sir Richard Peek
1973-76      Vice-Adm H. D. Stevenson
1976-79      Vice-Adm Sir Anthony Synnot
1979-82      Vice-Adm Sir James Willis
1982-85      Vice-Adm D. W. Leach
1985-91      Vice-Adm M. W. Hudson
1991-94      Vice-Adm I. D. G. MacDougall
1994-97      Vice-Adm R. G. Taylor

Chief of Navy

1997           Vice-Adm R. G. Taylor
1997-99      Vice-Adm D. B. Chalmers
1999-2002   Vice-Adm D. J. Shackleton
2002-05       Vice-Adm C. A. Ritchie
2005-08       Vice-Adm R. E. Shalders
2008-           Vice-Adm R. H. Crane