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This is a list of
Cornish people who were notable soldiers, seamen or airmen.
Army and Air Force officers and other ranks
- Major
Arthur Agar-Robartes, British Army officer and cricketer
- Captain
Thomas Agar-Robartes, British Army officer and MP
- Harold "Harry" Billinge (died 2022), sapper, D-Day veteran
[1]
- Colonel
James Carne VC DSO, British Army officer
-
John Gilbert "Jack" Cock
DCM
MM, soldier and footballer
-
Horace Augustus Curtis VC, British soldier
-
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
- Lieutenant Colonel
Sidney Godolphin, soldier and Member of Parliament
- Captain
Albert Jacka VC, MC and Bar, the first Australian to win the VC at Gallipoli (his family migrated to Victoria from
St Buryan)
- Lieutenant-Colonel Sir
Arthur Olver, British army officer and expert on animal husbandry
-
Rick Rescorla, U.S. war hero and 9/11 victim (1939–2001)
-
Sergeant Steven Roberts, the first soldier 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
- Captain
Arthur Tremayne, soldier in the Crimean War; MP for Truro
- Captain
Robert Walling, Royal Garrison Artillery
- Airmen
Commanders
- Sir
John Arundell, Cornish
Royalist commander
- Colonel
Edward Bolitho, British Army officer
- Major-General
Charles Edward-Collins,
British Indian Army officer.
[4]
- Major-General Sir
Wyndham Childs, British Army officer and
Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
-
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
- Major General Sir
Gerald Kitson, British Army officer
-
Philip Melvill, Governor of Pendennis Castle, Falmouth
-
William Scawen, Royalist commander in the English Civil War
- Major-General Sir
William Penn Symons KCB, British Army officer
-
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 and elephant expert
- Sir
Charles Wills, British Army general and politician
- Airmen
Seamen
-
John Eliot, captain in the Royal Navy and Governor of West Florida
-
James Erisey, privateer
- Captain
William Hennah, RN
-
Robert Peverell Hichens, DSO, DSC, lieutenant commander, RNVR
-
William Hicks, Lieut. RN
- Sir
Edward Nicholl, commander, RNR
-
William Odgers, VC, sailor in New Zealand
-
Ernest Herbert Pitcher, VC, petty officer in the Royal Navy
-
Spry family, of
St Anthony in Roseland: several members of the family were commanders in the Royal Navy
-
John St Aubyn, 4th Baron St Levan, hereditary peer and decorated Royal Navy officer
-
Walter Tremenheere
KH (1761-1855), colonel of marines
[5]
-
James Trevenen, captain in the Russian Navy; officer in the Royal Navy
-
Joseph Trewavas, VC, seaman in the Royal Navy
-
Mark Versallion, lieutenant, RNR
-
Samuel Wallis, commander in the Royal Navy and explorer of the Pacific
-
Charles Bampfield Yule, lieutenant, RN
Admirals
-
Sir John Arundell of Lanherne alias John Fitzalan, 1st Baron Arundel (died 1379), naval commander and Lord Marshal of England
-
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
Frederick Edward-Collins, Admiral
RN; Acting Governor and Commander in Chief of the
Fortress of Gibraltar
-
Sir Frank Hopkins, Royal Navy Admiral, a former captain of the
aircraft carrier
HMS Ark Royal
- Rear-Admiral
Bartholomew James (1752 – 1828), naval officer and writer
-
Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, Royal Navy admiral
- Admiral
Barrington Reynolds, RN, notable for an anti-slavery expedition
- Rear-Admiral
Robert Carthew Reynolds, RN
[6]
-
Sir Bartholomew Sulivan, Royal Navy admiral and hydrographer
- Rear-Admiral
Thomas Ball Sulivan, Royal Navy officer
-
Richard Darton Thomas, Royal Navy admiral
- Sir
John Forster "Sandy" Woodward, Royal Navy admiral
See also
References