HMS Peyton was a Admiralty M-class destroyer which served with the Royal Navy during the First World War. The M class were an improvement on the preceding...
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Force from 1916 to 1918. He was Delhi Herald of Arms Extraordinary at the time of the Delhi Durbar of 1911. The third son of Colonel John Peyton, commanding...
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Griffin HMS Princess Mary (60 guns) HMS Medway (60 guns) HMS Exeter (60 guns) HMS York (60 guns) HMS Winchester (50 guns) HMS Harwich (50 guns) HMS Preston...
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Allies of World War I (section Romania (1916–1918))
Swayne – Commander of British forces in the Somaliland Campaign William Peyton – commander and military secretary to the British Expeditionary Force Colonel...
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On 6 November, the German submarine U–35 torpedoed and sank a steamer, HMS Tara, in the Bay of Sollum. U-35 surfaced, sank the coastguard gunboat Abbas...
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submarine boats. In August 1901 came the accompanying appointment as captain of HMS Hazard, which had recently been converted into the world's first submarine...
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Senussi campaign (category Conflicts in 1916)
on the Nile. On 11 February 1916, 500 Senussi and Sayyid Ahmed ash-Sharif occupied the oasis at Bahariya, just before Peyton was ready to begin a march...
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1916 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in March 1916: Germany began to...
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British fleets south of Toulon 1746 June 25 (OS) – British under Edward Peyton vs French under la Bourdonnais 1747 May 14 1st Cape Finisterre – British...
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France and Egypt. During their 1916 campaign in Egypt, as part of the Western Frontier Force under General William Peyton, the Duke commanded the armoured...
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