Abbas II, Hilmi

1874-1944

Khedive of Egypt, 1892-1914. Educated at Vienna.

Abdul Hak Hamid Bey

Councillor of Turkish Embassy at London, 1898-1908

Abdul Hamid I

1842-1918

Sultan of Turkey, 1876-1909

Abruzzi, Vice-Ammiraglio Luigi Amedeo di Savoia-Aosta, Duke of the

1873-1933

Italian Inspector of Torpedo Craft, 1911-12; Commander-in-Chief, Italian Fleet at Taranto, 1914-17.

Ackermann, Kapitän zur See Richard

Captain, SMS Goeben, 1914.

A’Court-Repington, Lt-Col. Charles

1858-1925

British Military Attaché at Brussels and the Hague, 1899-1902; Military Correspondent of the Times, 1904-18.

Aehrenthal Alois, Baron Lexa Von (Count from 1909)

1854-1912

Austro-Hungarian Ambassador at St. Petersburgh, 1899-1906; Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1906-1912

H.R.H. Prince Alexander

Crown Prince of Servia since 1909

Ali Jevad Bey

1st Secretary to the Sultan of Turkey, 1908

Amet, Contre-Amiral (later Vice-Amiral) Jean François Charles

1861-1940

Commanded Allied Squadron in the Aegean, 1918.

Arif Pasha

Turkish Governor of Adrianople, 1907; Minister of Marine, 1909.

Aristidi Pasha

Second Vice-President of the Turkish Chamber of Deputies, 1908.

Asquith, Herbert Henry

1852-1928

Liberal MP, 1886-1918, 1920-4. Home Secretary, 1892-5; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1905-8; Prime Minister, 1908-16; Secretary of State for War, 30 March-5 August, 1914.

Augagneur, Victor

1855-1931

French Minister of Marine, 1914-8.

Avarna, Duke D’

Italian Ambassador at Vienna, 1904-15.

Babington-Smith, Sir Henry

1863-1923

Director of the National Bank of Turkey, 1909-13.

Balfour, Sir Arthur James (later the Earl of Balfour)

1848-1930

Conservative MP, 1874-85, 1885-1906, 1906-22. First Lord of the Treasury, 1891-2, 1895-1902; Prime Minister, 1902-5; First Lord of the Admiralty, 1915-6; Foreign Secretary, 1916-9.

Ballard, Rear-Admiral George Alexander

1862-1948

Assistant Director of the Intelligence Department; Director of the Operations Division, Admiralty; Admiral of Patrols, East Coast, 1914-16; Senior Naval Officer, Malta, 1916-18.

Barclay, Mr. C. A. De R.

2nd Secretary at British Embassy at Paris, 1900-4; at Rio de Janeiro, 1904-6; 1st Secretary at British Legation at Bucharest, 1907-8 (sometimes Chargé d’Affaires); at Sofia, 1908.

Barclay, Mr. (since 1908, Sir) G. H.

1862-1921

2nd Secretary at British Embassy, Constantinople, 1898-1902; Secretary of Legation (later Councillor) at Tokyo, 1902-6; Councillor of Embassy at Constantinople, 1906-8 (sometimes Chargé d’Affaires); Minister at Tehran, 1908-1912; at Bucharest, 1912-18.

Barrère, M. Camille

French Ambassador at Rome, 1897-1924.

Barrington, Sir Eric

Private Secretary to the Marquess of Lansdowne, 1900-5; Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1906-7.

Battenberg, Prince Louis Alexander of (later Admiral of the Fleet, Marquess of Milfordhaven)

1854-1921

Director of Naval Intelligence, 1903-5; commanded 2nd Cruiser Squadron, 1905-7; second in command, Mediterraneanm 1908; C-in-C, Atlantic Fleet, 1910; Second Sea Lord, 1911; First Sea Lord, 1912-4.

Bayly, Vice-Admiral Sir Lewis

1857-1938

Commander of the 3rd Battle Squadron, 1913-4; 1st Battle Squadron, 1914-15.

Bax-Ironside, Sir Henry George Outram

1859-1929

British Minister at Berne, 1909-11; at Sofia, 1911-15.

Beatty, Admiral David

1871-1936

Naval Secretary to the First Lord, 1912; in command of the 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron from 1914; C-in-C, Grand Fleet, 1916-19; First Sea Lord, 1919-27.

Beaumont, Sir Henry

1867-1949

Counsellor at Athens, 1910-4; Counsellor at Constantinople, 1914 (Chargé d’Affaires July-August 1914).

Benckendorff, Count Alexander

1849-1917

Russian Ambassador at London, 1903-17.

Berchtold, Leopold, Count Von

1863-1942

Austro-Hungarian Ambassador at St. Petersburgh, 1906-11; Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1912-15..

Beresford, Admiral Sir Charles William de la Poer

1846-1919

Conservative MP, 1874-80, 1885-9, 1897-1900, 1902, 1910-6. Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean, 1905-7; Channel, 1907-9.

Bertie, Sir Francis Leveson (since 1915, 1st Baron; 1918, 1st Viscount)

1844-1919

British Ambassador at Rome, 1903-4; at Paris, 1905-18.

Bethmann-Hollweg, Herr Theobald von

1856-1921

Prussian Minister of the Interior, 1905-7; German Minister for the Interior, 1907-9; German Imperial Chancellor, 1909-17.

Bienaimé, Amiral Amadée

Conducted the French parliamentary inquiry into the Goeben affair.

Black, Sir Frederick William

1863-1930

Director of Naval Contracts, 1905-15; managing director, Anglo-Persian Oil Company, 1919-23.

Block, Sir Adam Samuel James

1865-1941

Chief Dragoman to the British Embassy at Constantinople, 1894-1903; Representative of the British and Dutch Bondholders on the Council of the Ottoman Public Debt, 1903; President of the British Chamber of Commerce from 1907 to 1914.

Bompard, M. Maurice

1854-1935

French Ambassador at St Petersburg, 1902-8; at Constantinople, 1909-14.

Borden, Sir Robert Laird

1854-1937

Prime Minister of Canada, 1911-20.

Bridgeman, Admiral Sir Francis Charles

1848-1929

Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet, 1907-9; First Sea Lord, 1911-2. Removed to make way for Battenberg.

Brodrick, William St. John Fremantle (9th Viscount Midleton & 1st Earl of Midleton)

1856-1942

Conservative MP, 1880-1906; Secretary of State for War, 1900-3.

Brown, Captain (later Vice-Admiral) Francis Clifton

1874-1963

Head of the Naval Mission to Greece, 1917-19.

Buchanan, Sir George William

1854-1924

British Agent and Consul-General in Bulgaria, 1903-9; Ambassador at St Petersburg, 1910-18; at Rome, 1919-21.

Bülow, Herr Alfred Von

German Minister at Berne, 1898-1912.

Bülow, Bernard Count Von (since 1905, Prince)

1849-1929

German Imperial Chancellor, 1900-09.

Burney, Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil

A member of the Troubridge court-martial bench.

Buxton, Noel Edward

1869-1948

Liberal MP, 1905-6, 1910-18. Labour MP, 1922-30. Co-founded the Balkan Committee, 1903.

Calice, Heinrich Baron Von

Austro-Hungarian Ambassador at Constantinople, 1880-1906.

Callaghan, Sir George Astley, Admiral

1852-1920

Admiral commanding the First and Second Fleets, 1911-14; Commander-in-Chief, the Nore, 1915-18.

Callwell, Major-General Charles Edward

1859-1928

Intelligence Branch, War Office, 1887-92. Retired from the Army in 1909 and recalled to the active list in 1914. Director of Military Operations and Intelligence, 1914-6.

Cambon, M. Jules

French Ambassador at Madrid, 1902-7; at Berlin, 1907-14.

Cambon, M. Paul

1843-1924

French Ambassador at London, 1898-1920.

Campbell-Bannerman, Sir Henry

1836-1908

Liberal MP, 1868-1908; Prime Minister, 5 December 1905-4 April 1908.

Carden, Vice-Admiral Sackville Hamilton

1857-1930

Admiral Superintendent, Malta, 1912-4; Commander of the Anglo-French Squadrons in the Eastern Mediterranean 20 September 1914-16 March 1915.

Carnegie, Mr. L. D.

Councillor of British Embassy at Vienna, 1907-8 (sometimes Chargé d’Affaires).

Cartwright, Sir Fairfax L.

1857-1928

Councillor of British Embassy at Madrid, 1905-6; Minister Resident at Munich and Stuttgart, 1906-8; Ambassador at Vienna, 1908-13.

Cassel, Sir Ernest

1852-1921

British Financier.

Chamberlain, Right Hon. Joseph

Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1895-1903.

Chamberlain, Joseph Austen

1863-1937

Conservative MP, 1892-1937. Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1903-5.

H.M. King Charles I

King of Roumania, 1881-1914.

Chirol, Mr. (later Sir) Valentine

1852-1929

Director of the Foreign Department of the Times, 1899-1912.

Church, Captain W. D.

Captain, HMS Weymouth, 1914.

Churchill, Sir Winston

1874-1965

President of the Board of Trade, 1908-10; Home Secretary, 1910-11; First Lord of the Admiralty, 1911-5.

Clemenceau, M. Georges

1841-1929

French Minister of the Interior, 1906; Premier and Minister of the Interior, 1906-9; Premier and Minister of War, 1917-20.

Clerk, Sir George R.

1874-1951

First Secretary at Constantinople, 1910-2; Senior Clerk at the Foreign Office (Eastern Department), 1913-4.

Condouriotis, Admiral Paul

Commander-in-Chief, Greek navy.

Constans, M. Jean E.

1833-1913

French Ambassador at Constantinople, 1899-1909.

Constantine

1868-1923

King of Greece, 1913-17 and 1920-2.

Coode, Captain Charles Penrose Rushton

1870-1939

Commanded 5th destroyer flotilla, 1914-17.

Corbett, Sir Julian

1854-1922

Naval historian.

Cradock, Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher

1862-1914

Rear-Admiral Commanding North America & West Indies Station, 1913-14. Killed at Coronel.

Crawford, Sir Richard Frederick

1863-1919

Customs Adviser to the Ottoman Government, 1904-11; Adviser to the Ottoman Ministry of Finance, 1911-14.

Crease, Commander Thomas Evars

1875-1942

Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord, 1914-15.

Crewe, Marquess

1858-1945

Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1908-10; Secretary of State for India, 1910-15.

Cromer, 1st Earl of (Evelyn Baring)

1841-1917

British Consul-General and Agent in Egypt, 1883, 1885-1907.

Crowe, Mr. (later Sir) Eyre

1864-1925

Entered Foreign Office, 1885. Senior Clerk, British Foreign Office, 1906-12; Assistant Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, 1912-20; Permanent Under-Secretary, 1920-5.

Crozier, M.

French Ambassador at Vienna, 1907-12.

Culme-Seymour, Rear-Admiral (later Vice-Admiral Sir) Michael

1867-1925

Director of Mobilization, Admiralty, 1916-18; commanded British Aegean Squadron, 1918.

Cunliffe-Owen, Major Frederick

1868-1946

Attached to the Greek Army during the Balkan Wars, 1912-3; Military Attaché to Turkey, 1913-4. Lieutenant-Colonel, October 1914.

Curzon of Kedleston, George Nathaniel, 1st Baron

1859-1925

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1895-8; Viceroy and Governor-General of India,  1899-1905.

Darrieus, Contre-Amiral (later Vice-Amiral) Pierre Joseph Gabriel Georges

1859-1931

Commanded Division des écoles de la Méditerranée, 1913; commanded 3e escadre (Syrian Coast), 1914-15; commanded 2e escadre, 1916-18.

Dartige du Fournet, Vice-Amiral Louis René

1856-1940

Senior Admiral of International Squadron at Constantinople, 1912-13; Préfet Maritime, Bizerta, 1913-15.

De Bunsen, Sir Maurice William Ernest

1852-1932

First Secretary and Chargé d’Affaires at Constantinople, 1897-1902; at Paris, 1902-5; Minister at Lisbon, 1905-6; Ambassador at Madrid, 1906-13; at Vienna, 1913-14.

Delcassé, M. Théophile

1852-1923

French Minister of Foreign Affairs, 1898-1905 and 1914-9.

Demidov, Alim Pavlovich, Prince of San Donato

Russian Minister to Athens, 1912-7.

De Salis, Midshipman (later Captain) A. F.

Midshipman, HMS Defence, 1914.

Deterding, Henri Wilhelm August

1866-1939

Director-General of Royal Dutch Petroleum.

Deville, Gabriel Pierre

1854-1940

French Minister to Athens, 1909-15.

Dewar, Commander (later Vice-Admiral) Kenneth

1879-1964

Commander, HMS Prince of Wales, Home Fleet, 1914.

Dickens, Commander (later Admiral Sir) Gerald Charles

1879-1962

Commanded HMS Harpy, 5th destroyer flotilla, 1914.

Dillon, Dr. Emile Joseph

1854-1933

Philologist, author and journalist. Daily Telegraph correspondent, 1887-1914.

Djavid, Pasha

1875-1926

Turkish Deputy for Salonica, member of the CUP inner circle. Minister of Finance, 1909-11, 1912-

Djemal Pasha, Ahmed

1872-1922

Member of the CUP Central Committee. Vali of Adana, 1909; of Baghdad, 1911; Military Governor of Constantinople, 1913; Minister of Public Works, 1914; Minister of Marine, 1914; commanded the 4th Army in Syria, 1914-7; Minister of Marine, 1917-8..

Djevad Bey

Turkish Councillor of Embassy at London, 1908-14.

Domvile, Commander Barry

Assistant Secretary, Committee of Imperial Defence, 1914.

Dönitz, Karl

Junior officer, SMS Breslau, 1914.

Douglas, General Sir Charles Wittingham Horsley

1850-1914

Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 4 August-25 October, 1914.

Dumas, Captain (later Admiral) Philip Wylie

1868-1948

Naval Attaché, Germany, Denmark and Holland, 1906-8; Secretary, Royal Commission on Oil Fuel, 1912-13; commanded HMS Roxburgh, 1913-14; Assistant Director of Torpedoes, Admiralty, 1914-17; commanded HMS Agamemnon, 1917-18.

Durham, Miss M. E.

1863-1944

Balkan Correspondent of the Manchester Guardian, etc.

Edhem Pasha, Marshal

Turkish Minister of War, 1909.

Egerton, Admiral Sir George Le Clerc

1852-1940

President of the Court at Troubridge’s court-martial.

Eldridge, Mr. E. F. A. J.

British Acting Vice-Consul at Smyrna, 1894-7; 1901-6; Acting Consul-General, 1903-14.

Elliot, Sir Francis Edmund Hugh

1851-1940

British Agent and Consul-General in Bulgaria, 1895-1903; Minister at Athens, 1903-17.

Emin Pasha

Turkish Minister of Marine, 1909.

Enver Pasha

1882-1922

Turkish Military Attaché at Berlin, 1909, 1912, 1913; served in the Italo-Turkish War, 1912; Lieutenant-Colonel, 1913; Major-General and Minister of War from 1914; commanded the Turkish Army in the Caucasus, 1914-5.

Errington, Viscount (since 1917, 2nd Earl of Cromer)

Private Secretary to Sir Charles Hardinge, 1907-10.

Erskine, Rt Hon. Sir William

1871-1952

Second son of the 11th Earl of Mar and Kellie. First Secretary, British Legation, Athens, 1913-17.

Esher, 2nd Viscount (Reginald Baliol Brett)

1852-1930

Liberal MP, 1880-5. A permanent member of the Committee of Imperial Defence, 1905-18.

Essad Pasha

Commander of the Turkish IIIrd Army Corps, 1907-8. Leader of a provisional Albanian Government from October 1914.

Ewart, Lt-Gen. Sir John Spencer

1861-1930

Director of Military Operations, 1906-10.

Eyres, Mr. (later Sir) H. C. A.

British Consul-General at Constantinople, 1905-14

Fakhri Pasha, Ferik

Turkish Vali of Monastir, 1908.

Fallières, M. Armand

1841-1931

President of the French Republic, 1906-13.

Fehim Pasha

Head of the Secret Police in Constantinople.

HRH Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria, 1887-1909; HM the King of Bulgaria, 1909-18.

1861-1948

HM the King of Bulgaria, 1909-18.

Ferid Pasha

Turkish Grand Vizier, 1903-8; Minister of the Interior, 1908-9.

Fisher, Admiral Sir John Arbuthnot (later Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Fisher of Kilverstone)

1841-1920

Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Squadron, 1900-2; Second Sea Lord, 1902; C-in-C, Portsmouth, 1903; First Sea Lord, 1904-10 and October 1914-May 1915. Head of the Royal Commission on Fuel and Engines, 1912-4. Created Baron, 1909.

Fitzmaurice, Lord Edmond George (since 1906, 1st Baron Fitzmaurice of Leigh)

1846-1935

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1883-5, 1905-8.

Fitzmaurice, Gerald Henry

1865-1939

Student Interpreter, 1888; acting Vice-Consul at Van, 1891-2; at Erzeroum, 1892-3; at Trebizond, 1893; acting Third Dragoman at British Embassy, Constantinople, 1894-5; Vice-Consul at Smyrna, 1895-6; at Adana, 1896; Third Dragoman, 1897; Consul at Salonica, 1900-1; at the Dardanelles, 1902; Consul at Constantinople, 1905; 2nd Dragoman at Embassy at Constantinople, 1906-7; Chief Dragoman, 1907-12.

Forgách Von Ghymes Und Gács, Count

Austro-Hungarian Minister at Belgrade, 1907-11.

Franchet d’Esperey, General (later Marshal) Louis Félix

Fifth Army, 1914; commanded Army Group of the East, 1916; Army Group of the North, 1917; Army Group of the Centre, 1918; Allied C-in-C, Salonica, June-November 1918.

H.I.M. Franz Jospeh I

1830-1916

Emperor of Austria from 1848 and King of Hungary from 1867.

Fremantle, Rear-Admiral (later Admiral Sir) Sydney

1867-1958

Prosecutor, Troubridge court-martial; commanded British Aegean Squadron, 1917-18; Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, 1918-19.

French, Field-Marshal Sir John Denton Pinkstone

1852-1925

Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 1912-4; Commander-in-Chief of the British Expeditionary Force, 1914-1915.

Gamble, Rear-Admiral (later Admiral) Douglas Austin

1856-1934

Naval Adviser to Turkish Government, 1909-10; commander, 6th Cruiser Squadron, 1910-4; 4th Battle Squadron, 1914-5; Admiralty War Staff, 1915-17.

Gauchet, Vice-Amiral Dominique Marie

1857-1931

Directeur, Service des Travaux, 1914; commanded French Squadron at the Dardanelles, 1915-16; nominal Allied C-in-C, Mediterranean, 1916-19.

Gauthier, Dr Armand Elzéar

French Minister of Marine, 1914.

Gennadius, John

1844-1932

Greek Minister to London, 1910-8.

George, David Lloyd

1863-1945

Liberal MP, 1890-1931. Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1908-15; Minister of Munitions, 1915-16; Prime Minister & First Lord of the Treasury, 1916-22.

Ghazi Ahmed Mukhtar, Pasha

1839-1918

President of the Turkish Senate, 1911; Grand Vizier, July-October 1912.

Giers, M. Michael Nikolaevich de

1856-1924

Russian Minister at Bucharest, 1902-12; Ambassador at Constantinople, 1912-4; at Rome, 1915-7.

Girouard, Edouard Percy Cranwill

1867-1932

Director of Armstrong, Whitworth & Co., 1912; Director-General of Munitions Supply, 1915-7.

Goltz, General Colmar von der

1843-1916

German general on loan to reorganize the Ottoman Army, 1883-95, 1908-11; Commander, 1st Turkish Army, Mesopotamia, April 1915-April 1916..

Goschen, Sir William Edward

1847-1924

British Ambassador at Vienna, 1905-8; at Berlin, 1908-14.

Gough-Calthorpe, Vice-Admiral (later Admiral of the Fleet) Sir Arthur

1864-1937

Commanded 2nd Cruiser Squadron, 1914-16; Second Sea Lord, 1916; C-in-C, Mediterranean, 1917-19.

Graves, Mr (later Sir) Robert W.

1858-1934

British Consul-General at Salonica, 1903-8; Delegate on the International Financial Commission in Macedonia, 1907; Adviser to the Ottoman Ministry of Finance, 1909-14; Inspector-General and Adviser to the Ottoman Ministry of the Interior, 1914..

Greene, Sir William Graham

1857-1950

Principal Clerk, Admiralty, 1902-7; Assistant Secretary, 1907-11; Permanent Secretary, 1911-7.

Grey, Sir Edward (since 1916, Viscount)

1862-1933

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 11 December 1905 — 11 December 1916.

Grierson, Major-Gen. Sir James Moncrieff

1859-1914

Director of Military Operations, 1904-6.

Gryparis, M.

Greek Minister at Constantinople, 1903-10.

Guépratte, Contre-Amiral (later Vice-Amiral) Emile Paul Aimable

1856-1939

Commanded division de complément, August 1914; Escadre des Dardanelles, September 1914-May 1915.

Guéshov, M.

Bulgarian Agent at Constantinople, 1906-7.

Gwinner, Herr von

Deutsche Bank.

Hakki Pasha

1863-1918

Turkish Minister of the Interior and of Public Instruction, 1908-9; Ambassador to Rome, 1909-10; Grand Vizier, January 1910-September 1911; conducted negotiations with the British Government regarding Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf, 1913-14.

Haldane, Richard Burdon (since 1911, 1st Viscount)

1856-1928

Liberal MP, 1885-1911. Secretary of State for War, 1905-12; Lord Chancellor, 1912-5..

Halil Pasha

Chairman of the Turkish Chamber of Deputies.

Halim, Pasha, Mehmed Saïd

1863-1921

President of the Council of State, 1912; Minister for Foreign Affairs and Grand Vizier, 1913-17.

Hall, Rear-Admiral (later Admiral Sir) William Reginald

1870-1943

Director of the Intelligence Division at the Admiralty, 1914-8.

Hamilton, Vice-Admiral Sir Frederick Tower

1856-1917

Second Sea Lord, 1914-6.

Hanbury-Williams, General Sir John

1859-1946

Chief of the British Military Mission, Russian Army in the Field, 1914-7.

Hankey, Maurice Pascal Alers (later 1st Baron Hankey)

1877-1963

Entered Royal Marine Artillery, 1895; Captain, 1899. Naval Intelligence Department, 1902-7; Assistant Secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence, 1908-12; Secretary, C.I.D., 1912-38; of the War Council, November 1914-May 1915; of the Dardanelles Committee, May-November 1915; of the Cabinet War Committee, December 1915-December 1916; of the War Cabinet, 1916-8. Lieutenant-Colonel, Royal Marines, 1914.

Hardinge, Sir Charles (since 1910, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst)

1858-1944

Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1903-4; Ambassador at St. Petersburg, 1904-6; Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1906-10; Viceroy and Governor-General of India, 1910-6; Ambassador at Paris, 1920-2.

Hassan Fehmi Pasha

Turkish President of the Council of State, 1907; Minister of Justice.

Hassan Rahmi Pasha

Turkish Admiral, Minister of Marine, 1907.

Haus, Admiral Anton

Commander-in-Chief of the Austro-Hungarian navy.

Hayes-Sadler, Rear-Admiral (later Vice-Admiral) Arthur

1863-1952

Commanded HMS Ocean, 1914-15; Rear-Admiral, Salonica and Piraeus, 1916-17; commanded British Aegean Squadron, 1918. Relieved by the Admiralty after the Goeben sortie of January 1918.

Hicks-Beach, Sir M.

Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1895-1902.

Holbrook, Lieutanent Norman, VC

Commanded submarine at Dardanelles, 1914.

Hopwood, Sir Francis John Stephens

1860-1947

Additional Civil Lord, Admiralty, 1912-7.

Horniman, Rear-Admiral Henry

Fleet Paymaster, HMS Inflexible, 1914.

Huguet, Major (later Colonel)

French Military Attaché at London, 1906-11.

Humann, Korvettenkapitän Hans

Son of a noted archaeologist. Commander of the German Naval base (Etappenkommando), Constantinople, 1914. Formerly commander of Loreley, the German stationnaire at the Porte.

Husni Pasha

Turkish Ambassador at St Petersburg, 1889-1908.

Hussein Hilmi Pasha

1855-1923

Turkish Inspector General of Macedonia, 1902-8; Minister of the Interior, 1908-9; Grand Vizier, 1909; Ambassador at Vienna, 1912-18.

Hussein Husni Pasha

Turkish Commander of the Investing Army, 1909.

Ibrahim Pasha

Commander in Chief of Turkish IIIrd Army Corps, 1908-9.

Ibrahim Fethi Pasha

Turkish Minister at Belgrade, 1897-1908.

Ibrahim Hakki Pasha

Legal Adviser to the Sublime Porte, 1906; Minister of the Interior and Public Instruction, 1909; Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1909-11.

Isvolsky, M. Alexander

1856-1919

Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1906-10; Ambassador at Paris, 1910-7..

Jackson, Admiral Sir Henry Brawardine

1855-1929

Commanded RN War College, 1911-13; Chief of Admiralty War Staff, 1913; was destined to replace Milne as C-in-C, Medt., 1914, but appointment rescinded; First Sea Lord, May 1915-Decemebr 1916; President, RN College, Greenwich, 1916-19.

Jackson, Rear-Admiral (later Admiral Sir) Thomas

1868-1945

Director of the Intelligence Division, War Staff, 1912-13; Director of the Operations Division, January 1915-June 1917; C-in-C, Egypt and Red Sea, July 1917-January 1919.

Jagow, Gottlieb von

1863-1935

German Foreign Secretary, 1913-6.

Jellicoe, Admiral (later Admiral of the Fleet) Sir John Rushworth

1859-1935

Second Sea Lord, 1912-14; Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Fleet, 1914-6; First Sea Lord, 1916-7. Created Viscount, 1918; 1st Earl, 1925.

Jevad Bey

Turkish Councillor of Embassy at London, 1908-14.

Joffre, General Joseph Jacques Césaire

1852-1931

Chief of French General Staff, 1911; C-in-C, French Armies in north and north-east, 1914; C-in-C of French Armies in the west, 1915-16.

Kelly, Captain (later Admiral Sir) William A. Howard

1873-1952

Commanded HMS Gloucester, 1914-16; liaison officer at French Ministry of Marine, 1916-17.

Kelly, Captain John D.

1871-1936

Commanded HMS Dublin, 1914.

Kennedy, Captain Francis

Commanded HMS Indomitable, 1914.

Kerr, Philip Henry (later 11th Marquess of Lothian)

1882-1940

Secretary to Lloyd George, 1916-21.

Kerr, Rear-Admiral (later Admiral) Mark Edward Frederic

1864-1944

Naval Attaché, Italy, Austria, Turkey and Greece, 1903-4. Head of the British Naval Mission to Greece and Commander-in-Chief of the Greek Navy, 1913-5; first flag officer to qualify as a pilot, 1914; Commander-in-Chief of the British Squadron in the Adriatic, 1916-7; Major-General, Royal Air Force, 1918; Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, 1918.

Kettner, Commander

Commanded SMS Breslau, 1914.

Kiamil Pasha

1832-1913

Turkish Grand Vizier, 1885-91, 1895; Vali of Smyrna, 1895-1906; Grand Vizier, August 1908-February 1909, October 1912-January 1913.

Kiderlen-Waechter, Herr von

German Minister at Bucharest, 1899-1910; Attached to German Foreign Office, 1908-9; Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1910-2.

Kitchener, General Sir Herbert (later Earl Kitchener)

1850-1916

Sirdar of the Egyptian Army, 1892-9; Commander-in-Chief, India, 1902-9; Agent and Consul-General at Cairo, 1911-4; Secretary of State for War, 1914-6.

Kühlmann, Herr Richard von

1873-1949

Councillor of German Embassy at London, 1908-14; on missions to Turkey and Scandinavia, 1915-7; Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1917-8.

Lamb, Mr (since 1919, Sir) Harry Harling

1857-1948

Chief Dragoman to the British Embassy at Constantinople, 1903-7; Consul-General at Salonica, 1907-13; at the Foreign Office, 1914-8.

Lambert, Captain (later Admiral Sir) Cecil Foley

1864-1928

4th Sea Lord, 1913-6; commanded 2nd Light Cruiser Squadron 1916-18; commanded British Aegean Squadron, 1918.

Lamsdorff, Count

Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1901-6.

Lansdowne, The 5th Marquess of,

1845-1927

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 12 November 1900 — 11 December 1905.

Lapeyrère, Vice-Admiral Auguste Emmanuel Hubert Gaston Marie Boué de

1852-1924

French Minister of Marine, 1909-11; C-in-C, Première Armée Navale, 1911-15; Vice-Admiral Commanding the Allied Naval forces, Mediterranean, 1914-5.

Larken, Captain (later Admiral Sir) Frank

1875-1953

Commanded HMS Doris in Eastern Mediterranean, 1914-16.

Lascelles, Sir Frank Cavendish

1841-1920

British Ambassador at Berlin, 1895-1908.

Law, Andrew Bonar

1858-1923

Conservative MP, 1900-10, 1911-23. Leader of the Opposition from 1911.

Le Bris, Vice-Amiral Pierre Ange Marie

1856-1940

Directeur du service des travaux, 1912; conducted secret talks with Battenberg, 1913; commanded 2e escadre, 1914-15.

Leveson, Rear-Admiral Arthur Cavenagh

1868-1929

Director of the Operations Division, Admiralty, 1914-15.

Liman von Sanders, General (later Field Marshal) Otto

1855-1929

Head of the German Military Mission to Turkey, 1913-4; Inspector-General of Turkish Army, 1914; commanded Turkish 5th Army at Gallipoli, 1915-6..

Limpus, Rear-Admiral (later Admiral) Sir Arthur

1862-1931

British Naval Adviser to the Turkish Government, 1912-4; Admiral-Superintendent, Malta, 1914-6.

Lloyd, George Ambrose (later 1st Baron)

1879-1941

Honorary Attaché, Constantinople, 1905-7.

Long, Walter (later 1st Viscount Long)

1854-1924

Conservative MP, 1880-1921.

Louis, M. Georges

Political Director at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1905-8.

Lowther, Sir G. A.

1858-1916

British Minister at Tangier, 1905-8; Ambassador at Constantinople, 1908-13.

Lynch, H. F. B.

1862-1913

Partner in the Euphrates Steam Navigation Company.

Lyttelton, Hon. Sir Neville, General

Chief of the General Staff, War Office, 1904-8.

McKenna, Reginald

1863-1943

Liberal MP, 1895-1918. First Lord of the Admiralty, 1908-11; Home Secretary, 1911-5; Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1915-6.

Mackenzie, Sir Edward Montague Compton

1883-1972

Author; worked for British Intelligence in Greece from 1915.

Macleay, Mr J. W. R.

2nd Secretary at the British Embassy, Constantinople, 1905-7; Chargé d’Affaires at Belgrade, 1907.

Macnair, Midshipman (later Captain) J. H.

Midshipman, HMS Inflexible, 1914.

Mahmud Mukhtar Pasha

Turkish Commander of 1st Army Corps, 1909.

Malinov, M.

Bulgarian President of the Council, 1908-11.

Mallet, Sir Louis du Pan

1864-1936

Assistant Clerk, British Foreign Office, 1902-5; Private Secretary to Sir Edward Grey, 1905-6; Senior Clerk, 1906-7; Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1907-13; Ambassador at Constantinople, 1913-14.

Marling, Mr (later Sir) Charles M.

1862-1933

Councillor of British Embassy at Tehran, 1906-8; Councillor and Chargé d’Affaires at Constantinople, 1908-13.

Marschall von Bieberstein, Adolf Baron

1842-1912

German Ambassador at Constantinople, 1897-1912; at London, 1912.

Marsh, Sir Edward

1872-1953

Private Secretary to Churchill from 1905.

Masterton-Smith, James Edward

1878-1938

Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty, 1910-17.

Maxwell, Mr R. P.

Senior Clerk in British Foreign Office, 1902-13.

May, Admiral of the Fleet Sir William

1849-1930

Third Sea Lord, 1901; C-in-C, Atlantic Fleet, 1905; Second Sea Lord, 1907; C-in-C, Home Fleet, 1909-11; C-in-C, Plymouth, 1911-13.

Mehmed Reshad Effendi

1844-1918

Sultan of Turkey, 1909-18.

Mehmed Riza Pasha

Turkish Minister of War, 1895-1908.

Mensdorff-Pouilly-Dietrichstein, Albert Count

1861-1945

1st Secretary at the Austro-Hungarian Embassy at London, 1904; Ambassador at London, 1904-14.

Mercier de Lostende, Capitaine de Vaisseau (later Contre-Amiral)

1860-1950

French Naval Attaché at London, 1905-11; 1916-18.

Metternich, Count Paul von Wolff-

German Ambassador at London, 1901-12.

Meux, Admiral Sir Hedworth

1856-1929

C-in-C, Portsmouth, 1912-16; President of the Court of Inquiry convened to investigate Troubridge’s conduct.

Millerand, Alexandre

1859-1943

French Minister of War, January 1912-January 1913 and January 1914-October 1915.

Milne, Admiral Sir Archibald Berkeley

1855-1938

Second in command, Atlantic Fleet, 1905; second in command, Channel, 1908; commanded 2nd division, Home Fleet, 1909-10; Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Squadron, 1912-4.

Milne, Lt-General (later Field Marshal) Sir George Francis

1866-1948

Chief Staff Officer, III Corps, 1914; commanded 27th Division, 1915; commanded XVI Corps, 1916; Commander-in-Chief, British Salonica Force, 1916-18.

Milovanovic, M.

Serbian Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1908-12.

Montgomery, Mr (later Sir) C. H.

Private Secretary to Lord Fitzmaurice, 1904-5; to Sir C. Hardinge, 1906-7.

Moore, Admiral Sir Archibald Gordon

1862-1934

Naval assistant to Admiral Fisher, 1907-8; Director of Naval Ordnance and Torpedoes, 1909-12; Third Sea Lord, 1912-14; Commander of the 2nd Battle Cruiser Squadron, 1914.

Morgenthau, Henry

1856-1946

American Ambassador at Constantinople, 1913-6.

Morley, John, Viscount Morley

1838-1923

Liberal MP, 1883-1908. Secretary of State for India, 1905-10; Lord President of the Council, 1910-4.

Murray, General Sir James Wolfe

1853-1919

Chief of the Imperial General Staff, October 1914-September 1915.

Musurus Pasha

Turkish Ambassador at London, 1903-8.

Napier, Lt.-Col. Henry Dundas

1864-1941

British Military Attaché at Belgrade, 1908-14.

Nazim Bey

Head of Military police at Salonica, 1908.

Niaza Bey

H. I. M. Nicholas II

1868-1918

Emperor of Russia, 1894-1917.

Nicholson, Field Marshal Sir William Gustavus (since 1912, 1st Baron)

1845-1918

Chief of the Imperial General Staff, 1908-12.

Nicolson, Sir Arthur (since 1916, 1st Baron Carnock)

1849-1928

British Ambassador at Madrid, 1905-6; at St Petersburg, 1906-10; Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1910-16.

Noble, Saxton William Armstrong

1863-1942

Managing Director, Armstrong, Whitworth and Company.

Noradunghian, Gabriel Effendi

Minister of Public Works and Minister ad interim for Foreign Affairs, 1909.

O’Beirne, Mr H. J.

1866-1916

British Councillor of Embassy at St Petersburg, 1906-15.

O’Conor, Sir Nicolas

1843-1908

British Ambassador at Constantinople, 1898-1908.

Ohlenschlager, Lieutenant Norman Albert Gustave

1890-1938

Commanded HMS Lizard, 1917-18.

Oliver, Vice-Admiral (later Admiral of the Fleet) Sir Henry Francis

1865-1965

Naval assistant to Sir John Fisher, 1908-10; Director of Naval Intelligence, 1913-4; Chief of the Admiralty War Staff, November 1914-17.

Osman Pasha,

Marshal of the Turkish Army, 1909.

Osten-Sacken, Count

Russian Ambassador at Berlin, 1895-1912.

Ostrorog, Leon

Legal Adviser to the Porte, 1898-1914.

Ottley, Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Langley

1858-1932

Director of Naval Intelligence, 1905-7, Secretary of the Committee of Imperial Defence, 1907-12; Director of Armstrong, Whitworth & Company, 1912-7.

Pakenham, Captain (later Admiral Sir) William

1861-1933

Present as observer at Tsushima, 1904; Fourth Sea Lord, 1911; Rear-Admiral commanding 3rd Cruiser Squadron, Home Fleet, 1913; commanded 2nd Battle Cruiser Squadron, 1915; commanded Battle Cruiser Fleet, 1917.

Paléologue, M. Maurice Georges

1859-1944

French Minister at Sofia, 1907-12; Director of Political and Commercial Affairs, French Foreign Office, 1912-4; Ambassador at St Petersburg, 1914-17.

Pallavicini, Jean, Marquis von

1848-1941

Austro-Hungarian Ambassador at Constantinople, 1906-18.

Parker, Mr Alwyn

1877-1951

Junior Clerk in British Foreign Office, 1906-12; Assistant Clerk, 1912-17, Librarian, 1918-19.

Parry, Lieutenant (later Admiral Sir) William Edward

1893-1972

Lieutenant, HMS Grasshopper, 5th destroyer flotilla, 1914. Commanded HMS Achilles, Battle of the River Plate, 1939.

Paschwitz, Vice-Admiral Hubert von Rebeur-

1863-1933

Commanded Mittelmeerdivision, 1917-18.

Pasic, M. Nikola

c.1846-1926

Serbian Prime Minister, 1906-8, 1909-11; Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1912-18.

Peirse, Vice-Admiral Sir Richard Henry

1860-1940

Commander, Allied Naval Forces on the Suez Canal, 1914-6.

Pelletan, Camille

French Minister of Marine, 1902-5.

Phillimore, Captain (later Admiral Sir) Richard Fortescue

1864-1940

Captain, HMS Inflexible, from 28 August 1914. Commanded Inflexible at the battle of the Falkland Islands, 1914 and at the Dardanelles, 1915. Principal Beach Master during the landings at Gallipoli, 1915.

Pichon, M. Stephan

French Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1906-11.

Pohl, Admiral Hugo von

Chief of the German Admiralty Staff, 1914.

Poincaré, M. Raymond Nicolas Landry

1860-1934

French Minister for Finance, 1906; Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1912-3, 1922-4, 1926-9; President of the French Republic, 1913-20.

Popovic, M.

Serbian Minister at St Petersburg, 1907-14.

Power, Captain (later Admiral Sir) Laurence Eliot

1864-1927

Captain Superintendent of Contract Work on the Tyne, 1912-15; Director of Dockyards and Repairs, 1915-23. Rear-Admiral, 1916; Vice-Admiral, 1920; Knighted, 1921; Admiral, 1925.

Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1901-3.

Quadt, von Wykradt von, Count

German Minister to Athens, 1912-5.

Rendel, George

Third Secretary at British Legation, Athens, 1914.

Reshid Pasha

Turkish Ambassador at Rome, 1896-1908; at Vienna, 1909-11.

Richmond, Captain (later Admiral Sir) Herbert William

1871-1946

Assistant Director of the Operations Division, Admiralty, 1913-5.

Rifaat Pasha

1860-1925

Turkish Minister at Athens, 1898-1908; Ambassador at London, 1908-9; Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1909-11; Ambassador at Paris, 1911-14.

Riza Bey, Ahmed

1859-1950

Turkish President of the Chamber of Deputies, 1908-12.

Riza, Captain Ali

1877-

Turkish Naval Attaché, London, 1913-4.

Riza Pasha, General

Turkish Minister of War, 1908.

Rodd, Sir James Rennell

1858-1941

British Ambassador at Rome, 1908-21.

Rouvier, M. Maurice

French Finance Minister, 1902-5; Prime Minister, Finance Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1905-6.

Runciman, Walter

1870-1949

Liberal MP, 1899-1900, 1902-18, 1924-31; National MP, 1931-7. President of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1911-4; President of the Board of Trade, 1914-6.

Russell, Mr (since 1923, Sir) Theo.

2nd Secretary at British Embassy at Berlin, 1903-5; Assistant Private Secretary to Sir E. Grey, 1905-8; 1st Secretary (later Counsellor of Embassy) at Vienna, 1908-14.

Ryan, Andrew (later Sir Andrew)

1876-1949

Second Dragoman at the British Embassy, Constantinople, 1907-14.

Saïd Pasha (Küchük Saïd Pasha)

1838-1914

Turkish Grand Vizier, 1882-5, 1895, 1901-3, 22 July-5 August 1908, September 1911-July 1912.

Saint-Seine, Capitaine de vaisseau Jean Charles Just Bénigne de

1865-1954

French Naval Attaché in London, 1911-6.

Salis, J. F. C. Count de

Councillor of British Embassy at Berlin, 1906-11.

Salisbury, The 3rd Marquis of

1830-1903

Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1895-1900; Prime Minister, 1895-1902.

Samson, Major L. L. R.

British Consul at Adrianople, 1906.

Samuel, Herbert Louis

1870-1963

Postmaster-General, 1910-4; President of the Local Government Board, 1914-5.

Sanderson, Sir Thomas H. (later Lord Sanderson)

Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1894-1906.

San Giuliano, Marquis di

Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1905-6; Ambassador at London, 1906-10.

Satow, Mr H. E.

British Vice-Consul at Usküb, 1904-6; Acting Consul-General at Salonica, 1906-9.

Sazonov, M. Sergei Dmitrievich

1866-1927

Councillor of Russian Embassy at London, 1904-6; Agent to the Vatican, 1906-9; Russian Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1910-6.

Schoen, Herr von

German Ambassador at St Petersburg, 1905-7; Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1907-10.

Schofield, Vice-Admiral Brian B.

Midshipman, HMS Indomitable, 1914.

Scott, Leslie, K.C., M.P.

1869-1950

Conducted Troubridge’s defence, 1914.

Scott, Admiral Sir Percy

1853-1924

Captain of the RN Gunnery School, 1903-5; Inspector of Target Practice, 1905. Hauled down flag 1909 but recalled to Admiralty for special service, 1914-18.

Seely, John Edward Bernard (later Lord Mottistone)

1868-1947

Secretary of State for War, 1912-4.

Selborne, Earl of

1859-1929

First Lord of the Admiralty, 1900-5.

Selves, M. de

French Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1911-2.

Shemshi Pasha

General of the Turkish Army, 1908.

Shevket, Pasha, Mahmud

1856-1913

Turkish Commander of the IIIrd Army Corps, 1908-9; Inspector-General and Minister for War, 1910-2; Grand Vizier, January-June 1913.

Simon, Sir John Allsebrook

1873-1954

Liberal MP, 1906-18, 1922-31. Solicitor-General, 1910-3; Attorney-General with a seat in the Cabinet, 1913-15.

Slade, Vice-Admiral Sir Edmond John Warre

1859-1928

Director of Naval Intelligence, 1907-8; attached to the Commission on Oil Fuel Supplies, 1912-4.

Souchon, Rear-Admiral Wilhelm

1864-1933

Commander of the German Mediterranean Squadron, October 1913-August 1914. Appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Turkish Navy, September 1914.

Sowerby, Captain Charles

Commanded HMS Indefatigable, 1914.

Spring-Rice, Sir Cecil A.

Minister at Tehran, 1906-8.

Stamfordham, Baron (Arthur John Bigge)

1849-1931

Assistant Private Secretary to Queen Victoria, 1880-95; Private Secretary, 1895-1901; Private Secretary to Prince Geogre, 1901-10; to King George V, 1910-31.

Stanley, Beatrice Venetia

1887-1948

A cousin of Clementine Churchill and Asquith’s confidante.

Stemrich, Herr

German Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, 1907-11.

Stolypin, M.

Russian Prime Minister, 1906-11.

Sturdee, Rear-Admiral Sir Frederick Charles Doveton

1859-1925

Assistant Director of Naval Intelligence, 1900-2; Rear-Admiral, Home Fleet, 1909-10; Chief of the Admiralty War Staff, 1914; Commander-in-Chief of the 4th Battle Squadron, 1915-8.

Surtees, Colonel H. C.

Military Attaché to the British Embassy at Constantinople and the Legation at Athens, 1905-9.

Sydenham, 1st Baron (Sir George Clarke)

1848-1933

Secretary to the Committee of Imperial Defence, 1904-7.

Sykes, Sir Mark

1879-1919

Conservative MP, 1910-9. Honorary Attaché at Constantinople, 1905-7; British negotiator of an inter-Allied territorial settlement for the Near East, 1916.

Szögyényi-Marich, Count

Austro-Hungarian Ambassador at Berlin, 1892-1914.

Talaat, Pasha, Mehmed

1874-1921

Member of the Young Turk triumvirate, 1908. First Vice-President of the Turkish Chamber of Deputies, 1909; Minister for the Interior, 1909-1911; Minister of Post and Telegraph, 1912; Minister for the Interior, 1913-7; Grand Vizier, 1917-8.

Tcharykov, M.

1855-1930

Assistant Secretary at Russian Ministry for Foreign Affairs, 1908-9; Ambassador at Constantinople, 1909-12..

Tewfik Pasha, Ahmed

1845-1936

Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1895-1909; Grand Vizier, 1909; Ambassador at London, 1909-14.

Tilley, Mr (since 1919 Sir) John A. C.

1869-1952

Assistant Clerk, British Foreign Office, 1904-6; 1st Secretary at Constantinople, 1906-8; Senior Clerk, 1910-3.

Tirpitz, Grossadmiral Alfred von

1849-1930

Secretary of State for the German Navy, 1897-1916.

Tisza, Count Stephan

1861-1918

Hungarian Prime Minister, 1903-5, 1913-17. Assassinated, 1918.

Tittoni, Signor

Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1903-5, 1906-9.

Townshend, Major-General Sir Charles

1861-1924

Commanded 6th Indian Division, Mesopotamia, 1915-16. Prisoner of War after the siege of Kut, 1916-18.

Troubridge, Rear-Admiral (later Admiral Sir) Ernest Charles Thomas

1860-1926

Naval Attaché, Vienna, Madrid, Tokyo, 1901-4; Private Secretary to the First Lord, 1911; Chief of the Admiralty War Staff, 1912; Commander of the 1st Cruiser Squadron, Mediterranean, 1912-4; Head of the British Naval Mission to Serbia, 1915-16.

Trummler, Rear-Admiral

Commanded the Mittelmeerdivision, 1912-13.

Tschirschky, Herr von

German Minister for Foreign Affairs, 1906-7; Ambassador at Vienna, 1907-16.

Tudor, Rear-Admiral Frederick C. T.

1863-1946

Third Sea Lord from August 1914.

Turkhan Pasha

Turkish Ambassador at St Petersburg, 1908-13.

Tyrrell, Lt-Col. G. E.

1871-1917

British Military Attaché, Constantinople, 1909-13; also at Athens, 1909-11 and Sofia 1911-3.

Tyrrell, Sir William George

1866-1947

Senior Clerk in the British Foreign Office, Private Secretary to Sir E. Grey, 1907-15.

Usedom, Admiral Guido von

Commanded Turkish land defences, Bosphorus and Dardanelles, 1914-15.

Vambéry, Arminius

1832-1913

British Agent at Constantinople.

Venizelos, Eleutherios

1864-1936

Prime Minister of Greece, 1910-5, 1917-20, 1924, 1928-32, 1933.

Vere, Arthur de Vere

1852-1916

British resident and agent for Vickers in Constantinople until his return to London in October 1914.

Wangenheim, Baron Hans Freiherr von

1859-1915

German Minister at Athens, 1909-12; Ambassador at Constantinople, 1912-15.

Warner, Sub-Lieutenant (later Captain) G. H.

Sub-Lieutenant, HMS Defence, 1914.

Weakley, Mr Ernest

1861-1923

British Commercial Attaché at Constantinople, 1897-1914.

Whitehead, Mr (since 1909, Sir) J. B.

Secretary of British Embassy at Constantinople, 1902-3; Secretary and Councillor of Embassy at Berlin, 1903-6; Minister at Belgrade, 1906-10.

Willcocks, Sir W.

1852-1932

Adviser to Turkish Department of Public Works, 1900-11.

Wilson, Admiral Sir Arthur Knyvet

1842-1921

Commander-in-Chief of the Home and Channel Fleets, 1901-7; First Sea Lord, 1910-11; employed at the Admiralty in an unofficial capacity throughout the war.

Wilson, General Sir Henry Hughes

1864-1922

Director of Military Operations, 1910-4; chief liaison officer with the French Army, 1915.

Wray, Captain (later Vice-Admiral) Fawcet

1873-1932

Commanded HMS Defence, 1914.

Wyld, Lt-Com. (later Captain) Herbert W.

Lieutenant-Commander, HMS Pincher, 5th destroyer flotilla, 1914.

Young, Mr C. A.

1st Secretary at British Legation at Athens, 1905-10.

Zinoviev, M. I. A.

Russian Ambassador at Constantinople, 1898-1909.