Template:Did you know nominations/List of Royal Navy flag officers who died during the First World War

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 09:06, 24 January 2023 (UTC)

List of Royal Navy flag officers who died during the First World War

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Sir Robert Arbuthnot, Sir Christopher Cradock and Sir Horace Hood

... that of the ten Royal Navy flag officers to die during the First World War, three (pictured) were killed in action? Source: "three officers of camparative naval rank were killed in action. These were Rear-admiral Sir Christopher Crafdock, in command of HMS Good Hope at the Battle of Coronel on 1 November 1914 and the two mentioed by LLoyd George - Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Arbuthnot in command of HMS Defence and Rear-Admiral Horace Hood in command of HMS Invincible, both of whom were killed at the Battle of Jutland on 31 May 1916" from: Davis, Frank; Maddocks, Graham (1995). Bloody Red Tabs - General Officer Casualties of the Great War, 1914-1918. London: Leo Cooper. pp. 14–15.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Segun Olubi

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk) and Pickersgill-Cunliffe (talk). Nominated by Dumelow (talk) at 09:11, 3 January 2023 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Dumelow: Good Article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 21:58, 3 January 2023 (UTC)