Westminster Bank Westminster Bank Westminster Bank was a British retail bank which operated in England and Wales from 1834 until its merger into the National Westminster Bank in 1970; it continued to exist as a dormant registered non-trading company until 4 July 2017 when it was dissolved Considered one of the Big Five, it expanded during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and took over a number of smaller banking companies. In 1834, the London and Westminster Bank was the first firm founded under the auspices of the Bank Charter Act 1833, which allowed joint-stock banks to be established in the capital. For
Order of battle at Dogger Bank (1915) Order of battle at Dogger Bank (1915) This is the order of battle for the British and German fleets at the Battle of Dogger Bank, January 24, 1915. 1st Battlecruiser Squadron: VAdm Sir David Beatty, K.C.B., M.V.O., D.S.O. 2nd Battlecruiser Squadron: RAdm Sir Archibald Moore, K.C.B., C.V.O. 1st Light Cruiser Squadron: Cdre (2nd Class) William E. Goodenough, M.V.O. Cdre (T) Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, C.B. Attached Destroyers (soon to become the 10th Destroyer Flotilla) 1st Destroyer Flotilla: Capt Wilmot S. Nicholson 1st Division/1st D.F. 3rd Division/1st D.F. 4th Division/1st D.F. 5th Division/1st D.F. 3rd Destroyer Flotilla: Capt Francis G. St. John,