William Agnew (Royal Navy officer) William Agnew (Royal Navy officer) Vice-Admiral Sir William Gladstone Agnew (2 December 1898 – 12 July 1960) was an officer of the Royal Navy. He served during the First and Second World Wars, and rose to the rank of vice-admiral. Agnew was the fifth son of Charles Morland Agnew and Evelyn Mary Agnew, née Naylor. Agnew was educated at Royal Naval College, Osborne, and at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, joining the Navy in 1911. During the First World War he served aboard the battleships and , as well as the destroyer . During the inter war years Agnew served
Royal Naval College of Canada charge, and honour. Candidates had to be between their fourteenth and sixteenth birthdays on 1 July following the examination. Graduates were qualified to enter the Imperial or Canadian Service as midshipmen. Notable alumni of the college are shown below. 59005-033 A brass plaque at St. Paul's Anglican Church in Esquimalt, BC, is dedicated to the four ex-cadets of the Royal Naval College of Canada and men of Her Majesty's Ship (HMS) Good Hope who were killed in action in 1914 as well as Lieutenant W.M. Maitland-Dougall killed in 1918. Four cadets of the first class of the Royal Navy College