command of Vice-Admiral Henry Rawlings, who also served as Second-in-Command of the Fleet. It consisted of , , and at various times. Admirals commanding Commanders were as follows: Vice-Admiral Sir Stanley Colville (1912–14) Vice-Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly (June–December 1914) Admiral Sir Cecil Burney (1914–16) Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Madden (1916–19) Vice-Admiral Sir Sydney Fremantle (1919–21) Vice-Admiral Sir William Nicholson (1921–22) Vice-Admiral Sir Edwyn Alexander-Sinclair (1922–24) Rear-Admiral William Fisher (1924–25) Rear-Admiral Cecil Staveley (1925–26) Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Hodges (1926–27) Vice-Admiral Sir John Kelly (1927–29) Vice-Admiral Howard Kelly (1929–30) Vice-Admiral Sir William Fisher (1930–32) Vice-Admiral Sir Roger Backhouse (1932–34) Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Forbes (1934–36) Vice-Admiral Hugh Binney (1936–38) Rear-Admiral Ralph Leatham (1938–39) Vice-Admiral Geoffrey Layton (January–November 1939) Rear-Admiral Henry Pridham-Wippell (July–October 1940) Vice-Admiral John Tovey (October–December 1940) Rear-Admiral Bernard Rawlings (1940–41) Vice-Admiral Sir Henry Pridham-Wippell (1941–42) Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Power (1943–44) Vice-Admiral Sir Bernard Rawlings (1944–45) Rear-Admirals, Second-in-Command Post holders included: Rear-Admiral Charles E. Madden, 5 January 1912 – 10 November 1912 Rear-Admiral The Hon. Somerset A. Gough-Calthorpe, 10 December 1912 – 10 December 1913 Rear-Admiral Hugh Evan-Thomas, 10 December 1913 – 25 August 1915 Rear-Admiral Ernest Gaunt, 25 August 1915 – 12 June 1916 Rear-Admiral Alexander L. Duff, 12 June 1916 – 30 November 1916 Rear-Admiral Sir William C. M. Nicholson, 1 December 1916 – 20 March 1919 Rear-Admiral The Hon. Victor A. Stanley, 1 April 1919 – 1 April 1920 Rear-Admiral Henry M. Doughty, 24 March 1920 – 14 April 1921 Rear-Admiral Sir Rudolf W. Bentinck, 3 May 1921 – 3 May 1922 Rear-Admiral Arthur A. M. Duff, 3 May 1922 Rear-Admiral William A. H. Kelly, 3 May 1923 Rear-Admiral William H. D. Boyle, 3 May 1924 – 3 May 1924 Rear-Admiral William W. Fisher, 14 October 1924 – 7 September 1925 Rear-Admiral Cecil M. Staveley, 15 October 1925 – 1 October 1926 Rear-Admiral David T. Norris, 1 October 1926 Rear-Admiral Bernard St. G. Collard, 1 October 1927 Rear-Admiral William M. Kerr, 20 March 1928 – 5 April 1929 Rear-Admiral The Hon. Reginald A. R. P.-E.-E.-Drax, 12 April 1929 – 26 April 1930 Rear-Admiral Henry D. Pridham-Wippell, 8 May 1940 – 24 October, 1941 References External links First Battle Squadron at DreadnoughtProject.org Royal Navy History Composition of the Grand Fleet Battle squadrons of the Royal Navy Ship squadrons of the Royal Navy in World War I Squadrons of the Royal Navy in World War II Military units and formations established in