10th Earl of Dundonald Sir James Vashon George Vancouver William Bligh Sir John Franklin Charles Robert Malden Jackie Fisher, 1st Baron Fisher Robert Falcon Scott John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe David Beatty, 1st Earl Beatty William Boyle, 12th Earl of Cork Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope James Somerville Bertram Ramsay Max Horton Philip Vian Prince Albert of York (later George VI) served as midshipman during World War I. Louis Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma Frederic John Walker Sir John "Sandy" Woodward Famous people Anthony Bate, English actor, possibly best known for his role as Oliver Lacon in the BBC television adaptations of the John le Carré novels Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Smiley's People, served with the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve in 1945-47. Peter Bull, English character actor, served as an RNVR lieutenant-commander during World War II, awarded the DSC. James Callaghan, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1976 to 1979, was conscripted in 1942 as an Ordinary Seaman, and was promoted to Lieutenant in April 1944. Sean Connery, actor, enlisted into the Royal Navy in 1946, and served as an anti-aircraft gunner before receiving a medical discharge in 1949. Harry H. Corbett, actor famous for Steptoe and Son, served in the Royal Marines during the latter part of World War II. Ian Fleming, author of the James Bond novels, served in the Naval Intelligence Division during World War II. William Golding, novelist and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, served as a lieutenant and was present (on board a destroyer) at the sinking of the . John Gregson, actor, conscripted to serve on minesweepers in the Royal Navy during World War II. Used this experience playing the Captain of HMS Exeter, in the 1956 film The Battle of the River Plate. Alec Guinness, actor, served during World War II, initially as a rating, but later commissioned in 1941. He commanded a landing craft taking part in the invasion of Sicily and Elba and later ferried supplies to the Yugoslav partisans. Jack Gwillim, served in the Navy for 20 years rising to the rank of commander, but after being invalided out in 1946 he became a noted character actor. Michael Havers, Baron Havers, QC and Attorney General, served as a 19-year-old midshipman on in Force Q during World War II. Michael Hordern, actor, served on in "Operation Ironclad" (the 1942 Battle of Madagascar) and later