List of Cornish soldiers, commanders and sailors
Introduction This is a list of Cornish people who were notable soldiers, seamen or airmen.
Army and Air Force officers and other ranks * ''Major'' Arthur Agar-Robartes, British Army officer and cricketer* ''Captain'' Thomas Agar-Robartes, British Army officer and MP* Harold "Harry" Billinge (died 2022), sapper, D-Day veteran* ''Colonel'' James Carne VC DSO, British Army officer* John Gilbert "Jack" Cock DCM MM, soldier and footballer* Horace Augustus Curtis VC, British soldier* Robert Davies, Lieutenant of the Royal Engineers awarded the G.C. for bomb-disposal in 1940 saving St. Paul's Cathedral. * John Enys, British soldier during the American Revolution. * James Fynn VC, British soldier* ''Lieutenant Colonel'' Sidney Godolphin, soldier and Member of Parliament * ''Captain'' Albert Jacka VC, MC and Bar, the first Australian to win the VC at Gallipoli (his family migrated to Victoria from St Buryan)*''Lieutenant-Colonel'' Sir Arthur Olver, British army officer and expert on animal husbandry* Rick Rescorla, U.S. war hero and 9/11 victim (1939–2001)* ''Sergeant'' Steven Roberts, the first soldier to die in the invasion of Iraq* ''Captain'' George Symons VC, DCM, artillery officer* Sir John Trelawny, 1st Baronet, soldier in the English Civil War* ''Captain'' Arthur Tremayne, soldier in the Crimean War; MP for Truro* ''Captain'' Robert Walling, Royal Garrison Artillery;Airmen* Wing Commander Guy Gibson of The Dambusters. * Charles Reep, airman and inventor of the long ball in soccer* Nigel Tangye, airman, author and hotelier at Newquay* Geoffrey Wellum, DFC, fighter pilot and author===Commanders===* Sir John Arundell, Cornish Royalist commander* ''Colonel'' Edward Bolitho, British Army officer * ''Major-General'' Charles Edward-Collins, British Indian Army officer. * ''Major-General'' Sir Wyndham Childs, British Army officer and Assistant Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis * Sir Walter Gilbert, 1st Baronet, general* Bevil Grenville, Cornish Royalist commander* Sir Richard Grenville, 1st Baronet (or Granville) (1600–1658), Cornish Royalist leader during the English Civil War* ''Major General'' Sir Gerald Kitson, British Army officer * Philip Melvill, Governor of Pendennis Castle, Falmouth* William Scawen, Royalist commander in the English Civil War* ''Major-General'' Sir William Penn Symons KCB, British Army officer * Richard Trant (d. 2007), general in the British army* John Trevanion, Cornish Royalist commander* John Johns Trigg, officer in the Virginia militia, American Civil War* Stephen Trigg, brother of John, politician and officer in the Virginia militia, American Civil War* David Tyacke, GOC Singapore District, last Commanding Officer of the DCLI* James Howard Williams (Elephant Bill), lieutenant-colonel in the British Indian Army and elephant expert* Sir Charles Wills, British Army general and politician;Airmen*''Air Chief Marshal'' Sir Alec Coryton, Royal Air Force officer* ''Air Commodore'' John Grigson DSO, DFC, Royal Air Force
Seamen * John Eliot, captain in the Royal Navy and Governor of West Florida * James Erisey, privateer* ''Captain'' William Hennah, RN* Robert Peverell Hichens, DSO, DSC, lieutenant commander, RNVR* William Hicks, Lieut. RN* ''Sir'' Edward Nicholl, commander, RNR* William Odgers, VC, sailor in New Zealand* Ernest Herbert Pitcher, VC, petty officer in the Royal Navy* Spry family, of St Anthony in Roseland: several members of the family were commanders in the Royal Navy* John St Aubyn, 4th Baron St Levan, hereditary peer and decorated Royal Navy officer* Walter Tremenheere KH (1761-1855), colonel of marines * James Trevenen, captain in the Russian Navy; officer in the Royal Navy * Joseph Trewavas, VC, seaman in the Royal Navy* Mark Versallion, lieutenant, RNR* Samuel Wallis, commander in the Royal Navy and explorer of the Pacific* Charles Bampfield Yule, lieutenant, RN ===Admirals===*Sir John Arundell of Lanherne alias John Fitzalan, 1st Baron Arundel (died 1379), naval commander and Lord Marshal of England*''Sir'' John Arundell, admiral, known as 'Jack of Tilbury'* William Bligh, captain of , botanist, governor of New South Wales, Royal Navy admiral* Edward Boscawen, Royal Navy admiral* ''Sir'' Frederick Edward-Collins, Admiral RN; Acting Governor and Commander in Chief of the Fortress of Gibraltar* ''Sir'' Frank Hopkins, Royal Navy Admiral, a former captain of the aircraft carrier * Rear-Admiral Bartholomew James (1752 – 1828), naval officer and writer*Edward Pellew, 1st Viscount Exmouth, Royal Navy admiral*Admiral Barrington Reynolds, RN, notable for an anti-slavery expedition* Rear-Admiral Robert Carthew Reynolds, RN*''Sir'' Bartholomew Sulivan, Royal Navy admiral and hydrographer*Rear-Admiral Thomas Ball Sulivan, Royal Navy officer*Richard Darton Thomas, Royal Navy admiral*''Sir'' John Forster "Sandy" Woodward,  Royal Navy admiral
See also * Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry officers* Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry soldiers
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