I was researching something WWI-related the other day and got the chance to look over lists of British WWI officers (e.g. generals, admirals). Wow, what names! Some examples:
- Aylmer Gould Hunter-Weston
- Beauchamp Duff
- Berkeley George Andrew Moynihan
- Borlase Elward Wyndham Childs (went by Wyndham)
- Casimir Cartwright van Straubenzee
- Dalrymple Arbuthnot (went by “Dal”)
- Frederick Charles Doveton Sturdee (went by Doveton)
- Hedworth Meux (born Lambton–interesting story)
- Henry de Beauvoir De Lisle (went by Beauvoir)
- Hew Dalrymple Fanshawe
- Hurdis Secundus Lalande Ravenshaw
- Ormonde de l’Épée Winter (went by “O”)
- Torquhil George Matheson
- Rosslyn Erskine Wemyss
- Sackville Hamilton Carden
- Trevylyan Dacres Willes Napier
- Willoughby Garnons Gwatkin
All of these men were born in the 1850s, 1860s and 1870s.