Admiral Godfrey Harry Brydges Mundy, C.B., D.S.O., M.V.O., Royal Navy, (11 August 1860 – 7 October 1928)
Mundy was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant with seniority of 29 June 1883.
He was appointed to the Royal Adelaide as Flag Lieutenant to Sir Augustus Phillimore, Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth, on 5 March 1885. He ceased this duty on 25 May 1887, and on 7 July was appointed to Vernon for command of T.B. 52 for the Jubilee naval review.
On 22 October he was appointed to Excellent for the short course in torpedo and gunnery, before being appointed to Dreadnought on 14 November, which he joined on 13 December. The Dreadnought, serving in the Mediterranean, had a notable complement. The Captain was Noel S. F. Digby; the Commander was Prince Louis of Battenberg; and amongst the Lieutenants were Charles J. Briggs and Prince George of Wales. He was superseded at his own request on 16 November 1889, and was ordered to make his way home at his own request: "no promise can be given how long he will be unemployed." This wasn't long, for on 4 February 1890, he was appointed to the Triumph.
On 22 June 1891, he was appointed to Duke of Wellington as Flag Lieutenant to the Earl of Clanwilliam, Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth.
Mundy was appointed in command of the destroyer Ardent on 30 April 1895.
He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June 1896.
Mundy was promoted to the rank of Captain on 26 June 1902. In September, he assumed command of the second class protected cruiser Isis.
On the occasion of the King's visit to Austria he was appointed a Member of the Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.) on 9 October 1903.
In January 1905, he was made captain of the armoured cruiser King Alfred.
A rapid series of battleship commands followed. In August of 1905, he was placed in command of Victorious, remaining there until the following August, when he became captain of Canopus until February of 1908, then right over to Commonwealth until December.
On 5 December 1908, he was appointed Captain Superintendent of Pembroke Dockyard.
Mundy was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral on 11 April 1912, vice Shortland. He was appointed Admiral Superintendent of Devonport Dockyard on 11 December 1913, in succession to Rear Admiral Robert H. S. Stokes.
Mundy was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, of the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 1 January, 1917. He was promoted to the rank of Vice Admiral on 19 August 1917, vice Slade, and was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 19 September. His last service was as Vice Admiral in the North Atlantic Convoy from 1917 to 1918. He was appointed a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) on 1 January, 1919. He was promoted to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 7 October, 1920.
The photo shows Munday as a Lieutenant, with his officers when he commanded Ardent.