Long before WWI - but noteworthy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cochrane,_10th_Earl_of_Dundonald
One of the models for Horatio Hornblower and Jack Aubrey, but possibly more unlikely than them.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cochrane,_10th_Earl_of_Dundonald
One of the models for Horatio Hornblower and Jack Aubrey, but possibly more unlikely than them.