Accountant Branch (Royal Navy)
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Uniform
In a memorandum dated 28 December, 1863, it was announced that Queen Victoria had sanctioned the introduction of white velvet stripes between the distinction lace of officers of the "Paymasters' Department".[1] By Memorandum No. 1 E of 14 January, 1864, it was clarified that the white stripes were to be a quarter of an inch wide and had to be worn by 1 July.[2]
Numbers
By Order in Council of 12 November, 1900, the number of Fleet Paymasters, Staff Paymasters, and Paymasters, was increased to 250. The number of Assistant Paymasters and Clerks was fixed at 300, and the numbers of Assistant Clerks was to be regulated at the discretion of the Admiralty.[3]
Ranks
The ranks were renamed by Order in Council in November 1918:[4]
| Before November, 1918. | After November, 1918. |
|---|---|
| Paymaster Director-General* | Paymaster Rear-Admiral |
| Paymaster-in-Chief | Paymaster Captain |
| Fleet Paymaster | Paymaster Commander |
| Staff Paymaster | Paymaster Lieutenant-Commander |
| Paymaster | Paymaster Lieutenant |
| Assistant Paymaster | Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant |
| Clerk | Paymaster Midshipman |
| Assistant Clerk | Paymaster Cadet |
- Paymaster Director-General was initially an appointment only, but the rank of Paymaster-Rear-Admiral was retroactively applied to it by Order in Council of 20 December, 1919.[5]
Paymaster Directors-General
- Paymaster-in-Chief Sir John H. G. Chapple, 6 March, 1918[6]
- Paymaster Rear-Admiral William M. C. B. Whyte, 1 July, 1918[7]
- Paymaster Rear-Admiral Charles F. Pollard, 1923[Citation needed]
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List, Corrected to the 20th December, 1863. p. 388.
- ↑ Memorandum No. 1 E dated 14 January, 1864. The National Archives. ADM 7/892.
- ↑ The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service. VIII. p. 147.
- ↑ The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service. XII. p. 422.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 31705. p. 15854. 23 December, 1919.
- ↑ Chapple Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/12. f. 367.
- ↑ Whyte Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/81. f. 69.
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