Gunnery Division (Royal Navy)

The Gunnery Division was a division of the Naval Staff of the Royal Navy. It was established in 1920 when the Gunnery and Torpedo Division was split into the Gunnery Division and the Torpedo Division

Institution

In 1920 the Gunnery and Torpedo Division was split and the staff responsibility for Gunnery was given to the newly created Director of the Gunnery Division, Naval Staff.

Directors of the Gunnery Division

• Captain Frederic C. Dreyer, 19 April, 1920 – 18 April, 1922
• Captain Bernard St. G. Collard, 18 April, 1922^{[Citation needed]} – 25 April, 1924^{[Citation needed]}
• Captain Humphrey T. Walwyn, 5 April, 1924 – 1 March, 1926
• Captain Henry J. S. Brownrigg, 1 March, 1926 – 2 April, 1927
• Captain Bernard W. M. Fairbairn, 22 April, 1927 – 24 December, 1928

Deputy Directors of the Gunnery Division

• Captain Henry J. S. Brownrigg, April, 1920 – 10 January, 1921
• Captain Bernard W. M. Fairbairn, 10 January, 1921 – 16 August, 1922
• Captain Cecil V. Usborne, 16 August, 1922 – 10 March, 1923
• Captain Wilfred F. French, 10 March, 1923 – 15 February, 1925
• Captain Leonard S. Holbrook, 16 February, 1925 – 15 May, 1925
• Captain Henry J. S. Brownrigg, 15 May, 1925 – 1 March, 1926
• Captain Cyril G. Sedgwick, 1 March, 1926 – 25 June, 1928

See Also

• Gunnery and Torpedo Division