Naval Mobilisation Department (Royal Navy): Difference between revisions
From The Dreadnought Project
Jump to navigationJump to search
Simon Harley (talk | contribs) (Made Changes.) |
Simon Harley (talk | contribs) |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
In October, 1911, Rear-Admiral King-Hall left the Admiralty to hoist his flag as Rear-Admiral in the Second Division of the Home Fleet.<ref>King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 42.</ref> Captain [[Alexander Ludovic Duff|Alexander L. Duff]] was announced as his replacement on 6 September,<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Thursday, 7 September, 1911. Issue '''39684''', col G, p. 2.</ref> and was formally appointed Director of Naval Mobilisation on 19 October.<ref>"Naval Mobilisation Department. Distribution of Work. October 1911." In docket entitled "Distribution of Work of Admiralty War Staff" dated 25 March, 1912. ADM 1/8272.</ref> | In October, 1911, Rear-Admiral King-Hall left the Admiralty to hoist his flag as Rear-Admiral in the Second Division of the Home Fleet.<ref>King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 42.</ref> Captain [[Alexander Ludovic Duff|Alexander L. Duff]] was announced as his replacement on 6 September,<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). ''The Times''. Thursday, 7 September, 1911. Issue '''39684''', col G, p. 2.</ref> and was formally appointed Director of Naval Mobilisation on 19 October.<ref>"Naval Mobilisation Department. Distribution of Work. October 1911." In docket entitled "Distribution of Work of Admiralty War Staff" dated 25 March, 1912. ADM 1/8272.</ref> | ||
==Structure== | |||
{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed" border=2 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="margin: 0 0 1em 0.5em; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse;" align=center; | |||
|- | |||
! colspan=5 align=center|Distribution of Work. October 1911.<ref>"Admiralty War Staff. Distribution of Work." {{TNA|ADM 1/8272.}}</ref> | |||
|- | |||
|colspan=5 align=left|Director of Naval Mobilisation—Captain [[Alexander Ludovic Duff|A. L. Duff]], A.D.C., R.N. (19/10/11.) | |||
|- | |||
!Section. | |||
!Name. | |||
!Date of Appointment to N.M.D. | |||
!No. of Room. | |||
!Duties of Section. | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
==Directors of Naval Mobilisation== | ==Directors of Naval Mobilisation== | ||
Revision as of 11:34, 22 May 2014
In October, 1911, Rear-Admiral King-Hall left the Admiralty to hoist his flag as Rear-Admiral in the Second Division of the Home Fleet.[1] Captain Alexander L. Duff was announced as his replacement on 6 September,[2] and was formally appointed Director of Naval Mobilisation on 19 October.[3]
Structure
| Distribution of Work. October 1911.[4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director of Naval Mobilisation—Captain A. L. Duff, A.D.C., R.N. (19/10/11.) | ||||
| Section. | Name. | Date of Appointment to N.M.D. | No. of Room. | Duties of Section. |
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear-Admiral Herbert G. King-Hall, 11 October, 1909.[5]
- Captain Alexander L. Duff, 3 October, 1911.[6]
Assistant Directors
Head of Manning Division
- Captain Michael Culme-Seymour, 11 October, 1909.[7]
- Captain Osmond de B. Brock, 29 November, 1910.[8]
Head of War Division
- Captain George C. Cayley, 11 October, 1909.[9]
- Captain Sydney R. Fremantle, 1 January, 1910.[10]
- Captain George P. W. Hope, 28 March, 1911.[11]
Footnotes
- ↑ King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 42.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 7 September, 1911. Issue 39684, col G, p. 2.
- ↑ "Naval Mobilisation Department. Distribution of Work. October 1911." In docket entitled "Distribution of Work of Admiralty War Staff" dated 25 March, 1912. ADM 1/8272.
- ↑ "Admiralty War Staff. Distribution of Work." The National Archives. ADM 1/8272.
- ↑ King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 42.
- ↑ "Naval Mobilisation Department. Distribution of Work. October 1911." In docket entitled "Distribution of Work of Admiralty War Staff" dated 25 March, 1912. ADM 1/8272.
- ↑ Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 477.
- ↑ Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 49.
- ↑ Cayley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 428.
- ↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 473.
- ↑ Hope Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 44.
Bibliography
- Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division (1929). The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. Its Work and Development. B.R. 1845 (late C.B. 3013). Copy No. 8 at The National Archives. ADM 234/434.
