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==The Jellicoe Era==
 
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"The adoption of the title Chief of the Naval Staff by the First Sea Lord necessarily made the functions of the Staff executive instead of advisory."<ref>Jellicoe.  ''The Crisis of the Naval War''.  p. 12.</ref>
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By late 1917 the Naval Staff was organised thus:<ref>Dewar.  ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.  '''XXX'''.  p. 9.</ref>
 
By late 1917 the Naval Staff was organised thus:<ref>Dewar.  ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.  '''XXX'''.  p. 9.</ref>
  

Revision as of 16:04, 24 December 2009

The Jellicoe Era

"The adoption of the title Chief of the Naval Staff by the First Sea Lord necessarily made the functions of the Staff executive instead of advisory."[1]

By late 1917 the Naval Staff was organised thus:[2]

First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff
Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff Intelligence Division Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff
Operations Division Signal Division Plans Division Trade Division Anti-Submarine Division Minesweeping Division Mercantile Movements Division

Footnotes

  1. Jellicoe. The Crisis of the Naval War. p. 12.
  2. Dewar. Encyclopædia Britannica. XXX. p. 9.

Bibliography

  • Dewar, Alfred Charles (1922). Encyclopædia Britannica: The New Volumes. Volume XXX. London: Encyclopædia Britannica Company, Ltd..