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− | <div name=fredbot: | + | <div name=fredbot:officeDir otitle="Director of Training and Staff Duties" nat="UK"> |
− | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=James Clement Ley|nick=James C. Ley|appt=10 December, 1917<ref>Ley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 74.</ref>|precBy=New Appointment}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=James Clement Ley|nick=James C. Ley|appt=10 December, 1917<ref>Ley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 74.</ref>|precBy=New Appointment|end=April, 1918<ref>Ley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/88.}} f. 124.</ref>}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Herbert William Richmond|nick=Herbert W. Richmond|appt=12 April, 1918{{UKNavalStaff|p. 123}}}} | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Herbert William Richmond|nick=Herbert W. Richmond|appt=12 April, 1918{{UKNavalStaff|p. 123}}|end=1 January, 1919<ref>Richmond Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 288.</ref>}} |
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Walter Maurice Ellerton|nick=Walter M. Ellerton|appt=1 January, 1919{{UKNavalStaff|p. 123}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Walter Maurice Ellerton|nick=Walter M. Ellerton|appt=1 January, 1919{{UKNavalStaff|p. 123}}}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard|nick=Vernon H. S. Haggard|appt=1 January, 1922{{UKNavalStaff|p. 124}}}} | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Vernon Harry Stuart Haggard|nick=Vernon H. S. Haggard|appt=1 January, 1922{{UKNavalStaff|p. 124}}|end=25 September, 1923<ref>Haggard Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|D7576583}} f. 238.</ref>}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh Justin Tweedie|nick=Hugh J. Tweedie|appt=25 September, 1923{{UKNavalStaff|p. 124}}}} | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Hugh Justin Tweedie|nick=Hugh J. Tweedie|appt=25 September, 1923{{UKNavalStaff|p. 124}}<ref>Tweedie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 332.</ref>|end=1 January, 1926<ref>Tweedie Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 332.</ref>}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Lionel Snagge|nick=Arthur L. Snagge|appt=1 January, 1926{{UKNavalStaff|p. 124}}}} | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Lionel Snagge|nick=Arthur L. Snagge|appt=1 January, 1926{{UKNavalStaff|p. 124}}|end=}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Sidney Julius Meyrick|nick=Sidney J. Meyrick|appt=1 July, 1926{{UKNavalStaff|p. 124}}}} | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Sidney Julius Meyrick|nick=Sidney J. Meyrick|appt=1 July, 1926{{UKNavalStaff|p. 124}}|end=1 July, 1927}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Noel Frank Laurence|nick=Noel F. Laurence|appt=1 July, 1927{{UKNavalStaff|p. 124}}}} | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Noel Frank Laurence|nick=Noel F. Laurence|appt=1 July, 1927<ref>Laurence Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/175.|D7576654}} f. 579.</ref>{{UKNavalStaff|p. 124}}|end=10 April, 1928<ref>Laurence Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/175.|D7576654}} f. 579.</ref>}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Isham Worsley Gibson|nick=Isham W. Gibson|appt=10 April, 1928{{UKNavalStaff|p. 124}}}} | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Isham Worsley Gibson|nick=Isham W. Gibson|appt=10 April, 1928{{UKNavalStaff|p. 124}}|end=24 December, 1928}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Bernard William Murray Fairbairn|nick=Bernard W. F. Fairbairn|appt=24 December, 1928{{UKNavalStaff|p. 124}}}} | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Bernard William Murray Fairbairn|nick=Bernard W. F. Fairbairn|appt=24 December, 1928{{UKNavalStaff|p. 124}}|end=15 April, 1929}} |
− | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Owen Cochrane|nick=Edward O. Cochrane|appt=8 April, 1929{{UKNavalStaff|p. 124}}}} | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Owen Cochrane|nick=Edward O. Cochrane|appt=8 April, 1929{{UKNavalStaff|p. 124}}|end=}} |
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Schomberg Arbuthnot|nick=Geoffrey S. Arbuthnot|appt=19 June, 1933<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/91/198.|}} f. 200.</ref>|end=13 March, 1934<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/91/198.|}} f. 200.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Arthur Buckley|nick=Frederick A. Buckley|appt=14 March, 1934<ref>Buckley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 10/1098.</ref>|end=11 May, 1936<ref>Buckley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 10/1098.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederick Arthur Buckley|nick=Frederick A. Buckley|appt=14 March, 1934<ref>Buckley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 10/1098.</ref>|end=11 May, 1936<ref>Buckley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 10/1098.</ref>}} | ||
− | {{ | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Kaye Edden|nick=William K. Edden|appt=11 April, 1951{{NavAppts|13 Oct. 1950, p. 6}}|end=}} |
− | </div name=fredbot: | + | </div name=fredbot:officeDir> |
==Deputy Directors of Training and Staff Duties== | ==Deputy Directors of Training and Staff Duties== | ||
Dates of appointment given: | Dates of appointment given: | ||
− | <div name=fredbot: | + | <div name=fredbot:officeDep otitle="Deputy Director of Training and Staff Duties" nat="UK"> |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Guy Plantagenet Bigg-Wither|nick=Guy P. Bigg-Wither|appt=15 January, 1919|end=1 February, 1919}} | |
− | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Astley Astley-Rushton|nick=Edward A. Astley-Rushton|appt=1 February, 1919<ref>Astley-Rushton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 55.</ref>|end=8 February, 1921<ref>Astley-Rushton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 55.</ref>}} | |
− | </div name=fredbot: | + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Arthur Robertson-Scott|nick=Charles A. Scott|appt=8 February, 1921<ref>Robertson-Scott Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/203.|}} f. 207.</ref>|end=31 December, 1922<ref>Robertson-Scott Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/203.|}} f. 207.</ref>}} |
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Noel Frank Laurence|nick=Noel F. Laurence|appt=1 July, 1926<ref>Laurence Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/175.|D7576654}} f. 579.</ref>|end=1 July, 1927<ref>Laurence Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/48/175.|D7576654}} f. 579.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Isham Worsley Gibson|nick=Isham W. Gibson|appt=1 July, 1927|end=10 April, 1928|as=Assistant Director of Training and Staff Duties}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harold Martin Burrough|nick=Harold M. Burrough|appt=24 December, 1928|end=}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hubert Ardill|nick=Hubert Ardill|appt=17 March, 1930<ref>Ardill Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}}</ref>|end=7 December, 1931<ref>Ardill Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}}</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Geoffrey Schomberg Arbuthnot|nick=Geoffrey S. Arbuthnot|appt=14 March, 1932<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/91/198.|}} f. 200.</ref>|end=18 June, 1933<ref>Arbuthnot Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/91/198.|}} f. 200.</ref>|note=vice Ardill}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Douglas Blake Fisher|nick=Douglas B. Fisher|appt=1 August, 1933|end=16 October, 1933|note=temporary}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Frederick Arthur Buckley|nick=Frederick A. Buckley|appt=16 October, 1933<ref>Buckley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 10/1098.</ref>|end=14 March, 1934<ref>Buckley Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51.|}} f. 10/1098.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Catterall Leach|nick=John C. Leach|appt=14 March, 1934<ref>Leach Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/56/152.|}} f. 154.</ref>|end=March, 1936<ref>Leach Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/56/152.|}} f. 154.</ref>|note=vice Buckley}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Cecil Bovell|nick=Henry C. Bovell|appt=24 March, 1936<ref>Bovell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/55/28.|}} f. 28.</ref>|end=19 March, 1938<ref>Bovell Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/55/28.|}} f. 28.</ref>|note=vice Leach}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Maxwell Servaes|nick=Reginald M. Servaes|appt=19 March, 1938<ref>Servaes Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/55/140.|}} f. 140.</ref>|end=23 May, 1939<ref>Servaes Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/55/140.|}} f. 140.</ref>|note=vice Bovell}} | ||
+ | </div name=fredbot:officeDep> | ||
− | + | There appears to be ample evidence that at times, two men held this position in parallel. This is the "other" track. | |
+ | <div name=fredbot:officeDep2 otitle="Deputy Director of Training and Staff Duties" nat="UK"> | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Lachlan Donald Ian MacKinnon|nick=Lachlan D. I. MacKinnon|appt=24 December, 1928<ref>MacKinnon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/16.}} f. 220.</ref>|end=1 August, 1930<ref>MacKinnon Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/16.}} f. 220.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=William Frederic Wake-Walker|nick=William F. Wake-Walker|appt=1 August, 1930<ref>Wake-Walker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/176.}} f. 187.</ref>|end=22 August, 1932<ref>Wake-Walker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/51/176.}} f. 187.</ref>|note=vice MacKinnon}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederic Newton Attwood|nick=Frederic N. Attwood|appt=22 August, 1932<ref>Attwood Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/45.}} f. 396.</ref>|end=20 August, 1934<ref>Attwood Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/52/45.}} f. 396.</ref>|note=vice Wake Walker}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Rhoderick Robert McGrigor|nick=Rhoderick R. McGrigor|appt=20 August, 1934<ref>McGrigor Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/59.}} f. 59.</ref>|end=26 July, 1936<ref>McGrigor Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/55/59.}} f. 59.</ref>|note=vice Attwood}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Harold Thomas Coulthard Walker|nick=Harold T. C. Walker|appt=17 August, 1936<ref>Walker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/12.}} f. 11.</ref>{{NavAppts|22 July 1936, p. 10}}|end=20 May, 1938<ref>Walker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/53/12.}} f. 11.</ref>|note=vice McGrigor}} | ||
+ | </div name=fredbot:officeDep2> | ||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== |
Latest revision as of 15:00, 22 November 2021
Directors of Training and Staff Duties
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear-Admiral James C. Ley, 10 December, 1917[1] – April, 1918[2]
- Captain Herbert W. Richmond, 12 April, 1918[3] – 1 January, 1919[4]
- Captain Walter M. Ellerton, 1 January, 1919[5]
- Captain Vernon H. S. Haggard, 1 January, 1922[6] – 25 September, 1923[7]
- Captain Hugh J. Tweedie, 25 September, 1923[8][9] – 1 January, 1926[10]
- Captain Arthur L. Snagge, 1 January, 1926[11]
- Captain Sidney J. Meyrick, 1 July, 1926[12] – 1 July, 1927
- Captain Noel F. Laurence, 1 July, 1927[13][14] – 10 April, 1928[15]
- Captain Isham W. Gibson, 10 April, 1928[16] – 24 December, 1928
- Captain Bernard W. F. Fairbairn, 24 December, 1928[17] – 15 April, 1929
- Captain Edward O. Cochrane, 8 April, 1929[18]
- Captain Geoffrey S. Arbuthnot, 19 June, 1933[19] – 13 March, 1934[20]
- Captain Frederick A. Buckley, 14 March, 1934[21] – 11 May, 1936[22]
- Captain William K. Edden, 11 April, 1951[23]
Deputy Directors of Training and Staff Duties
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Guy P. Bigg-Wither, 15 January, 1919 – 1 February, 1919
- Captain Edward A. Astley-Rushton, 1 February, 1919[24] – 8 February, 1921[25]
- Captain Charles A. Scott, 8 February, 1921[26] – 31 December, 1922[27]
- Captain Noel F. Laurence, 1 July, 1926[28] – 1 July, 1927[29]
- Captain Isham W. Gibson, 1 July, 1927 – 10 April, 1928
- Captain Harold M. Burrough, 24 December, 1928
- Captain Hubert Ardill, 17 March, 1930[30] – 7 December, 1931[31]
- Captain Geoffrey S. Arbuthnot, 14 March, 1932[32] – 18 June, 1933[33] (vice Ardill)
- Captain Douglas B. Fisher, 1 August, 1933 – 16 October, 1933 (temporary)
- Captain Frederick A. Buckley, 16 October, 1933[34] – 14 March, 1934[35]
- Captain John C. Leach, 14 March, 1934[36] – March, 1936[37] (vice Buckley)
- Captain Henry C. Bovell, 24 March, 1936[38] – 19 March, 1938[39] (vice Leach)
- Captain Reginald M. Servaes, 19 March, 1938[40] – 23 May, 1939[41] (vice Bovell)
There appears to be ample evidence that at times, two men held this position in parallel. This is the "other" track.
- Captain Lachlan D. I. MacKinnon, 24 December, 1928[42] – 1 August, 1930[43]
- Captain William F. Wake-Walker, 1 August, 1930[44] – 22 August, 1932[45] (vice MacKinnon)
- Captain Frederic N. Attwood, 22 August, 1932[46] – 20 August, 1934[47] (vice Wake Walker)
- Captain Rhoderick R. McGrigor, 20 August, 1934[48] – 26 July, 1936[49] (vice Attwood)
- Captain Harold T. C. Walker, 17 August, 1936[50][51] – 20 May, 1938[52] (vice McGrigor)
Footnotes
- ↑ Ley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 74.
- ↑ Ley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/88. f. 124.
- ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 123.
- ↑ Richmond Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 288.
- ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 123.
- ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 124.
- ↑ Haggard Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 238.
- ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 124.
- ↑ Tweedie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 332.
- ↑ Tweedie Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 332.
- ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 124.
- ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 124.
- ↑ Laurence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/175. f. 579.
- ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 124.
- ↑ Laurence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/175. f. 579.
- ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 124.
- ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 124.
- ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 124.
- ↑ Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91/198. f. 200.
- ↑ Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91/198. f. 200.
- ↑ Buckley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 10/1098.
- ↑ Buckley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 10/1098.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 13 Oct. 1950, p. 6.
- ↑ Astley-Rushton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 55.
- ↑ Astley-Rushton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 55.
- ↑ Robertson-Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/203. f. 207.
- ↑ Robertson-Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/203. f. 207.
- ↑ Laurence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/175. f. 579.
- ↑ Laurence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48/175. f. 579.
- ↑ Ardill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49.
- ↑ Ardill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49.
- ↑ Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91/198. f. 200.
- ↑ Arbuthnot Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/91/198. f. 200.
- ↑ Buckley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 10/1098.
- ↑ Buckley Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51. f. 10/1098.
- ↑ Leach Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/152. f. 154.
- ↑ Leach Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/56/152. f. 154.
- ↑ Bovell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/28. f. 28.
- ↑ Bovell Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/28. f. 28.
- ↑ Servaes Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/140. f. 140.
- ↑ Servaes Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/55/140. f. 140.
- ↑ MacKinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/16. f. 220.
- ↑ MacKinnon Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/16. f. 220.
- ↑ Wake-Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/176. f. 187.
- ↑ Wake-Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/176. f. 187.
- ↑ Attwood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
- ↑ Attwood Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/45. f. 396.
- ↑ McGrigor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/59. f. 59.
- ↑ McGrigor Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/55/59. f. 59.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/12. f. 11.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 22 July 1936, p. 10.
- ↑ Walker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/53/12. f. 11.
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.