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==Directors== | ==Directors== | ||
<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Director of the Naval Air Division" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Director of the Naval Air Division" nat="UK"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Frederick Parker Calvert|nick=Thomas F. P. Calvert|appt=February, 1924|end=September, 1926|precBy=Air Department|as=Director of the Air Section}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Thomas Frederick Parker Calvert|nick=Thomas F. P. Calvert|appt=7 February, 1924|end=27 September, 1926|precBy=Air Department|as=Director of the Air Section|note=as Director of the Air Section}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Ponsonby Talbot|nick=Cecil P. Talbot|appt=September, 1926|end= | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cecil Ponsonby Talbot|nick=Cecil P. Talbot|appt=27 September, 1926|end=7 January, 1929|as=Director of the Air Section}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Isham Worsley Gibson|nick=Isham W. Gibson|appt=31 December, 1928|end=5 April, 1930|as=Director of the Naval Air Division|note=hereafter, the Air Division}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Isham Worsley Gibson|nick=Isham W. Gibson|appt=31 December, 1928|end=5 April, 1930|as=Director of the Naval Air Division|note=hereafter, as Director of the Air Division}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Edward Turle|nick=Charles E. Turle|appt= | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Edward Turle|nick=Charles E. Turle|appt=5 April, 1930|end=5 April, 1932}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Clive Rawlings|nick=Henry C. Rawlings|appt=March, 1932|end=July, 1934}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Clive Rawlings|nick=Henry C. Rawlings|appt=5 March, 1932|end=23 July, 1934}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Frederick Harris|nick=Charles F. Harris|appt=July, 1934|end= | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Frederick Harris|nick=Charles F. Harris|appt=23 July, 1934<ref>Harris Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/347.|}} f. 346.</ref>|end=31 December, 1936|note=vice Rawlings}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cosmo Moray Graham|nick=Cosmo M. Graham|appt=January, 1937|end=February, 1939}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cosmo Moray Graham|nick=Cosmo M. Graham|appt=January, 1937|end=February, 1939}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Arthur Aiskew Larcom|nick=Charles A. A. Larcom|appt=February, 1939|end=November, 1939}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Arthur Aiskew Larcom|nick=Charles A. A. Larcom|appt=February, 1939|end=21 November, 1939}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Clement Moody|nick=Clement Moody|appt=November, 1939|end=September, 1941}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Clement Moody|nick=Clement Moody|appt=21 November, 1939|end=9 September, 1941}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Robin Moore Bridge|nick=Arthur R. M. Bridge|appt=September, 1941|end=February, 1943}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Robin Moore Bridge|nick=Arthur R. M. Bridge|appt=September, 1941|end=February, 1943}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Piachaud Wright|nick=John P. Wright|appt=February, 1943|end=January, 1945}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=John Piachaud Wright|nick=John P. Wright|appt=February, 1943|end=January, 1945}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Guy Willoughby|nick=Guy Willoughby|appt=January, 1945|end=December, 1946|succBy=[[Ernest Henry Shattock|Ernest H. Shattock]]}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Guy Willoughby|nick=Guy Willoughby|appt=January, 1945|end=December, 1946|succBy=[[Ernest Henry Shattock|Ernest H. Shattock]]}} | ||
</div name=fredbot:office0> | </div name=fredbot:office0> | ||
==Deputy Directors== | |||
<div name=fredbot:office1 otitle="Deputy Director of the Naval Air Division" nat="UK"> | |||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cosmo Moray Graham|nick=Cosmo M. Graham|appt=July, 1936|end=January, 1937}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Reginald Henry Portal|nick=Reginald Henry Portal|appt=1 January, 1937|end=18 February, 1938}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Gerald Maxwell Bradshaw Langley|nick=Gerald M. B. Langley|appt=February, 1938|end=November, 1939}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Robert Meyrick Ellis|nick=Robert M. Ellis|appt=November, 1939|end=February, 1941}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edmund Walter Anstice|nick=Edmund W. Anstice|appt=February, 1941|end=1942}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Barrington Lungley Moore|nick=Barrington L. Moore|appt=1942|end=February, 1943}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur David Torlesse|nick=Arthur D. Torlesse|appt=February, 1943|end=July, 1944}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Philip Cecil Langdon Yorke|nick=Philip C. L. Yorke|appt=July, 1944|end=February, 1946}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alexander Noel Campbell Bingley|nick=Alexander N. C. Bingley|appt=February, 1946|end=}} | |||
</div name=fredbot:office1> | |||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
Latest revision as of 13:28, 12 October 2021
The Air Section was created in mid-1920 upon the abolition of the Air Department. In 1928, it was renamed the Naval Air Division.
Creation
Strength
Staff
Directors
- Captain Thomas F. P. Calvert, 7 February, 1924 – 27 September, 1926 (as Director of the Air Section)
- Captain Cecil P. Talbot, 27 September, 1926 – 7 January, 1929
- Captain Isham W. Gibson, 31 December, 1928 – 5 April, 1930 (hereafter, as Director of the Air Division)
- Captain Charles E. Turle, 5 April, 1930 – 5 April, 1932
- Captain Henry C. Rawlings, 5 March, 1932 – 23 July, 1934
- Captain Charles F. Harris, 23 July, 1934[1] – 31 December, 1936 (vice Rawlings)
- Captain Cosmo M. Graham, January, 1937 – February, 1939
- Captain Charles A. A. Larcom, February, 1939 – 21 November, 1939
- Captain Clement Moody, 21 November, 1939 – 9 September, 1941
- Captain Arthur R. M. Bridge, September, 1941 – February, 1943
- Captain John P. Wright, February, 1943 – January, 1945
- Captain Guy Willoughby, January, 1945 – December, 1946
Deputy Directors
- Captain Cosmo M. Graham, July, 1936 – January, 1937
- Captain Reginald Henry Portal, 1 January, 1937 – 18 February, 1938
- Captain Gerald M. B. Langley, February, 1938 – November, 1939
- Captain Robert M. Ellis, November, 1939 – February, 1941
- Captain Edmund W. Anstice, February, 1941 – 1942
- Captain Barrington L. Moore, 1942 – February, 1943
- Captain Arthur D. Torlesse, February, 1943 – July, 1944
- Captain Philip C. L. Yorke, July, 1944 – February, 1946
- Captain Alexander N. C. Bingley, February, 1946
Footnotes
- ↑ Harris Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/347. f. 346.
