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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Walter Maurice Ellerton|nick=Walter W. Ellerton|appt=2 January, 1923<ref>Ellerton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 153.</ref>|end=7 March, 1925<ref>Ellerton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 153. Date may actually be 4 March (handwritten).</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Walter Maurice Ellerton|nick=Walter W. Ellerton|appt=2 January, 1923<ref>Ellerton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 153.</ref>|end=7 March, 1925<ref>Ellerton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.|}} f. 153. Date may actually be 4 March (handwritten).</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Cyril Samuel Townsend|nick=Cyril S. Townsend|appt=12 March, 1927<ref>Townsend Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/79.}} f. 98.</ref>|ass=14 April, 1927<ref>Townsend Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/79.}} f. 98.</ref>|end=April, 1929<ref>Townsend Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/79.}} f. 98.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral in Charge, Gibraltar|note=and as Admiral Superintendent of H.M. Dockyard, Gibraltar}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Cyril Samuel Townsend|nick=Cyril S. Townsend|appt=12 March, 1927<ref>Townsend Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/79.}} f. 98.</ref>|ass=14 April, 1927<ref>Townsend Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/79.}} f. 98.</ref>|end=April, 1929<ref>Townsend Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/79.}} f. 98.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral in Charge, Gibraltar|note=and as Admiral Superintendent of H.M. Dockyard, Gibraltar}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Berwick Curtis|nick=Berwick Curtis|appt=22 March, 1929<ref>Curtis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/262.}} f. 262.</ref>|end=30 March, 1931<ref>Curtis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/262.}} f. 262.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral in Charge & Admiral Superintendent, Gibraltar|ass=c. 16 April, 1929<ref>Curtis Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/262.}} f. 262.</ref>}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Thomas Norman James|nick=Thomas N. James|appt=20 March, 1931<ref>James Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 32.</ref>|ass=21 April, 1931<ref>James Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 32.</ref>|end=2 May, 1933|as=Rear-Admiral in Charge & Admiral Superintendent, Gibraltar}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Thomas Norman James|nick=Thomas N. James|appt=20 March, 1931<ref>James Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 32.</ref>|ass=21 April, 1931<ref>James Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 32.</ref>|end=2 May, 1933|as=Rear-Admiral in Charge & Admiral Superintendent, Gibraltar}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Francis Murray Austin|nick=Francis M. Austin|appt=2 May, 1933<ref>Austin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 78.</ref>|end=14 April, 1935<ref>Austin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 78.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral in Charge & Admiral Superintendent, Gibraltar}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Francis Murray Austin|nick=Francis M. Austin|appt=2 May, 1933<ref>Austin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 78.</ref>|end=14 April, 1935<ref>Austin Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 78.</ref>|as=Rear-Admiral in Charge & Admiral Superintendent, Gibraltar}} | ||
Revision as of 17:51, 12 June 2015
The station limits were decreed in 1913 as being:[1]
- North: the South shore of Europe
- West: 5 degrees West longitude
- South: the North shore of Africa
- West: 6 degrees West longitude
Senior Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Atwell P. MacL. Lake, 7 January, 1892[2]
- Captain James A. T. Bruce, 20 January, 1895[3]
- Captain Charles C. Drury, 20 January, 1898[4]
- Vice-Admiral Sir William A. D. Acland, Bart., 1 October, 1902[5]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Chichester, Bart., 10 June, 1904[6]
- Rear-Admiral Sir James E. C. Goodrich, 11 August, 1906[7] – 27 September, 1909[8]
- Rear-Admiral Frederick S. Pelham, 27 September, 1909[9] – 25 October, 1912[10]
- Vice-Admiral Frederic E. E. Brock, 20 September, 1912[11] – 2 November, 1915[12]
- Vice-Admiral Bernard Currey, 21 September, 1915[13] – 19 June, 1917[14]
- Vice-Admiral Sir Heathcoat S. Grant, 19 June, 1917[15] – 14 July, 1919[16]
- Rear-Admiral Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt, 5 July, 1919[17][18]
- Rear-Admiral Henry B. Pelly, 17 December, 1920[19] – 7 February, 1922[20] (and as Admiral Superintendent, Gibraltar Yard)
- Rear-Admiral Walter W. Ellerton, 2 January, 1923[21] – 7 March, 1925[22]
- Rear-Admiral Cyril S. Townsend, 12 March, 1927[23] – April, 1929[24] (and as Admiral Superintendent of H.M. Dockyard, Gibraltar)
- Rear-Admiral Berwick Curtis, 22 March, 1929[25] – 30 March, 1931[26]
- Rear-Admiral Thomas N. James, 20 March, 1931[27] – 2 May, 1933
- Rear-Admiral Francis M. Austin, 2 May, 1933[28] – 14 April, 1935[29]
- Rear-Admiral James M. Pipon, ? – 23 April, 1937[30]
- Rear-Admiral Alfred E. Evans, 23 April, 1937[31] – 23 May, 1939[32]
Also, William Henry Edye and Claude Edward Buckle at some point.[Fact Check]
Footnotes
- ↑ Admiralty Weekly Order No. 721 of 12 Dec, 1913.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1894). p. 355.
- ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1896). p. 355.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1898). p. 435.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 9 August, 1902. Issue 36842, col F, p. 10.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 4 June, 1904. Issue 37412, col F, p. 7.
- ↑ Goodrich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 19/38. f. 535.
- ↑ Goodrich Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 535.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 17 July, 1909. Issue 39014, col D, p. 9.
- ↑ Pelham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 274.
- ↑ The Navy List. (September, 1914). p. 4.
- ↑ Brock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 221.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 559.
- ↑ Currey Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 36.
- ↑ The Navy List. (November, 1918). p. 7.
- ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/20. f. 338.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 698.
- ↑ Tyrwhitt Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 125.
- ↑ Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 235.
- ↑ Pelly Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 235.
- ↑ Ellerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 153.
- ↑ Ellerton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 153. Date may actually be 4 March (handwritten).
- ↑ Townsend Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 98.
- ↑ Townsend Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 98.
- ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
- ↑ Curtis Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/262. f. 262.
- ↑ James Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 32.
- ↑ Austin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 78.
- ↑ Austin Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 78.
- ↑ Superseded that day. Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Evans Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. Unnumbered folio.
