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{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=Richard Herbert Denny Townsend|nick=Richard H. D. Townsend|appt=25 March, 1908<ref>Townsend Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/107.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=24 March, 1909<ref>Townsend Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/107.|}} f. ?.</ref>}} | |||
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=John Harold Smith-Wright|nick=John H. Smith-Wright|appt=6 December, 1915<ref>Smith-Wright Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/8.|}} f. 212.</ref>|end=20 February, 1919<ref>Smith-Wright Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/8.|}} f. 212.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CommRN}}|name=John Harold Smith-Wright|nick=John H. Smith-Wright|appt=6 December, 1915<ref>Smith-Wright Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/8.|}} f. 212.</ref>|end=20 February, 1919<ref>Smith-Wright Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47/8.|}} f. 212.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''S''')|name=Martin Edward Scobell Boissier|nick=Martin E. S. Boissier|appt=20 February, 1919{{NLMay19|p. 865}}|end=7 March, 1921}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}} ('''S''')|name=Martin Edward Scobell Boissier|nick=Martin E. S. Boissier|appt=20 February, 1919{{NLMay19|p. 865}}|end=7 March, 1921}} | ||
Revision as of 17:05, 28 December 2021
The Chatham Signal School was a small affair, formally instituted from humbler signal training origins at Chatham in the mid-1930s. Its staff were borne on the books of H.M.S. Pembroke.
In Command
- Acting Commander Richard H. D. Townsend, 25 March, 1908[1] – 24 March, 1909[2]
- Acting Commander John H. Smith-Wright, 6 December, 1915[3] – 20 February, 1919[4]
- Commander (S) Martin E. S. Boissier, 20 February, 1919[5] – 7 March, 1921
- Lieutenant-Commander (S) Edward H. Kitson, 28 April, 1936[6]
- Lieutenant-Commander Nigel de G. Waymouth, 16 November, 1938[7] – 23 August, 1939[Inference]
- Commander (retired) Hilary P. Mead, 23 August, 1939[8]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Townsend Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/107. f. ?.
- ↑ Townsend Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/107. f. ?.
- ↑ Smith-Wright Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/8. f. 212.
- ↑ Smith-Wright Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47/8. f. 212.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 865.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 262.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 317.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1941). p. 1442.
