Sheerness Gunnery School

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Sheerness Gunnery School at the turn of the Twentieth Century.

The Sheerness Gunnery School was instituted in the Royal Naval Barracks, Sheerness on 1 April, 1892. It came under the command of the Flag Captain to the Commander-in-Chief at the Nore, Captain Leicester C. Keppel. Commander William Stokes Rees was appointed as Commander.[1] Keppel retired for age on 28 August,[2] and was succeeded on 29 August by Captain Henry Harvey Boys. Captain William H. C. St. Clair succeeded Boys on 25 October, 1894.[3]

On 14 January, 1902, Captain Charles H. Adair succeeded Campbell.[4]

On 8 February, 1905, Captain Henry M. T. Tudor was appointed to the gunnery school.[5] On 2 July, 1906, Captain Arthur A. C. Galloway was appointed commanding officer.[6] Captain Charles H. Coke was appointed in command on 14 January, 1907,[7] after Galloway was appointed to Portsmouth Royal Naval Barracks.[8] Sheerness Gunnery School was transferred to Chatham on 1 July, 1908. The final parade was held on 26 June, with Rear-Admiral Coke and the Staff Officers present. On the officers and men leaving the drill ground for the last time, the Gunnery School Band played "Auld Lang Syne".[9]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 15 March, 1892. Issue 33586, col D, pg. 8.
  2. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 17 August, 1892. Issue 33719, col F, pg. 8.
  3. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 22 October, 1894. Issue 34401, col B, pg. 6.
  4. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 15 January, 1902. Issue 36665, col A, pg. 11.
  5. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 6 February, 1905. Issue 37623, col A, pg. 8.
  6. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 13 June, 1906. Issue 38045, col A, pg. 14.
  7. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 29 December, 1906. Issue 38216, col C, pg. 7.
  8. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 14 January, 1907. Issue 38229, col A, pg. 7.
  9. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 27 June, 1908. Issue 38684, col C, pg. 7.

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