Sheerness Gunnery School
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]
On 14 January, 1902, Captain Charles H. Adair succeeded Campbell.[2]
On 8 February, 1905, Captain Henry M. T. Tudor was appointed to the gunnery school.[3] On 2 July, 1906, Captain Arthur A. C. Galloway was appointed commanding officer.[4] Captain Charles H. Coke was appointed in command on 14 January, 1907,[5] after Galloway was appointed to Portsmouth Royal Naval Barracks.[6] 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".[7]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 15 March, 1892. Issue 33586, col D, pg. 8.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 15 January, 1902. Issue 36665, col A, pg. 11.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 6 February, 1905. Issue 37623, col A, pg. 8.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 13 June, 1906. Issue 38045, col A, pg. 14.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 29 December, 1906. Issue 38216, col C, pg. 7.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 14 January, 1907. Issue 38229, col A, pg. 7.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 27 June, 1908. Issue 38684, col C, pg. 7.
