Assistant Paymaster (Royal Navy)

Assistant Paymaster was a rank in the Accountant Branch of the Royal Navy, equivalent to that of Sub-Lieutenant.

History

By Order in Council of 28 February, 1855, the rank of Assistant Paymaster was created and given to Clerks who had passed the examination for the rank of Paymaster. A passed Clerk of under four years' full pay as such became an Assistant Paymaster, 2nd Class, and above four years' became an Assistant Paymaster, 1st Class.

An Order in Council of 8 November, 1918, altered the title of the rank to Paymaster Sub-Lieutenant.

Uniform

After four years in that rank, the Assistant Paymaster was entitled to wear one and a half stripes.

Bibliography

• The Orders in Council and Some of the Acts of Parliament for the Regulation of the Naval Service. London: For Her Majesty's Stationary Office. 1856.
• The Orders in Council for the Regulation of the Naval Service. Vol. XII. London: For His Majesty's Stationary Office. 1926.