Mobilisation Department (Royal Navy)
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The Mobilisation Department at the Admiralty was founded as the Mobilisation Division of the new Admiralty War Staff in 1912. In 1917 the War Staff became the Naval Staff, and in 1918 was removed from the staff and became the Mobilisation Department under the Second Sea Lord.
History
The Naval Mobilisation Department became the Mobilisation Division of the Admiralty War Staff on 8 January, 1912.
According to Dr. Nicholas Black, twenty-two Royal Navy officers served in the division during the Great War.[1]
On 12 February, 1918, the Division was separated from what had become the Naval Staff in 1917, and became a department of the Admiralty under the superintendence of the Second Sea Lord.[2]
In the late 1920s, the office was renamed Manning Department.
Directors
- Rear-Admiral Alexander L. Duff, 8 January, 1912[3] – 22 October, 1914[4]
- Captain Hugh F. P. Sinclair, 22 October, 1914[5] – August, 1916[6]
- Rear-Admiral Michael Culme-Seymour, 12 September, 1916[7] – 1 September, 1918[8]
- Rear-Admiral E. Hyde Parker, 1 September, 1918[9] – 1 July, 1919[10]
- Rear-Admiral George H. Baird, 15 January, 1921 – 25 January, 1923
- Rear-Admiral John W. L. McClintock, 25 January, 1923[11]
- Rear-Admiral Rudolf M. Burmester, 18 December, 1926[12] – 18 December, 1928[13]
- Rear-Admiral Edward A. Astley-Rushton, 18 December, 1928[14] – 18 December, 1930[15]
- Rear-Admiral Reginald A. R. Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, 18 December, 1930 – 2 April, 1932 (now "Director of the Manning Department")
- Rear-Admiral Arthur L. Snagge, 2 April, 1932 – 18 May, 1934
Assistant Directors
- Rear-Admiral Hugh F. P. Sinclair, 22 January, 1914[16] – 22 October, 1914[17]
- Rear-Admiral John W. L. McClintock, 1 August, 1912[18] – 22 January, 1914[19]
- Commander Wyndham L. Bamber, 15 October, 1918 – 8 October, 1919
- Captain George W. McO. Campbell, 4 April, 1922[20] – 4 April, 1924[21]
- Captain Roger L'E. M. Rede, 4 April, 1924[22] – 4 April, 1926[23]
Footnotes
- ↑ Black. The British Naval Staff. p. 21.
- ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 155.
- ↑ Duff Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 80.
- ↑ Duff Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 80.
- ↑ Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 368.
- ↑ Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 368.
- ↑ Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 477.
- ↑ Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 477.
- ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 2.
- ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 2.
- ↑ McClintock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 236.
- ↑ Burmester Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/39. f. 39.
- ↑ Superseded that day. Astley-Rushton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 55.
- ↑ Astley-Rushton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 55.
- ↑ Astley-Rushton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 55.
- ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 368.
- ↑ Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 368.
- ↑ McClintock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 459.
- ↑ McClintock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 459.
- ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 341.
- ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 341.
- ↑ Rede Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/42. f. 42.
- ↑ Rede Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/42. f. 42.
Bibliography
- Black, Nicholas (2009). The British Naval Staff in the First World War. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press. ISBN 9781843834427.
- Naval Staff, Training and Staff Duties Division (1929). The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. Its Work and Development. B.R. 1845 (late C.B. 3013). Copy No. 8 at The National Archives. ADM 234/434.
