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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Alexander Ludovic Duff|nick=Alexander L. Duff|appt=8 January, 1912<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 80.</ref>|end=22 October, 1914 | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Alexander Ludovic Duff|nick=Alexander L. Duff|appt=8 January, 1912<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 80.</ref>|end=22 October, 1914<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 368.</ref>|precBy=New Appointment|as=Director of the Mobilisation Division}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Hugh Francis Paget Sinclair|nick=Hugh F. P. Sinclair|appt=22 October, 1914<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 368.</ref>|as=Director of the Mobilisation Division}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Hugh Francis Paget Sinclair|nick=Hugh F. P. Sinclair|appt=22 October, 1914<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 368.</ref>|as=Director of the Mobilisation Division}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Michael Culme-Seymour, Fourth Baronet|nick=Michael Culme-Seymour|appt=12 September, 1916<ref>Culme-Seymour Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 477.</ref>|as=Director of the Mobilisation Division}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Michael Culme-Seymour, Fourth Baronet|nick=Michael Culme-Seymour|appt=12 September, 1916<ref>Culme-Seymour Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 477.</ref>|as=Director of the Mobilisation Division}} | ||
Revision as of 18:06, 17 June 2014
The Mobilisation Department was the Mobilisation Division for a period during the war.
According to Dr. Nicholas Black, twenty-two Royal Navy officers served in the division during the war.[1]
On 12 February, 1918, the Division once more became a Department of the Admiralty.[2]
Directors
- Rear-Admiral Alexander L. Duff, 8 January, 1912[3] – 22 October, 1914[4]
- Rear-Admiral Hugh F. P. Sinclair, 22 October, 1914[5]
- Rear-Admiral Michael Culme-Seymour, 12 September, 1916[6]
- Rear-Admiral E. Hyde Parker, 1 September, 1918[7]
- Rear-Admiral George H. Baird, 1921
- Rear-Admiral John W. L. McClintock, 1923
Assistant Directors
- Rear-Admiral Hugh F. P. Sinclair, 22 January, 1914[8]
- Rear-Admiral John W. L. McClintock, after 22 October, 1914
Footnotes
- ↑ Black. The British Naval Staff. p. 21.
- ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 155.
- ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 80.
- ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 368.
- ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 368.
- ↑ Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 477.
- ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 2.
- ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 368.
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.
