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'''Chatham Gunnery School''' was instituted in 1908, when operations at [[Sheerness Gunnery School]] were relocated to Chatham.
==First World War==
==First World War==
The data suggest that Chatham was a sort of practical gunnery trade school tasked with providing the bulk of gunnery manpower for small and armed merchant craft with non-professional crews for their weapons.  In this regard, it complemented rather than extended the scale of instruction at {{UK-Excellent|f=p}}.


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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alfred Ernest Albert Grant|nick=Alfred E. A. Grant|appt=1 June, 1908{{NLOct08|p. 354}}}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Alfred Ernest Albert Grant|nick=Alfred E. A. Grant|appt=1 June, 1908{{NLOct08|p. 354}}<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 31.</ref>|end=31 March, 1910<ref>Grant Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 31.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Brian Herbert Fairbairn Barttelot|nick=Brian H. F. Barttelot|appt=31 March, 1910<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 1 March, 1910.  Issue '''39208''', col E, p. 12.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Brian Herbert Fairbairn Barttelot|nick=Brian H. F. Barttelot|appt=31 March, 1910<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 1 March, 1910.  Issue '''39208''', col E, p. 12.</ref>|end=7 March, 1912}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles William Keighly-Peach|nick=Charles W. Keighly-Peach|appt=1 March, 1912<ref>Keighly-Peach Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 345.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles William Keighly-Peach|nick=Charles W. Keighly-Peach|appt=1 March, 1912<ref>Keighly-Peach Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 345.</ref>|end=1 May, 1914<ref>Keighly-Peach Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 345.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cyril Samuel Townsend|nick=Cyril S. Townsend|appt=January, 1919{{NLAug19|p. 865}}}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cunningham Robert de Clare Foot|nick=Cunningham R. de C. Foot|appt=1 May, 1914{{NMI|1 May 1914, p. 6}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Claude Hamilton|nick=John C. Hamilton|appt=1 March, 1927<ref>Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 86.</ref>|end=14 March, 1929<ref>Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 86.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cyril Samuel Townsend|nick=Cyril S. Townsend|appt=January, 1919{{NLAug19|p. 865}}|ass=25 January, 1919<ref>Townsend Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/79.}} f. 98.</ref>|end=25 January, 1921<ref>Townsend Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/79.}} f. 98.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Ninian Dowding|nick=Arthur N. Dowding|appt=30 March, 1931<ref>Dowding Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>|end=2 January, 1933<ref>Dowding Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} Unnumbered folio.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Arthur Goodenough Craufurd|nick=Arthur G. Craufurd|appt=25 January, 1921{{ToL|Chatham Gunnery School|Tuesday, Jan 25, 1921; pg. 4; Issue 42627}}|end=}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Wellwood George Courtenay Maxwell|nick=Wellwood G. C. Maxwell|appt=2 January, 1923<ref>Maxwell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|D7603952}} f. 451.</ref>|end=26 February, 1925<ref>Maxwell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.|D7603952}} f. 451.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Wolfran Round-Turner|nick=Charles W. Round-Turner|appt=26 February, 1925{{NLFeb26|p. 259}}|end=18 October, 1926}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hubert Ardill|nick=Hubert Ardill|appt=18 October, 1926|end=March, 1927}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Claude Hamilton|nick=John C. Hamilton|appt=1 March, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 259}}<ref>Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 86.</ref>|end=14 March, 1929<ref>Hamilton Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.}} f. 86.</ref><ref>"Naval, Military, And Air Force."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, Mar 14, 1929; pg. 29; Issue 45151.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Stephen St. Leger Moore|nick=Stephen St. L. Moore|appt=14 March, 1929<ref>"Naval, Military, And Air Force."  ''The Times'' (London, England), Thursday, Mar 14, 1929; pg. 29; Issue 45151.</ref>|end=10 June, 1929|note=temporary}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis Thomas Butler Tower|nick=Francis T. B. Tower|appt=10 June, 1929|end=30 March, 1931}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Ninian Dowding|nick=Arthur N. Dowding|appt=30 March, 1931{{NLJan33|p. 260}}<ref>Dowding Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=2 January, 1933<ref>Dowding Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50.|}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Denham Maurice Turner Bedford|nick=Denham M. T. Bedford|appt=2 January, 1933{{NLJul34|p. 261}}|end=1 May, 1935}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Lumley St. George Lyster|nick=Arthur L. St. G. Lyster|appt=1 May, 1935{{NavAppts|Monday, Apr 01, 1935; pg. 22; Issue 47027}}|end=4 May, 1936}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur Duncan Read|nick=Arthur D. Read|appt=4 May, 1936{{NLJul37|p. 261}}|end=5 May, 1938}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Percy Todd|nick=Percy Todd|appt=4 May, 1938<ref>Todd Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/135.|}} f. 135.</ref>{{NLMay39|p. 317}}|end=7 November, 1939<ref>Todd Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/117/135.|}} f. 135.</ref>|note=vice Read}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Hubert Guy Dyke Acland, Fourth Baronet|nick=Hubert G. D. Acland|appt=6 November, 1939|end=14 December, 1939}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting {{CaptRN}} ('''G''')|name=John Wilfrid Boutwood|nick=John W. Boutwood|appt=10 February, 1941{{NLDec41|p. 1442}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Philip Sydney Smith|nick=Philip S. Smith|appt=1 October, 1943<ref>Smith Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/121/204.|D7616554}} f. ?.</ref>|end=31 August, 1945{{FC}}}}
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[[Hubert Ardill]] may also have held this position.{{FC}}


==Footnotes==
==Footnotes==

Latest revision as of 14:24, 8 December 2021

Chatham Gunnery School was instituted in 1908, when operations at Sheerness Gunnery School were relocated to Chatham.

First World War

The data suggest that Chatham was a sort of practical gunnery trade school tasked with providing the bulk of gunnery manpower for small and armed merchant craft with non-professional crews for their weapons. In this regard, it complemented rather than extended the scale of instruction at H.M.S. Excellent.

Numbers trained by Chatham
August, 1914 - August, 1918[1]
Lieuts. (G) 0
Officers R.N. for T.B.D.s 1
Other commissioned officers R.N. 0
R.N.A.S. officers 0
R.N.V.R. officers 78
R.N.R. officers 2289
Gunners [O.C.R. error?] 75
Gunners (T) 0
Gunners [O.C.R. error?] 0
Boatswains 1
Gunner's Mates 177
Gunlayer I. 61
Gunlayer II. 1064
Gunlayer III. 32
P.O. (G) 7
Seaman Gunners 3688
Rangetakers 186
Lieut. (G)'s Writers 13
Divers—Seamen 123
Divers—Artisan 32
A.B. 4134
D.A.M.S. Gunlayers
D.A.M.S. 2nd Hands		 3729
Trawler Ratings 2917
D.F.C. 95
Ratings for Motor Boats 0
Ratings for Tank Corps 1214
Ratings for Machine Guns 0
Ratings for Air Service 393
Motor Mechanics 0
R.N.V.R. Seamen "otherwise included"
R.N.R. Seamen 1530
New Ships' Companies 63
E.R.A.s 0
Marine Recruits 683
Warrant Armourers 0
Chief Armourers 17
Armourers 20
Armourer's Mates 38
Armourer's Crew 455
Miscellaneous Officers and Men 4388

Captains

Dates of appointment given:

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Progress in Naval Gunnery, 1914-1918, pp. 21-22.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 354.
  3. ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 31.
  4. ↑ Grant Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 31.
  5. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 1 March, 1910. Issue 39208, col E, p. 12.
  6. ↑ Keighly-Peach Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 345.
  7. ↑ Keighly-Peach Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 345.
  8. ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence." The Times (London, England), 1 May 1914, p. 6.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1919). p. 865.
  10. ↑ Townsend Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/79. f. 98.
  11. ↑ "Chatham Gunnery School." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Jan 25, 1921; pg. 4; Issue 42627.
  12. ↑ Maxwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 451.
  13. ↑ Maxwell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 451.
  14. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 259.
  15. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 259.
  16. ↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 86.
  17. ↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 86.
  18. ↑ "Naval, Military, And Air Force." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Mar 14, 1929; pg. 29; Issue 45151.
  19. ↑ "Naval, Military, And Air Force." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Mar 14, 1929; pg. 29; Issue 45151.
  20. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 260.
  21. ↑ Dowding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. ?.
  22. ↑ Dowding Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. ?.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 261.
  24. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Monday, Apr 01, 1935; pg. 22; Issue 47027.
  25. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 261.
  26. ↑ Todd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/135. f. 135.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 317.
  28. ↑ Todd Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/117/135. f. 135.
  29. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1941). p. 1442.
  30. ↑ Smith Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/121/204. f. ?.

Bibliography

  • Admiralty, Gunnery and Torpedo Division (July, 1919). Progress in Naval Gunnery, 1914-1918. C.B. 902. The National Archives. ADM 186/238.

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