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{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Kenneth Gilbert Balmain Dewar|nick=Kenneth G. B. Dewar|appt=31 October, 1915<ref>Dewar Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 59.</ref>|end=30 July, 1916<ref>Dewar Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 59.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=Kenneth Gilbert Balmain Dewar|nick=Kenneth G. B. Dewar|appt=31 October, 1915<ref>Dewar Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 59.</ref>|end=30 July, 1916<ref>Dewar Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.}} f. 59.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=James Geoffry Penrose Ingham|nick=James G. P. Ingham|appt=29 July, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 399''d''}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=James Geoffry Penrose Ingham|nick=James G. P. Ingham|appt=29 July, 1916{{NLDec16|p. 399''d''}}}} |
Revision as of 18:42, 18 March 2016
The Devonport Gunnery School was part of the Devonport Naval Barracks, sometimes referred to as H.M.S. Vivid.
First World War
Numbers trained by Devonport August, 1914 - August, 1918[1] | |
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Lieuts. (G) | 0 |
Officers R.N. for T.B.D.s | 0 |
Other commissioned officers R.N. | 17 |
R.N.A.S. officers | 0 |
R.N.V.R. officers | 206 |
R.N.R. officers | 1560 |
Gunners [O.C.R. error?] | 129 |
Gunners (T) | 93 |
Gunners [O.C.R. error?] | 0 |
Boatswains | 34 |
Gunner's Mates | 140 |
Gunlayer I. | 136 |
Gunlayer II. | 1149 |
Gunlayer III. | 2 |
P.O. (G) | 457 |
Seaman Gunners | 3885 |
Rangetakers | 277 |
Lieut. (G)'s Writers | 34 |
Divers—Seamen | 169 |
Divers—Artisan | 38 |
A.B. | 3190 |
D.A.M.S. Gunlayers D.A.M.S. 2nd Hands |
3356 |
Trawler Ratings | 3357 |
D.F.C. | 100 |
Ratings for Motor Boats | 80 |
Ratings for Tank Corps | 0 |
Ratings for Machine Guns | 0 |
Ratings for Air Service | 0 |
Motor Mechanics | 0 |
R.N.V.R. Seamen | 1502 |
R.N.R. Seamen | 4414 |
New Ships' Companies | 51 |
E.R.A.s | 1864 |
Marine Recruits | 0 |
Warrant Armourers | 0 |
Chief Armourers | 32 |
Armourers | 48 |
Armourer's Mates | 35 |
Armourer's Crew | 335 |
Miscellaneous Officers and Men | 2685 |
Commanding Officers
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain John B. Eustace, 4 November, 1907[2]
- Captain Vivian H. G. Bernard, 1 March, 1910[3]
- Captain The Hon. Algernon D. E. H. Boyle, 1 May, 1912[4]
- Captain Henry M. Doughty, 8 September, 1914[5] – December, 1914
- Captain Charles F. Thorp, December, 1914[6] – 1915
- Commander Kenneth G. B. Dewar, 31 October, 1915[7] – 30 July, 1916[8]
- Commander James G. P. Ingham, 29 July, 1916[9]
- Captain George R. B. Blount, 30 November, 1920[10] – 31 May, 1923[11]
- Captain William F. Sells, 31 May, 1923[12] – 18 July, 1925[13]
- Captain Edward O. Cochrane, 16 April, 1927[14] – 8 April, 1929[15]
- Captain Cyril G. Sedgwick, ? – 30 June, 1932[16]
- Captain Wilfred N. Custance, 30 June, 1932[17] – August, 1934[18]
Footnotes
- ↑ Progress in Naval Gunnery, 1914-1918, pp. 21-22.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 5 November, 1907. Issue 38482, col A, p. 6.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 26 January, 1910. Issue 39179, col E, p. 4.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 23 April, 1912. Issue 39880, col G, p. 16.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 394.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 399b.
- ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 59.
- ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 59.
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 399d.
- ↑ Blount Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 428.
- ↑ Blount Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 428.
- ↑ Sells Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 196.
- ↑ Sells Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 196.
- ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
- ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
- ↑ Superseded that day. Custance Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 34.
- ↑ Custance Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 34.
- ↑ Custance Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 34.