Inspector of Target Practice (Royal Navy)
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The Inspector of Target Practice was a Royal Navy position instituted in 1905 and abolished in 1913.
He was to be "an officer whose sole duty [would] be to advise [the Admiralty] in respect of all aiming and target practice, and the use of instructional appliances leading up to target practice", providing counsel but not possessing any executive powers.
Inspectors of Target Practice
Dates of appointment given:
- Rear-Admiral Sir Percy M. Scott, 6 March, 1905[1] – 14 July, 1907[2]
- Rear-Admiral Frederick T. Hamilton, 15 July, 1907[3] – 15 February, 1909[4]
- Rear-Admiral Richard H. Peirse, 16 February, 1909[5] – 5 January, 1911[6]
- Rear-Admiral Montague E. Browning, 5 January, 1911[7]
Assistants to the Inspector of Target Practice
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Ronald A. Hopwood, 7 May, 1908[8]
For Duty with the Inspector of Target Practice
Dates of appointment given:
- Captain Eric P. C. Back, 8 September, 1908[9]
- Commander Herbert du C. Luard, 12 August, 1908[10]
- Commander Sidney R. Drury-Lowe, 19 August, 1908[11]
- Lieutenant (G) Humphrey T. Walwyn, 16 July, 1907[12]
- Lieutenant Francis G. W. Gilbert, 12 August, 1908[13]
- Lieutenant (G) Gerald F. Longhurst, 12 August, 1908[14]
- Lieutenant Lyall G. Shiell, 19 August, 1908[15]
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1160.
- ↑ Scott Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/18. f. 473.
- ↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 581.
- ↑ Hamilton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/19. f. 335.
- ↑ Peirse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1026.
- ↑ Peirse Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/39. f. 1026.
- ↑ Browning Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 124.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 360.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 360.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 360.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 360.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 360.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 360.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 360.
- ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 360.
Bibliography
- "Inspector of Target Practice" (News). The Times. Friday, 15 August, 1913. Issue 40291, col C, pg. 3.
