Fifth Sea Lord

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 • Junior Naval Lord (– 1904) • Fourth Sea Lord (1907 – 1917) • Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Supplies and Transport (1917 –)
 • Fifth Sea Lord (1917) • Fifth Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Air Service (1917 – 1918)
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The Fifth Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Air Service was a member of the Board of Admiralty between 1917 and 1918.

History

The position was created by Order-in-Council of 10 January, 1917,[1] after much wrangling between the Admiralty and the Air Board.

The additional title has been seen given as "Director of Air Services",[2] "Chief of Naval Air Services",[3] "Chief of Naval Air Service",[4][5] The complete title as given in the Order-in-Council of 23 October, 1917, reads "Fifth Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Air Service."[6]

Fifth Sea Lords

Dates of appointment given:

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Order-in-Council of 10 January, 1917.
  2. ↑ Roskill. ed. Documents Relating to the Naval Air Service. p. 455.
  3. ↑ Navy List (November, 1917). p. 541.
  4. ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 87.
  5. ↑ Navy List (November, 1917). p. 531.
  6. ↑ order-in-Council of 23 October, 1917.
  7. ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 126.

Bibliography

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