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On 12 February, 1918, the Division once more became a Department of the Admiralty.{{UKNavalStaff|p. 155}} | On 12 February, 1918, the Division once more became a Department of the Admiralty.{{UKNavalStaff|p. 155}} | ||
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==Directors== | ==Directors== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Hugh Francis Paget Sinclair|nick=Hugh F. P. Sinclair|appt=22 October, 1914<ref>Sinclair Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 368.</ref>|as=Director of the Mobilisation Division|end=August, 1916<ref>Sinclair Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}. f. 368.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Hugh Francis Paget Sinclair|nick=Hugh F. P. Sinclair|appt=22 October, 1914<ref>Sinclair Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 368.</ref>|as=Director of the Mobilisation Division|end=August, 1916<ref>Sinclair Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}. f. 368.</ref>}} | ||
{{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|end=1 September, 1918<ref>Culme-Seymour Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 477.</ref>}} | {{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|end=1 September, 1918<ref>Culme-Seymour Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}} f. 477.</ref>}} | ||
− | {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Edmond Hyde Parker|nick=E. Hyde Parker|appt=1 September, 1918<ref>Parker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 2.</ref>}} | + | {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Edmond Hyde Parker|nick=E. Hyde Parker|appt=1 September, 1918<ref>Parker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 2.</ref>|end=1 July, 1919<ref>Parker Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 2.</ref>}} |
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=George Henry Baird|nick=George H. Baird|appt=1921}} | {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=George Henry Baird|nick=George H. Baird|appt=1921}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=John William Leopold McClintock|nick=John W. L. McClintock|appt=25 January, 1923<ref>McClintock Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 236.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=John William Leopold McClintock|nick=John W. L. McClintock|appt=25 January, 1923<ref>McClintock Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 236.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Rudolf Miles Burmester|nick=Rudolf M. Burmester|appt=18 December, 1926<ref>Burmester Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/39.|D7576584}} f. 39.</ref>|end=18 December, 1928<ref>Superseded that day. Astley-Rushton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 55.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Rudolf Miles Burmester|nick=Rudolf M. Burmester|appt=18 December, 1926<ref>Burmester Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/39.|D7576584}} f. 39.</ref>|end=18 December, 1928<ref>Superseded that day. Astley-Rushton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 55.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Edward Astley Astley-Rushton|nick=Edward A. Astley-Rushton|appt=18 December, 1928<ref>Astley-Rushton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 55.</ref>|end=18 December, 1930<ref>Astley-Rushton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 55.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Edward Astley Astley-Rushton|nick=Edward A. Astley-Rushton|appt=18 December, 1928<ref>Astley-Rushton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 55.</ref>|end=18 December, 1930<ref>Astley-Rushton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 55.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax|nick=Reginald A. R. Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax|appt=18 December, 1930|end=2 April, 1932|as=Director of the Manning Department|note=now "Director of the Manning Department"}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Arthur Lionel Snagge|nick=Arthur L. Snagge|appt=2 April, 1932|end=18 May, 1934|as=Director of the Manning Department}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Hugh Francis Paget Sinclair|nick=Hugh F. P. Sinclair|appt=22 January, 1914<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 368.</ref>|as=Assistant Director of the Mobilisation Division|end=22 October, 1914<ref>Sinclair Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}. f. 368.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Hugh Francis Paget Sinclair|nick=Hugh F. P. Sinclair|appt=22 January, 1914<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 368.</ref>|as=Assistant Director of the Mobilisation Division|end=22 October, 1914<ref>Sinclair Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}. f. 368.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=John William Leopold McClintock|nick=John W. L. McClintock|appt=1 August, 1912<ref>McClintock Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 459.</ref>|end=22 January, 1914<ref>McClintock Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 459.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=John William Leopold McClintock|nick=John W. L. McClintock|appt=1 August, 1912<ref>McClintock Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 459.</ref>|end=22 January, 1914<ref>McClintock Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 459.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Wyndham Lerrier Bamber|nick=Wyndham L. Bamber|appt=15 October, 1918|end=8 October, 1919}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George William McOran Campbell|nick=George W. McO. Campbell|appt=4 April, 1922<ref>Campbell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/341.|D7576618}} f. 341.</ref>|end=4 April, 1924<ref>Campbell Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/341.|D7576618}} f. 341.</ref>}} | ||
+ | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Roger L'Estrange Murray Rede|nick=Roger L'E. M. Rede|appt=4 April, 1924<ref>Rede Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/42.|}} f. 42.</ref>|end=4 April, 1926<ref>Rede Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/42.|}} f. 42.</ref>}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 14:55, 31 August 2017
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]
In the late 1920s, the office was renamed Manning Department.
Directors
- Rear-Admiral Herbert G. King-Hall, 11 October, 1909[3] – 8 January, 1912[4]
- Rear-Admiral Alexander L. Duff, 8 January, 1912[5] – 22 October, 1914[6]
- Rear-Admiral Hugh F. P. Sinclair, 22 October, 1914[7] – August, 1916[8]
- Rear-Admiral Michael Culme-Seymour, 12 September, 1916[9] – 1 September, 1918[10]
- Rear-Admiral E. Hyde Parker, 1 September, 1918[11] – 1 July, 1919[12]
- Rear-Admiral George H. Baird, 1921
- Rear-Admiral John W. L. McClintock, 25 January, 1923[13]
- Rear-Admiral Rudolf M. Burmester, 18 December, 1926[14] – 18 December, 1928[15]
- Rear-Admiral Edward A. Astley-Rushton, 18 December, 1928[16] – 18 December, 1930[17]
- Rear-Admiral Reginald A. R. Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, 18 December, 1930 – 2 April, 1932 (now "Director of the Manning Department")
- Rear-Admiral Arthur L. Snagge, 2 April, 1932 – 18 May, 1934
Assistant Directors
- Rear-Admiral Hugh F. P. Sinclair, 22 January, 1914[18] – 22 October, 1914[19]
- Rear-Admiral John W. L. McClintock, 1 August, 1912[20] – 22 January, 1914[21]
- Commander Wyndham L. Bamber, 15 October, 1918 – 8 October, 1919
- Captain George W. McO. Campbell, 4 April, 1922[22] – 4 April, 1924[23]
- Captain Roger L'E. M. Rede, 4 April, 1924[24] – 4 April, 1926[25]
Footnotes
- ↑ Black. The British Naval Staff. p. 21.
- ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 155.
- ↑ King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 42.
- ↑ Date his successor appointed. Duff Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 80.
- ↑ Duff Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 80.
- ↑ Duff Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 80.
- ↑ Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 368.
- ↑ Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 368.
- ↑ Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 477.
- ↑ Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 477.
- ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 2.
- ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 2.
- ↑ McClintock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 236.
- ↑ Burmester Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/39. f. 39.
- ↑ Superseded that day. Astley-Rushton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 55.
- ↑ Astley-Rushton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 55.
- ↑ Astley-Rushton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 55.
- ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 368.
- ↑ Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 368.
- ↑ McClintock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 459.
- ↑ McClintock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 459.
- ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 341.
- ↑ Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 341.
- ↑ Rede Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/42. f. 42.
- ↑ Rede Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/42. f. 42.
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 at The National Archives. ADM 234/434.