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==Directors==
==Directors==
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Dates of appointment given:
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<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Director of Naval Intelligence" nat="UK">{{TenureListBegin|Director of Naval Intelligence}}
* {{CaptRN}} [[Thomas Jackson]], 9 January, 1912.<ref>Jackson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 496.</ref>|as=Director of the Intelligence Division
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Thomas Jackson|nick=Thomas Jackson|appt=9 January, 1912<ref>Jackson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 496.</ref>|as=Director of the Intelligence Division}}
* {{RearRN}} [[Henry Francis Oliver|Henry F. Oliver]], 1 November, 1913.<ref>Oliver Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 319.</ref>|as=Director of the Intelligence Division
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Henry Francis Oliver|nick=Henry F. Oliver|appt=1 November, 1913<ref>Oliver Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 319.</ref>|as=Director of the Intelligence Division}}
* Rear-Admiral [[William Reginald Hall|Sir W. Reginald Hall]], 14 October, 1914.{{UKNavalStaff|p. 122}}|as=Director of the Intelligence Division
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=William Reginald Hall|nick=Sir W. Reginald Hall|appt=14 October, 1914{{UKNavalStaff|p. 122}}|as=Director of the Intelligence Division}}
* Rear-Admiral [[Hugh Francis Paget Sinclair|Hugh F. P. Sinclair]], 18 January, 1919.{{UKNavalStaff|p. 124}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Hugh Francis Paget Sinclair|nick=Hugh F. P. Sinclair|appt=18 January, 1919{{UKNavalStaff|p. 124}}}}
* Rear-Admiral [[Maurice Swynfen FitzMaurice|Maurice S. FitzMaurice]], 15 August, 1921.{{UKNavalStaff|p. 124}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Maurice Swynfen FitzMaurice|nick=Maurice S. FitzMaurice|appt=15 August, 1921{{UKNavalStaff|p. 124}}}}
* Rear-Admiral [[Alan Geoffrey Hotham|Alan G. Hotham]], 15 August, 1924.{{UKNavalStaff|p. 124}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Alan Geoffrey Hotham|nick=Alan G. Hotham|appt=15 August, 1924{{UKNavalStaff|p. 124}}}}
* Rear-Admiral [[William Wordsworth Fisher|William W. Fisher]], 17 August, 1926.{{UKNavalStaff|p. 124}} temporary
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=William Wordsworth Fisher|nick=William W. Fisher|appt=17 August, 1926{{UKNavalStaff|p. 124}} temporary}}
* Rear-Admiral [[Barry Edward Domvile|Barry E. Domvile]], 15 August, 1927.{{UKNavalStaff|p. 124}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Barry Edward Domvile|nick=Barry E. Domvile|appt=15 August, 1927{{UKNavalStaff|p. 124}}}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
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==Assistant Directors==
==Assistant Directors==
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Dates of appointment given:
<div name=fredbot:office1 nat=UK otitle="Assistant Director of Naval Intelligence Division">
<div name=fredbot:office1 otitle="Assistant Director of Naval Intelligence Division" nat="UK">{{TenureListBegin|Assistant Director of Naval Intelligence Division}}
* {{CaptRN}} [[Maurice Swynfen FitzMaurice|Maurice S. FitzMaurice]], 8 January, 1912.
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Maurice Swynfen FitzMaurice|nick=Maurice S. FitzMaurice|appt=8 January, 1912}}
* {{CaptRN}} [[Edward Fitzhardinge Heaton-Ellis|Edward F. Heaton-Ellis]], 14 February, 1914.
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Edward Fitzhardinge Heaton-Ellis|nick=Edward F. Heaton-Ellis|appt=14 February, 1914}}
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Revision as of 13:19, 26 May 2014

Commander Gilbert Stephenson, an officer in the Intelligence Division, later commented:

The system in the War Room at the start was very inadequate. None of the Commanders on duty there was able to take action without the approval of a Post-Captain. This was quite ridiculous, and I said so! My suggestion for more delegation of authority was not approved.
But when I worked as a Duty Commander - 24 hours on, 48 hours off - there was no question of referring everything to senior officers. The messages that came in had to be acted upon - and of course that suited me much better.[1]

According to Dr. Nicholas Black, 206 Royal Navy officers served in the division during the war.[2]

Directors

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Assistant Directors

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Baker. The Terror of Tobermory. p. 27.
  2. ↑ Black. The British Naval Staff. p. 21.
  3. ↑ Jackson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 496.
  4. ↑ Oliver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 319.
  5. ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 122.
  6. ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 124.
  7. ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 124.
  8. ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 124.
  9. ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 124.
  10. ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 124.

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 No. 8 at The National Archives. ADM 234/434.

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