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The '''Devonport Gunnery School''' was part of the Devonport Naval Barracks, sometimes referred to as '''H.M.S. ''Vivid'''''.
The '''Devonport Gunnery School''' was part of the Devonport Naval Barracks, sometimes referred to as '''H.M.S. ''Vivid'''''.  It was created in 1907 from the former gunnery school, [[H.M.S. Cambridge (Gunnery Training School)|H.M.S. ''Cambridge'']].


==First World War==
==First World War==
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=John Bridges Eustace|nick=John B. Eustace|appt=4 November, 1907<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 5 November, 1907.  Issue '''38482''', col A, p. 6.</ref>{{NLOct08|p. 394''a''}}|end=March, 1910|precBy=the former [[H.M.S. Cambridge (Gunnery Training School)|H.M.S. ''Cambridge'']]}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Vivian Henry Gerald Bernard|nick=Vivian H. G. Bernard|appt=1 March, 1910<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 26 January, 1910.  Issue '''39179''', col E, p. 4.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Vivian Henry Gerald Bernard|nick=Vivian H. G. Bernard|appt=1 March, 1910<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Wednesday, 26 January, 1910.  Issue '''39179''', col E, p. 4.</ref>|end=1 May, 1912<ref>Bernard Service Record.  ADM 196/43. f. 15.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Algernon Douglas Edward Harry Boyle|nick=The Hon. Algernon D. E. H. Boyle|appt=1 May, 1912<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 23 April, 1912.  Issue '''39880''', col G, p. 16.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Algernon Douglas Edward Harry Boyle|nick=The Hon. Algernon D. E. H. Boyle|appt=1 May, 1912<ref>"Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 23 April, 1912.  Issue '''39880''', col G, p. 16.</ref>|end=11 May, 1914}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Montagu Doughty|nick=Henry M. Doughty|appt=8 September, 1914{{NLDec14|p. 394}}|end=December, 1914}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Montagu Doughty|nick=Henry M. Doughty|appt=8 September, 1914{{NLDec14|p. 394}}|end=December, 1914}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Frederick Thorp|nick=Charles F. Thorp|appt=December, 1914{{NLApr15|p. 399''b''}}|end=1915}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Charles Frederick Thorp|nick=Charles F. Thorp|appt=8 December, 1914{{NLApr15|p. 399''b''}}|end=5 June, 1915|note=temporary}}
{{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''}}|end=}}
{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=James Geoffry Penrose Ingham|nick=James G. P. Ingham|appt=29 July, 1916<ref>Ingham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/11.|}}  f. 11.</ref>{{NLDec16|p. 399''d''}}|end=13 September, 1918<ref>Ingham Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/11.|}}  f. 11.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=George Vincent Wallace Carey|nick=George V. W. Carey|appt=13 September, 1918|end=6 December, 1918}}
{{Tenure|rank=Commander|name=George Vincent Wallace Carey|nick=George V. W. Carey|appt=13 September, 1918|end=6 December, 1918}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Ronald Beddard Blount|nick=George R. B. Blount|appt=30 November, 1920<ref>Blount Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 428.</ref>|end=31 May, 1923<ref>Blount Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 428.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George Ronald Beddard Blount|nick=George R. B. Blount|appt=30 November, 1920<ref>Blount Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 428.</ref>|end=31 May, 1923<ref>Blount Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 428.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Owen Cochrane|nick=Edward O. Cochrane|appt=16 April, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 284}}<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 147.</ref>|end=8 April, 1929<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 147.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Owen Cochrane|nick=Edward O. Cochrane|appt=16 April, 1927{{NLJul27|p. 284}}<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 147.</ref>|end=8 April, 1929<ref>Cochrane Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46.|}} f. 147.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cyril Gordon Sedgwick|nick=Cyril G. Sedgwick|appt=31 July, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 284}}|end=1 August, 1932}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Cyril Gordon Sedgwick|nick=Cyril G. Sedgwick|appt=31 July, 1930{{NLJul31|p. 284}}|end=1 August, 1932}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Wilfred Neville Custance|nick=Wilfred N. Custance|appt=30 June, 1932<ref>Custance Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 34.</ref>|end=August, 1934<ref>Custance Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 34.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Wilfred Neville Custance|nick=Wilfred N. Custance|appt=30 June, 1932{{NLJul34|p. 234}}<ref>Custance Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 34.</ref>|end=August, 1934<ref>Custance Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 34.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Neville Syfret|nick=Edward N. Syfret|appt=31 August, 1934|end=31 December, 1935}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Neville Syfret|nick=Edward N. Syfret|appt=31 August, 1934|end=31 December, 1935}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Alexander Robert Hammick|nick=Alexander R. Hammick|appt=30 December, 1935<ref>Hammick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/311.|}} f. ?, 194.</ref>{{NLJul37|p. 233}}|end=c. June, 1938<ref>Hammick Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/50/311.|}} f. ?, 194.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Eustace Rotherham|nick=Eustace Rotherham|appt=16 May, 1938<ref>Rotherham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/54/3.|}} f. 3.</ref>{{ToL|Devonport Gunnery School|13 May 1938, p. 11}}|end=14 November, 1939<ref>Rotherham Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/54/3.|}} f. 3.</ref>|note=vice Hammick}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Denham Maurice Turner Bedford|nick=Denham M. T. Bedford|appt=14 November, 1939<ref>Bedford Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/212.|}} f. ?.</ref>|end=23 July, 1942<ref>Bedford Service Record {{TNA|ADM 196/50/212.|}} f. ?.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Francis John Butler|nick=Francis J. Butler|appt=23 July, 1942<ref>Butler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/152.|}} f. 152.</ref>|end=8 December, 1943<ref>Butler Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/122/152.|}} f. 152.</ref>|note=vice Bedford}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Trevor Lloyd Dunsterville|nick=Edward T. L. Dunsterville|appt=25 July, 1951{{NavAppts|9 Aug. 1951, p. 8}}|end=}}
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Latest revision as of 02:42, 10 November 2022

The Devonport Gunnery School was part of the Devonport Naval Barracks, sometimes referred to as H.M.S. Vivid. It was created in 1907 from the former gunnery school, H.M.S. Cambridge.

First World War

Numbers trained by Devonport
August, 1914 - August, 1918[1]
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:

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Progress in Naval Gunnery, 1914-1918, pp. 21-22.
  2. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 5 November, 1907. Issue 38482, col A, p. 6.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1908). p. 394a.
  4. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 26 January, 1910. Issue 39179, col E, p. 4.
  5. ↑ Bernard Service Record. ADM 196/43. f. 15.
  6. ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 23 April, 1912. Issue 39880, col G, p. 16.
  7. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 394.
  8. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 399b.
  9. ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 59.
  10. ↑ Dewar Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 59.
  11. ↑ Ingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/11. f. 11.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 399d.
  13. ↑ Ingham Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/11. f. 11.
  14. ↑ Blount Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 428.
  15. ↑ Blount Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 428.
  16. ↑ Sells Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 196.
  17. ↑ Sells Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 196.
  18. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 284.
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 284.
  20. ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
  21. ↑ Cochrane Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46. f. 147.
  22. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 284.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1934). p. 234.
  24. ↑ Custance Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 34.
  25. ↑ Custance Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 34.
  26. ↑ Hammick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/311. f. ?, 194.
  27. ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 233.
  28. ↑ Hammick Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/311. f. ?, 194.
  29. ↑ Rotherham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/3. f. 3.
  30. ↑ "Devonport Gunnery School." The Times (London, England), 13 May 1938, p. 11.
  31. ↑ Rotherham Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/54/3. f. 3.
  32. ↑ Bedford Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/212. f. ?.
  33. ↑ Bedford Service Record The National Archives. ADM 196/50/212. f. ?.
  34. ↑ Butler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/152. f. 152.
  35. ↑ Butler Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/122/152. f. 152.
  36. ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 9 Aug. 1951, p. 8.

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