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By Order in Council of 19 May the First Sea Lord became Chief of the Naval Staff and was to be assisted by two additional members of the Board of Admiralty, a [[Deputy Chief of Naval Staff]] and an [[Assistant Chief of Naval Staff]].<ref>Order in Council of 19 May, 1917.</ref> On 31 May the Chief of the [[Admiralty War Staff]], Acting Vice-Admiral [[Henry Francis Oliver|Sir Henry F. Oliver]], became Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (D.C.N.S.),<ref>Oliver Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 319.</ref> and Rear-Admiral [[Alexander Ludovic Duff|Alexander L. Duff]], latterly [[Anti-Submarine Division (Royal Navy)|Anti-Submarine Division]] of the War Staff, became Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (A.C.N.S.).<ref>Duff Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 80.</ref> | |||
By October, 1917 the Naval Staff was organised thus:<ref>A common-sense combination of tables in Jellicoe. ''The Crisis of the Naval War''. p. 12, and Dewar. ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. '''XXX'''. p. 9.</ref> | By October, 1917 the Naval Staff was organised thus:<ref>A common-sense combination of tables in Jellicoe. ''The Crisis of the Naval War''. p. 12, and Dewar. ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. '''XXX'''. p. 9.</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 16:35, 3 April 2014
The Jellicoe Era
By Order in Council of 19 May the First Sea Lord became Chief of the Naval Staff and was to be assisted by two additional members of the Board of Admiralty, a Deputy Chief of Naval Staff and an Assistant Chief of Naval Staff.[1] On 31 May the Chief of the Admiralty War Staff, Acting Vice-Admiral Sir Henry F. Oliver, became Deputy Chief of Naval Staff (D.C.N.S.),[2] and Rear-Admiral Alexander L. Duff, latterly Anti-Submarine Division of the War Staff, became Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (A.C.N.S.).[3]
By October, 1917 the Naval Staff was organised thus:[4]
Footnotes
- ↑ Order in Council of 19 May, 1917.
- ↑ Oliver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 319.
- ↑ Duff Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 80.
- ↑ A common-sense combination of tables in Jellicoe. The Crisis of the Naval War. p. 12, and Dewar. Encyclopædia Britannica. XXX. p. 9.
Bibliography
- Black, Nicholas (2009). The British Naval Staff in the First World War. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press. ISBN 9781843834427.
- Dewar, Alfred C. (1922). Encyclopædia Britannica: The New Volumes. Volume XXX. London: Encyclopædia Britannica Company, Ltd..
- Hamilton, C. I. (2011). The Making of the Modern Admiralty: British Naval Policy-Making, 1805-1927. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9780521765183. (on Amazon.co.uk).
- 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.
