Godfrey Marshall Paine
Rear-Admiral SIR Godfrey Marshall Paine, K.C.B., M.V.O., Royal Navy (21 November, 1871 – 23 March, 1932) was an aviation pioneer in the Royal Navy, becoming the first commander of the Central Flying School, and the first and only Fifth Sea Lord during the First World War.
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Early Life & Career
Paine was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 28 August, 1893.[1]
On the occasion of the visit of the Prince and Princess of Wales to India, on 15 May, 1906, Paine was appointed a Member of the Fourth Class of the Royal Victorian Order (M.V.O.), dated 11 March.[2]
Captain
Paine was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1907.[3] On 23 July, he was appointed to Victory for service on the Committee of Supply of Paint to the Fleet.[4]
On 3 June, 1909, Paine was appointed to the destroyer Diamond, for command of the Third Destroyer Flotilla at the Nore.[5]
He was appointed Commandant of the Central Flying School on 15 May, 1912,[6] and took command on 17 May.
Paine was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 1 January, 1914.[7]
Great War
On 10 December, 1915, he was appointed Commodore, First Class for command of the Royal Naval Air Service's Central Depôt and Training Establishment at Cranwell.[8]
He was appointed Director of Air Services on 18 January, 1917, and on 31 January also became Fifth Sea Lord on the Board of Admiralty.[9]
He was appointed temporary Major-General in the Royal Air Force and made Master General of Personnel on the Air Council on 3 January, 1918,[10][11] and relinquished his seat on the Board of Admiralty on the 10th.[12] He transferred to the Royal Air Force with the rank of Major-General on 23 August.[13]
Post-War
Paine was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on the Retired List on 2 January, 1919, and considered to have retired from the Royal Navy with the rank of Captain on 22 August, 1918, upon transfer to the Royal Air Force.[14] He retired from the Royal Air Force on 12 May, 1920. He died on 23 March, 1932.
Footnotes
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26444. p. 5433. 26 September, 1893.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27913. p. 3325. 15 May, 1906.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 28034. p. 4433. 28 June, 1907.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 9 July, 1907. Issue 38380, col D, p. 12.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 2 June, 1909. Issue 38975, col B, p. 9.
- ↑ The Navy List (November, 1914). p. 374a.
- ↑ The Edinburgh Gazette: no. 12630. p. 7. 2 January, 1914.
- ↑ ADM 196/43. f. 228.
- ↑ ADM 196/43. f. 228.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 30457. p. 273. 4 January, 1918.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 30591. p. 3636. 12 February, 1918.
- ↑ ADM 196/43. f. 228.
- ↑ ADM 196/89. f. 9.
- ↑ ADM 196/43. f. 228.
Bibliography
- "Rear-Admiral Sir Godfrey Paine" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 24 March, 1932. Issue 46090, col A, p. 17.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/89.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/43.
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Fifth Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Air Service 1917 – 1918 |
Succeeded by Position Abolished
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