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==Assistant Chiefs of Naval Staff==
 
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*Vice-Admiral [[Alexander Ludovic Duff|Sir Alexander L. Duff]], 14 May, 1917.<ref>Duff Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 80.</ref>
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*Rear-Admiral [[James Andrew Fergusson|James A. Fergusson]], 24 July, 1919.{{UKNavalStaff|p. 123}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=James Andrew Fergusson|nick=James A. Fergusson|appt=24 July, 1919{{UKNavalStaff|p. 123}}}}
*Rear-Admiral [[Alfred Ernle Montacute Chatfield, First Baron Chatfield|Sir A. Ernle M. Chatfield]], 15 March, 1920.{{UKNavalStaff|p. 123}}
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*Rear-Admiral [[Cyril Thomas Moulden Fuller|Cyril T. M. Fuller]], 1  December, 1922.{{UKNavalStaff|p. 123}}
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*Rear-Admiral [[Arthur Kipling Waistell|Arthur K. Waistell]], 15 May, 1923.{{UKNavalStaff|p. 123}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Arthur Kipling Waistell|nick=Arthur K. Waistell|appt=15 May, 1923{{UKNavalStaff|p. 123}}}}
*Rear-Admiral [[Frederic Charles Dreyer|Frederic C. Dreyer]], 9 October, 1924.{{UKNavalStaff|p. 123}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Frederic Charles Dreyer|nick=Frederic C. Dreyer|appt=9 October, 1924{{UKNavalStaff|p. 123}}}}
*Rear-Admiral [[Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound|A. Dudley P. R. Pound]], 21 April, 1927.{{UKNavalStaff|p. 123}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Alfred Dudley Pickman Rogers Pound|nick=A. Dudley P. R. Pound|appt=21 April, 1927{{UKNavalStaff|p. 123}}}}
*Rear-Admiral [[Wilfred Tomkinson]], 22 April, 1929.{{UKNavalStaff|p. 123}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Wilfred Tomkinson|nick=Wilfred Tomkinson|appt=22 April, 1929{{UKNavalStaff|p. 123}}}}
*Rear-Admiral [[John Knowles im Thurn|John K. im Thurn]], 27 March, 1931.<ref>"Naval, Military, and Air Force" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Friday, 24 April, 1931.  Issue '''45805''', col G, p. 6.</ref>
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*Rear-Admiral [[Sidney Robert Bailey|Sidney R. Bailey]], 28 February, 1933.<ref>"The Services" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 30 January, 1933.  Issue '''46355''', col E, p. 16.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Sidney Robert Bailey|nick=Sidney R. Bailey|appt=28 February, 1933<ref>"The Services" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Monday, 30 January, 1933.  Issue '''46355''', col E, p. 16.</ref>}}
*Rear-Admiral [[Charles Edward Kennedy-Purvis|Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis]], 2 July, 1934.<ref>"The Services" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 14 August, 1934.  Issue '''46832''', col F, p. 7.</ref>
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Charles Edward Kennedy-Purvis|nick=Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis|appt=2 July, 1934<ref>"The Services" (Official Appointments and Notices).  ''The Times''.  Tuesday, 14 August, 1934.  Issue '''46832''', col F, p. 7.</ref>}}
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Revision as of 16:10, 25 May 2014

The Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff was a Royal Navy officer directly responsible to the First Sea Lord for non-operational divisions of the Naval Staff, and held a position on the Board of Admiralty. The position was created in 1917 as one of two deputies with Board Status to whom the First Sea Lord delegated responsibility for the running of the Naval Staff. The position still exists today on the Admiralty Board which directs the Royal Navy.

History

Rear-Admiral Alexander L. Duff was appointed Assistant Chief of Naval Staff on 31 May, 1917.[1] The duties of the Assistant Chief of Naval Staff, shared with the First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff and the Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, were defined in the Board's distribution of business of 27 June as:

Operations of War: All large Questions of Naval Policy and Maritime Warfare.

Fighting and Sea-going Efficiency of the Fleet and its Organisation; Distribution and Movements of all Ships in Commission and in Reserve.

Superintendence of the Naval Staff and the Hydrographic Department.

Naval Communications.[2]

The above might be misleading, however, for on 24 June specific duties, hitherto unpublished, had been assigned to the Assistant Chief of Naval Staff by Admiral Sir John R. Jellicoe, First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff. These are given in the Duties section.

Duties

Assistant Chiefs of Naval Staff

Footnotes

  1. Duff Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 80.
  2. The National Archives. ADM 116/3392.
  3. "War Staff Duties." Jellicoe Papers. British Library. Add. MS. 48992. ff. 94-95.
  4. "War Staff Duties." Jellicoe Papers. British Library. Add. MS. 48992. f. 95.
  5. Duff Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 80.
  6. The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 123.
  7. The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 123.
  8. The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 123.
  9. The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 123.
  10. The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 123.
  11. The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 123.
  12. The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 123.
  13. "Naval, Military, and Air Force" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 24 April, 1931. Issue 45805, col G, p. 6.
  14. "The Services" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 30 January, 1933. Issue 46355, col E, p. 16.
  15. "The Services" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 14 August, 1934. Issue 46832, col F, p. 7.

Bibliography

  • 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.