Deputy Chief of Naval Staff
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The Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff (D.C.N.S.) was a position on the Naval Staff instituted in 1917 on the Board of Admiralty.
History
Vice-Admiral (Acting) Henry F. Oliver, the Chief of the Admiralty War Staff, was appointed Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff on 31 May, 1917.[1]
- Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Francis Oliver, 31 May, 1918 - 10 January, 1918
- Rear-Admiral Sir Sydney Fremantle, 10 January - 1 May, 1919
- Rear-Admiral James Andrew Fergusson, 1 May, 1919 - 4 August, 1919
- Vice-Admiral Sir Osmond de Beauvoir Brock, 4 August, 1919 - 1 November, 1921
- Vice-Admiral Sir Roger Keyes, Bart., 1 November, 1921 - 15 May, 1925
Footnotes
- ↑ Oliver Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. p. 319.
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