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"The adoption of the title Chief of the Naval Staff by the First Sea Lord necessarily made the functions of the Staff executive instead of advisory."<ref>Jellicoe.  ''The Crisis of the Naval War''.  p. 12.</ref>
 
"The adoption of the title Chief of the Naval Staff by the First Sea Lord necessarily made the functions of the Staff executive instead of advisory."<ref>Jellicoe.  ''The Crisis of the Naval War''.  p. 12.</ref>
 
   
 
   
By October, 1917 the Naval Staff was organised thus:<ref>Dewar.  ''Encyclopædia Britannica''.  '''XXX'''.  p. 9.</ref>
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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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| align="center" colspan="8" bgcolor="crimson"| [[First Sea Lord|<span style="color:white;">First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff</span>]]
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| align="center" colspan="9" bgcolor="crimson"| [[First Sea Lord|<span style="color:white;">First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff</span>]]
 
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| align="center" width=40% colspan="3"| [[Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff]]
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| align="center" width=40% colspan="4"| [[Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff]]
 
| align="center" width=20% rowspan="2"| [[Intelligence Division (Royal Navy)|Intelligence Division]]
 
| align="center" width=20% rowspan="2"| [[Intelligence Division (Royal Navy)|Intelligence Division]]
 
| align="center" width=40% colspan="4"| [[Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff]]
 
| align="center" width=40% colspan="4"| [[Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff]]
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| align="center"| [[Operations Division (Royal Navy)|Operations Division]]
 
| align="center"| [[Operations Division (Royal Navy)|Operations Division]]
 
| align="center"| [[Signal Division (Royal Navy)|Signal Division]]
 
| align="center"| [[Signal Division (Royal Navy)|Signal Division]]
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| align="center"| [[Mobilisation Division (Royal Navy)|Mobilisation Division]]
 
| align="center"| [[Plans Division (Royal Navy)|Plans Division]]
 
| align="center"| [[Plans Division (Royal Navy)|Plans Division]]
 
| align="center"| [[Trade Division (Royal Navy)|Trade Division]]
 
| align="center"| [[Trade Division (Royal Navy)|Trade Division]]

Revision as of 15:17, 9 June 2010

The Jellicoe Era

"The adoption of the title Chief of the Naval Staff by the First Sea Lord necessarily made the functions of the Staff executive instead of advisory."[1]

By October, 1917 the Naval Staff was organised thus:[2]

First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff
Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff Intelligence Division Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff
Operations Division Signal Division Mobilisation Division Plans Division Trade Division Anti-Submarine Division Minesweeping Division Mercantile Movements Division

Footnotes

  1. Jellicoe. The Crisis of the Naval War. p. 12.
  2. A common-sense combination of tables in Jellicoe. The Crisis of the Naval War. p. 12, and Dewar. Encyclopædia Britannica. XXX. p. 9.

Bibliography

  • Dewar, Alfred Charles (1922). Encyclopædia Britannica: The New Volumes. Volume XXX. London: Encyclopædia Britannica Company, Ltd..