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==Directors== | ==Directors== | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Herbert Goodenough King-Hall|nick=Herbert G. King-Hall|appt=11 October, 1909<ref>King-Hall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 42.</ref>|end=8 January, 1912<ref>Date his successor appointed. Duff Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 80.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Herbert Goodenough King-Hall|nick=Herbert G. King-Hall|appt=11 October, 1909<ref>King-Hall Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 42.</ref>|end=8 January, 1912<ref>Date his successor appointed. Duff Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 80.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Alexander Ludovic Duff|nick=Alexander L. Duff|appt=8 January, 1912<ref>Duff Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 80.</ref>|end=22 October, 1914<ref>Duff Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 80.</ref>|as=Director of the Mobilisation Division}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Alexander Ludovic Duff|nick=Alexander L. Duff|appt=8 January, 1912<ref>Duff Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 80.</ref>|end=22 October, 1914<ref>Duff Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}} f. 80.</ref>|as=Director of the Mobilisation Division}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Rudolf Miles Burmester|nick=Rudolf M. Burmester|appt=18 December, 1926<ref>Burmester Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/39.|D7576584}} f. 39.</ref>|end=18 December, 1928<ref>Superseded that day. Astley-Rushton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 55.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Rudolf Miles Burmester|nick=Rudolf M. Burmester|appt=18 December, 1926<ref>Burmester Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/44/39.|D7576584}} f. 39.</ref>|end=18 December, 1928<ref>Superseded that day. Astley-Rushton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 55.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Edward Astley Astley-Rushton|nick=Edward A. Astley-Rushton|appt=18 December, 1928<ref>Astley-Rushton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 55.</ref>|end=18 December, 1930<ref>Astley-Rushton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 55.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Edward Astley Astley-Rushton|nick=Edward A. Astley-Rushton|appt=18 December, 1928<ref>Astley-Rushton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 55.</ref>|end=18 December, 1930<ref>Astley-Rushton Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45.|}} f. 55.</ref>}} | ||
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==Assistant Directors== | ==Assistant Directors== | ||
<div name=fredbot:office1 otitle="Assistant Director of the Mobilisation Department" nat="UK"> | <div name=fredbot:office1 otitle="Assistant Director of the Mobilisation Department" nat="UK"> | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Hugh Francis Paget Sinclair|nick=Hugh F. P. Sinclair|appt=22 January, 1914<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 368.</ref>|as=Assistant Director of the Mobilisation Division|end=22 October, 1914<ref>Sinclair Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}. f. 368.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Hugh Francis Paget Sinclair|nick=Hugh F. P. Sinclair|appt=22 January, 1914<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 368.</ref>|as=Assistant Director of the Mobilisation Division|end=22 October, 1914<ref>Sinclair Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}. f. 368.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=John William Leopold McClintock|nick=John W. L. McClintock|appt=1 August, 1912<ref>McClintock Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 459.</ref>|end=22 January, 1914<ref>McClintock Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 459.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=John William Leopold McClintock|nick=John W. L. McClintock|appt=1 August, 1912<ref>McClintock Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 459.</ref>|end=22 January, 1914<ref>McClintock Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}} f. 459.</ref>}} | ||
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Revision as of 18:45, 3 November 2015
The Mobilisation Department was the Mobilisation Division for a period during the war.
According to Dr. Nicholas Black, twenty-two Royal Navy officers served in the division during the war.[1]
On 12 February, 1918, the Division once more became a Department of the Admiralty.[2]
Directors
- Rear-Admiral Herbert G. King-Hall, 11 October, 1909[3] – 8 January, 1912[4]
- Rear-Admiral Alexander L. Duff, 8 January, 1912[5] – 22 October, 1914[6]
- Rear-Admiral Hugh F. P. Sinclair, 22 October, 1914[7] – August, 1916[8]
- Rear-Admiral Michael Culme-Seymour, 12 September, 1916[9] – 1 September, 1918[10]
- Rear-Admiral E. Hyde Parker, 1 September, 1918[11]
- Rear-Admiral George H. Baird, 1921
- Rear-Admiral John W. L. McClintock, 25 January, 1923[12]
- Rear-Admiral Rudolf M. Burmester, 18 December, 1926[13] – 18 December, 1928[14]
- Rear-Admiral Edward A. Astley-Rushton, 18 December, 1928[15] – 18 December, 1930[16]
Assistant Directors
- Rear-Admiral Hugh F. P. Sinclair, 22 January, 1914[17] – 22 October, 1914[18]
- Rear-Admiral John W. L. McClintock, 1 August, 1912[19] – 22 January, 1914[20]
Footnotes
- ↑ Black. The British Naval Staff. p. 21.
- ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 155.
- ↑ King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 42.
- ↑ Date his successor appointed. Duff Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 80.
- ↑ Duff Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 80.
- ↑ Duff Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 80.
- ↑ Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 368.
- ↑ Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 368.
- ↑ Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 477.
- ↑ Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 477.
- ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 2.
- ↑ McClintock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 236.
- ↑ Burmester Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/39. f. 39.
- ↑ Superseded that day. Astley-Rushton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 55.
- ↑ Astley-Rushton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 55.
- ↑ Astley-Rushton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 55.
- ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 368.
- ↑ Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 368.
- ↑ McClintock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 459.
- ↑ McClintock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 459.
Bibliography
- Black, Nicholas (2009). The British Naval Staff in the First World War. Woodbridge: The Boydell Press. ISBN 9781843834427.
- 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.
