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The '''Signal Division of the Naval Staff''' was the constituent part of the [[Royal Navy]]'s [[Naval Staff (Royal Navy)|Naval Staff]] responsible for communications. The division was instituted on 18 August, 1917,<ref>Dewar. ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. '''XXX'''. p. 6.</ref> and emerged from the earlier [[Signal Section (Royal Navy)|Signal Section]] of the [[Admiralty War Staff]] set-up in 1914 under Rear-Admiral [[Sydney Robert Fremantle|Sydney Fremantle]]. | The '''Signal Division of the Naval Staff''' was the constituent part of the [[Royal Navy]]'s [[Naval Staff (Royal Navy)|Naval Staff]] responsible for communications. The division was instituted on 18 August, 1917,<ref>Dewar. ''Encyclopædia Britannica''. '''XXX'''. p. 6.</ref> and emerged from the earlier [[Signal Section (Royal Navy)|Signal Section]] of the [[Admiralty War Staff]] set-up in 1914 under Rear-Admiral [[Sydney Robert Fremantle|Sydney Fremantle]]. | ||
==History== | |||
On 8 September, 1914, the Admiralty directed that: | |||
<blockquote>the Signal Committee shall be temporarily transferred from Portsmouth to London and attached to the Admiralty War Staff of which it will for the present constitute a Section.<ref>The National Archives. ADM 116/3403.</ref></blockquote> | |||
==Footnotes== | ==Footnotes== | ||
Revision as of 10:57, 30 December 2010
The Signal Division of the Naval Staff was the constituent part of the Royal Navy's Naval Staff responsible for communications. The division was instituted on 18 August, 1917,[1] and emerged from the earlier Signal Section of the Admiralty War Staff set-up in 1914 under Rear-Admiral Sydney Fremantle.
History
On 8 September, 1914, the Admiralty directed that:
the Signal Committee shall be temporarily transferred from Portsmouth to London and attached to the Admiralty War Staff of which it will for the present constitute a Section.[2]
Footnotes
Bibliography
- Template:BibUKNavalStaff
- Dewar, Alfred Charles (1922). Encyclopædia Britannica: The New Volumes. Volume XXX. London: Encyclopædia Britannica Company, Ltd..
Primary Sources
- The National Archives. ADM 116/3403. Admiralty Signal Division: History. Volume I.
