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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==
==History==
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<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>{{TNA|ADM 116/3403.}}</ref></blockquote>
<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>{{TNA|ADM 116/3403.}}</ref></blockquote>


In an Admiralty Memorandum of 18 August, 1917, the Section was upgraded to a Division:
In an Admiralty "Office Memorandum" of 18 August, 1917, the Section was "recognised as a separate division of the Naval Staff."<ref>Docket entitled "Division of Responsibility for Wireless Telegraphy Work."  {{TNA|ADM 116/3404.}}  Our reproduction is far more accurate than the bastardisation which appears in Blond. ''Technology and Tradition''.  p. 321.</ref>


<blockquote>Signal Division will be responsible for all Naval, Mercantile, Allied and Naval and Military: W/T Signalling (including the allocation of all W/T Call-signs other than 'commercial'); S/T Signalling; Visual Signalling(including allocation of pennants); Private and Recognition Signals; Signal Books; Codes and Ciphers; Methods of Drafting, Coding Ciphering and dealing with all messages (whether W/T, S/T, Visual, Landline, or Cable); 'S' Orders and 'SR' Orders &hellip; Signal Division is not responsible for either
<blockquote>The Signal Division will be responsible for all Naval, Mercantile, Allied and Naval & Military:-
Personnel or Materiel, but will act in an advisory capacity to the departments dealing therewith and should be consulted as necessary.<ref>{{TNA|ADM 116/3404.}}</ref></blockquote>
 
{|
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| W/T Signalling (including the allocation of all W/T Call Signs other than "commercial").
| rowspan="10" | including all correspondence, and preparing, printing and "establishment" of all the necessary books and Instructions in connection therewith
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| S/T Signalling
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| Visual Signalling (including allocation of all Pendants)
|-
| Private and Recognition Signals
|-
| Signal Books
|-
| Codes
|-
| Cyphers
|-
| Methods of Drafting, Coding & Cyphering, and dealing with all messages (whether W/T, S/T, Visual, Land Line or Cable).
|-
| "S" Orders
|-
| "SR" Orders
|}
 
The Signal Division is not responsible for either Personnel or Materiel, but will act in an advisory capacity to the departments dealing therewith and should be consulted by them as necessary.</blockquote>


==Directors==
==Directors==
Dates of appointment given:
Dates of appointment given:
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting Captain|name=Richard Lindsay Nicholson|nick=Richard L. Nicholson|appt=August, 1917{{UKNavalStaff|p. 122}}|precBy=New Appointment}}
{{Tenure|rank=Acting Captain|name=Richard Lindsay Nicholson|nick=Richard L. Nicholson|appt=August, 1917{{UKNavalStaff|p. 122}}|precBy=New Appointment}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Karslake Kitson|nick=Henry K. Kitson|appt=29 July, 1921<ref>Kitson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 186.</ref>|end=3 February, 1923<ref>Kitson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 186.</ref>|as=Director of the Signal Department}}
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Henry Karslake Kitson|nick=Henry K. Kitson|appt=29 July, 1921<ref>Kitson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 186.</ref>|end=3 February, 1923<ref>Kitson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44.|}} f. 186.</ref>|as=Director of the Signal Department}}
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==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
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*[[Alfred Charles Dewar|Dewar, Alfred C.]] (1922).  ''Encyclopædia Britannica: The New Volumes''.  '''Volume XXX'''.  London: Encyclopædia Britannica Company, Ltd..
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Revision as of 09:41, 4 January 2016

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]

In an Admiralty "Office Memorandum" of 18 August, 1917, the Section was "recognised as a separate division of the Naval Staff."[3]

The Signal Division will be responsible for all Naval, Mercantile, Allied and Naval & Military:-

W/T Signalling (including the allocation of all W/T Call Signs other than "commercial"). including all correspondence, and preparing, printing and "establishment" of all the necessary books and Instructions in connection therewith
S/T Signalling
Visual Signalling (including allocation of all Pendants)
Private and Recognition Signals
Signal Books
Codes
Cyphers
Methods of Drafting, Coding & Cyphering, and dealing with all messages (whether W/T, S/T, Visual, Land Line or Cable).
"S" Orders
"SR" Orders

The Signal Division is not responsible for either Personnel or Materiel, but will act in an advisory capacity to the departments dealing therewith and should be consulted by them as necessary.

Directors

Dates of appointment given:

Someone with the last name Murray preceded Hallifax.[9]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Dewar. Encyclopædia Britannica. XXX. p. 6.
  2. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 116/3403.
  3. ↑ Docket entitled "Division of Responsibility for Wireless Telegraphy Work." The National Archives. ADM 116/3404. Our reproduction is far more accurate than the bastardisation which appears in Blond. Technology and Tradition. p. 321.
  4. ↑ The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 122.
  5. ↑ Kitson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 186.
  6. ↑ Kitson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 186.
  7. ↑ Hallifax Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 35.
  8. ↑ Hallifax Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 35.
  9. ↑ Hallifax Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 35.

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 No. 8 at The National Archives. ADM 234/434.

Primary Sources

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