Mobilisation Department (Royal Navy)
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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]
- Rear-Admiral E. Hyde Parker, 1 September, 1918[10]
- Rear-Admiral George H. Baird, 1921
- Rear-Admiral John W. L. McClintock, 25 January, 1923[11]
Assistant Directors
- Rear-Admiral Hugh F. P. Sinclair, 22 January, 1914[12]
- Rear-Admiral John W. L. McClintock, 1 August, 1912[13] – 22 January, 1914[14]
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.
- ↑ Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 2.
- ↑ McClintock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 236.
- ↑ 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.
