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| − | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederic Charles Dreyer|nick=Frederic C. Dreyer|appt=19 April, 1920<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} Register 11. f. 156.</ref>|precBy=New Position}} | + | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Frederic Charles Dreyer|nick=Frederic C. Dreyer|appt=19 April, 1920<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} Register 11. f. 156.</ref>|end=18 April, 1922<ref>{{TNA|ADM 196/44.}} Register 11. f. 156.</ref>|precBy=New Position}} |
{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Bernard St. George Collard|nick=Bernard St. G. Collard|appt=18 April, 1922{{CN}}|end=25 April, 1924{{CN}}}} | {{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Bernard St. George Collard|nick=Bernard St. G. Collard|appt=18 April, 1922{{CN}}|end=25 April, 1924{{CN}}}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Humphrey Thomas Walwyn|nick=Humphrey T. Walwyn|appt=5 April, 1924<ref>Walwyn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/24.}} f. 24.</ref>|end=1 March, 1926<ref>Walwyn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/24.}} f. 24.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Humphrey Thomas Walwyn|nick=Humphrey T. Walwyn|appt=5 April, 1924<ref>Walwyn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/24.}} f. 24.</ref>|end=1 March, 1926<ref>Walwyn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/24.}} f. 24.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry John Studholme Brownrigg|nick=Henry J. S. Brownrigg|appt=1 March, 1926<ref>Brownrigg Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 231.</ref>|end=2 April, 1927<ref>Date of his next appointment. Brownrigg Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 231.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry John Studholme Brownrigg|nick=Henry J. S. Brownrigg|appt=1 March, 1926<ref>Brownrigg Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 231.</ref>|end=2 April, 1927<ref>Date of his next appointment. Brownrigg Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 231.</ref>}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Bernard William Murray Fairbairn|nick=Bernard W. M. Fairbairn|appt=22 April, 1927<ref>Fairbairn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/197.}} f. 201.</ref>|end=24 December, 1928<ref>Fairbairn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/197.}} f. 201.</ref>}} | ||
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry John Studholme Brownrigg|nick=Henry J. S. Brownrigg|appt=April, 1920<ref>Brownrigg Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 231.</ref>|end=10 January, 1921<ref>Brownrigg Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 231.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry John Studholme Brownrigg|nick=Henry J. S. Brownrigg|appt=April, 1920<ref>Brownrigg Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 231.</ref>|end=10 January, 1921<ref>Brownrigg Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 231.</ref>}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Bernard William Murray Fairbairn|nick=Bernard W. M. Fairbairn|appt=10 January, 1921<ref>Fairbairn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/197.}} f. 201.</ref>|end=16 August, 1922<ref>Fairbairn Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/197.}} f. 201.</ref>}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cecil Vivian Usborne|nick=Cecil V. Usborne|appt=16 August, 1922{{NavAppts|Tuesday, July 25, 1922, Issue 43092, p.17}}|end=10 March, 1923}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Wilfred Frankland French|nick=Wilfred F. French|appt=10 March, 1923<ref>French Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/199.|}} f. 203.</ref>|end=15 February, 1925<ref>French Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/45/199.|}} f. 203.</ref>}} | ||
| + | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Leonard Stanley Holbrook|nick=Leonard S. Holbrook|appt=16 February, 1925{{ToL|Gunnery Staff Change|Saturday, February 14, 1925, Issue 43886, p.14}}|end=15 May, 1925}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry John Studholme Brownrigg|nick=Henry J. S. Brownrigg|appt=15 May, 1925<ref>Brownrigg Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 231.</ref>|end=1 March, 1926<ref>Brownrigg Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 231.</ref>}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Henry John Studholme Brownrigg|nick=Henry J. S. Brownrigg|appt=15 May, 1925<ref>Brownrigg Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 231.</ref>|end=1 March, 1926<ref>Brownrigg Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/47.}} f. 231.</ref>}} | ||
{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cyril Gordon Sedgwick|nick=Cyril G. Sedgwick|appt=1 March, 1926|end=25 June, 1928}} | {{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Cyril Gordon Sedgwick|nick=Cyril G. Sedgwick|appt=1 March, 1926|end=25 June, 1928}} | ||
Latest revision as of 17:33, 4 November 2019
The Gunnery Division was a division of the Naval Staff of the Royal Navy. It was established in 1920 when the Gunnery and Torpedo Division was split into the Gunnery Division and the Torpedo Division
Contents
Institution
In 1920 the Gunnery and Torpedo Division was split and the staff responsibility for Gunnery was given to the newly created Director of the Gunnery Division, Naval Staff.
Directors of the Gunnery Division
- Captain Frederic C. Dreyer, 19 April, 1920[1] – 18 April, 1922[2]
- Captain Bernard St. G. Collard, 18 April, 1922[Citation needed] – 25 April, 1924[Citation needed]
- Captain Humphrey T. Walwyn, 5 April, 1924[3] – 1 March, 1926[4]
- Captain Henry J. S. Brownrigg, 1 March, 1926[5] – 2 April, 1927[6]
- Captain Bernard W. M. Fairbairn, 22 April, 1927[7] – 24 December, 1928[8]
Deputy Directors of the Gunnery Division
- Captain Henry J. S. Brownrigg, April, 1920[9] – 10 January, 1921[10]
- Captain Bernard W. M. Fairbairn, 10 January, 1921[11] – 16 August, 1922[12]
- Captain Cecil V. Usborne, 16 August, 1922[13] – 10 March, 1923
- Captain Wilfred F. French, 10 March, 1923[14] – 15 February, 1925[15]
- Captain Leonard S. Holbrook, 16 February, 1925[16] – 15 May, 1925
- Captain Henry J. S. Brownrigg, 15 May, 1925[17] – 1 March, 1926[18]
- Captain Cyril G. Sedgwick, 1 March, 1926 – 25 June, 1928
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/44. Register 11. f. 156.
- ↑ The National Archives. ADM 196/44. Register 11. f. 156.
- ↑ Walwyn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/24. f. 24.
- ↑ Walwyn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/24. f. 24.
- ↑ Brownrigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 231.
- ↑ Date of his next appointment. Brownrigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 231.
- ↑ Fairbairn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/197. f. 201.
- ↑ Fairbairn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/197. f. 201.
- ↑ Brownrigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 231.
- ↑ Brownrigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 231.
- ↑ Fairbairn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/197. f. 201.
- ↑ Fairbairn Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/197. f. 201.
- ↑ "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, July 25, 1922, Issue 43092, p.17.
- ↑ French Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/199. f. 203.
- ↑ French Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/199. f. 203.
- ↑ "Gunnery Staff Change." The Times (London, England), Saturday, February 14, 1925, Issue 43886, p.14.
- ↑ Brownrigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 231.
- ↑ Brownrigg Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/47. f. 231.
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