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On 12 February, 1918, the Division once more became a Department of the Admiralty.{{UKNavalStaff|p. 155}}
 
On 12 February, 1918, the Division once more became a Department of the Admiralty.{{UKNavalStaff|p. 155}}
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In the late 1920s, the office was renamed '''Manning Department'''.
  
 
==Directors==
 
==Directors==
<div name=fredbot:office0 otitle="Director of the Mobilisation Department" nat="UK">{{TenureListBegin|Director of the Mobilisation Department}}
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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}}
 
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Hugh Francis Paget Sinclair|nick=Hugh F. P. Sinclair|appt=22 October, 1914<ref>Sinclair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 368.</ref>|as=Director of the Mobilisation Division|end=August, 1916<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 October, 1914<ref>Sinclair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 368.</ref>|as=Director of the Mobilisation Division|end=August, 1916<ref>Sinclair Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43}}.  f. 368.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Michael Culme-Seymour, Fourth Baronet|nick=Michael Culme-Seymour|appt=12 September, 1916<ref>Culme-Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 477.</ref>|as=Director of the Mobilisation Division}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Michael Culme-Seymour, Fourth Baronet|nick=Michael Culme-Seymour|appt=12 September, 1916<ref>Culme-Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.}}  f. 477.</ref>|as=Director of the Mobilisation Division|end=1 September, 1918<ref>Culme-Seymour Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}}  f. 477.</ref>}}
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Edmond Hyde Parker|nick=E. Hyde Parker|appt=1 September, 1918<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 2.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=Edmond Hyde Parker|nick=E. Hyde Parker|appt=1 September, 1918<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 2.</ref>|end=1 July, 1919<ref>Parker Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 2.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=George Henry Baird|nick=George H. Baird|appt=1921}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=George Henry Baird|nick=George H. Baird|appt=1921}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=John William Leopold McClintock|nick=John W. L. McClintock|appt=25 January, 1923<ref>McClintock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 236.</ref>}}
 
{{Tenure|rank=Rear-Admiral|name=John William Leopold McClintock|nick=John W. L. McClintock|appt=25 January, 1923<ref>McClintock Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43.}}  f. 236.</ref>}}
{{TenureListEnd}}
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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>}}
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{{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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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Reginald Aylmer Ranfurly Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax|nick=Reginald A. R. Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax|appt=18 December, 1930|end=2 April, 1932|as=Director of the Manning Department|note=now "Director of the Manning Department"}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Arthur Lionel Snagge|nick=Arthur L. Snagge|appt=2 April, 1932|end=18 May, 1934|as=Director of the Manning Department}}
 
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</div name=fredbot:office0>
  
 
==Assistant Directors==
 
==Assistant Directors==
<div name=fredbot:office1 otitle="Assistant Director of the Mobilisation Department" nat="UK">{{TenureListBegin|Assistant Director of the Mobilisation Department}}
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<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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{{Tenure|rank={{CommRN}}|name=Wyndham Lerrier Bamber|nick=Wyndham L. Bamber|appt=15 October, 1918|end=8 October, 1919}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=George William McOran Campbell|nick=George W. McO. Campbell|appt=4 April, 1922<ref>Campbell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/341.|D7576618}} f. 341.</ref>|end=4 April, 1924<ref>Campbell Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/44/341.|D7576618}} f. 341.</ref>}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Roger L'Estrange Murray Rede|nick=Roger L'E. M. Rede|appt=4 April, 1924<ref>Rede Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/42.|}} f. 42.</ref>|end=4 April, 1926<ref>Rede Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/45/42.|}} f. 42.</ref>}}
 
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Latest revision as of 14:55, 31 August 2017

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]

In the late 1920s, the office was renamed Manning Department.

Directors

Assistant Directors

Footnotes

  1. Black. The British Naval Staff. p. 21.
  2. The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. p. 155.
  3. King-Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 42.
  4. Date his successor appointed. Duff Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 80.
  5. Duff Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 80.
  6. Duff Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 80.
  7. Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 368.
  8. Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 368.
  9. Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 477.
  10. Culme-Seymour Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42. f. 477.
  11. Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 2.
  12. Parker Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 2.
  13. McClintock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 236.
  14. Burmester Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/39. f. 39.
  15. Superseded that day. Astley-Rushton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 55.
  16. Astley-Rushton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 55.
  17. Astley-Rushton Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45. f. 55.
  18. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 368.
  19. Sinclair Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 368.
  20. McClintock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 459.
  21. McClintock Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 459.
  22. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 341.
  23. Campbell Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44/341. f. 341.
  24. Rede Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/42. f. 42.
  25. Rede Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/45/42. f. 42.

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 at The National Archives. ADM 234/434.