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Commander Gilbert Stephenson, an officer in the Intelligence Division, later commented:

The system in the War Room at the start was very inadequate. None of the Commanders on duty there was able to take action without the approval of a Post-Captain. This was quite ridiculous, and I said so! My suggestion for more delegation of authority was not approved.
But when I worked as a Duty Commander - 24 hours on, 48 hours off - there was no question of referring everything to senior officers. The messages that came in had to be acted upon - and of course that suited me much better.[1]

According to Dr. Nicholas Black, 206 Royal Navy officers served in the division during the war.[2]

Directors of the Intelligence Division

Dates of appointment given:

In 1918 the title reverted to "Director of Naval Intelligence."

Assistant Directors

Dates of appointment given:

Footnotes

  1. Baker. The Terror of Tobermory. p. 27.
  2. Black. British Naval Staff. p. 21.
  3. The Naval Staff of the Admiralty. C.B. 3013. [Naval Staff.] p. 121.
  4. Naval Staff. p. 122.
  5. Ibid.
  6. Naval Staff. p. 124.
  7. Ibid.
  8. Ibid.
  9. Ibid.
  10. Ibid.

Bibliography

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  • 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.