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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]].
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The '''Signal Division''' 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 and emerged from the earlier Signal Section of the [[Admiralty War Staff]] set-up in 1914 under Rear-Admiral [[Sydney Robert Fremantle|Sydney Fremantle]].
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
 
On 8 September, 1914, the Admiralty directed that:
 
On 8 September, 1914, the Admiralty directed that:
  
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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>The National Archives.  ADM 116/3403.</ref></blockquote>
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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>
  
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In an Admiralty Memorandum of 18 August, 1917, the Section was upgraded to a Division:
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In an Admiralty "Office Memorandum" of 18 August, 1917, the Section was "recognised as a separate division of the Naval Staff."  Its remit was defined as follows:<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>
  
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<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
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<blockquote>The Signal Division will be responsible for all Naval, Mercantile, Allied and Naval & Military:-  
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Personnel or Materiel, but will act in an advisory capacity to the departments dealing therewith and should be consulted as necessary.<ref>The National Archives.  ADM 116/3404.</ref></blockquote>
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==Directors of the Signal Division==
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Dates of appointment given:
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| W/T Signalling (including the allocation of all W/T Call Signs other than "commercial").
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| rowspan="10" | including all correspondence, and preparing, printing and "establishment" of all the necessary books and Instructions in connection therewith
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|-
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| S/T Signalling
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|-
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| Visual Signalling (including allocation of all Pendants)
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|-
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| Private and Recognition Signals
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|-
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| Signal Books
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|-
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| Codes
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|-
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| Cyphers
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|-
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| Methods of Drafting, Coding & Cyphering, and dealing with all messages (whether W/T, S/T, Visual, Land Line or Cable).
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|-
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| "S" Orders
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|-
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| "SR" Orders
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|}
  
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*Captain (Acting) [[Richard Lindsay Nicholson|Richard L. Nicholson]], August, 1917.<ref>''Naval Staff''.  p. 122.</ref>
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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>
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==Directors==
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Dates of appointment given:
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{{Tenure|rank={{RearRN}}|name=Sydney Robert Fremantle|nick=Sydney R. Fremantle|appt=8 September, 1914<ref>Fremantle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}}</ref>|end=24 July, 1915<ref>Fremantle Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/42.|}}</ref>|as=Head of Signal Section}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Christopher Russell Payne|nick=Christopher R. Payne|appt=4 January, 1916<ref>Payne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/451.}}</ref>|end=12 May, 1917<ref>Payne Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/43/451.}}</ref>|as=Head of Signal Section}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Edward Montgomery Phillpotts|nick=Edward M. Phillpotts|appt=before 17 August, 1917<ref>See Docket dated 17 August, 1917.  {{TNA|ADM 116/3403.}}</ref>|as=Head of Signal Section}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Acting Captain|name=Richard Lindsay Nicholson|nick=Richard L. Nicholson|appt=5 January, 1918 &ndash; 15 November, 1919<ref>Nicholson Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/48.}}  f. 475.</ref>}}
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{{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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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Charles Edward Kennedy-Purvis|nick=Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis|appt=1 March, 1927|end=17 March, 1930|as=Director of the Signal Department}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=James Wilfred Sussex Dorling|nick=James W. S. Dorling|appt=17 March, 1930|end=2 May, 1932|as=Director of the Signal Department}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Arthur John Layard Murray|nick=Arthur J. L. Murray|appt=2 May, 1932|end=1 October, 1934|as=Director of the Signal Department}}
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{{Tenure|rank=Captain|name=Guy Waterhouse Hallifax|nick=Guy W. Hallifax|appt=1 October, 1934<ref>Hallifax Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 35.</ref>|end=31 October, 1935<ref>Hallifax Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/49.|}} f. 35.</ref>|as=Director of the Signal Department}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=William Tofield Makeig-Jones|nick=William T. Makeig-Jones|appt=31 October, 1935|end=13 September, 1937<ref>Glover Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/56/66.|}} f. 68.</ref>|as=Director of the Signal Department}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{CaptRN}}|name=Philip Foster Glover|nick=Philip F. Glover|appt=13 September, 1937<ref>Glover Service Record. {{TNA|ADM 196/56/66.|}} f. 68.</ref>|end=1 August, 1941|as=Director of the Signal Department|note=vice Makeig-Jones}}
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{{Tenure|rank={{ViceRN}}|name=Arthur John Layard Murray|nick=Arthur J. L. Murray|appt=1 August, 1941|end=14 April, 1942|as=Director of the Signal Department}}
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==Footnotes==
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==Bibliography==
 
==Bibliography==
 
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Latest revision as of 12:55, 6 August 2022

The Signal Division was the constituent part of the Royal Navy's Naval Staff responsible for communications. The division was instituted on 18 August, 1917 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.[1]

In an Admiralty "Office Memorandum" of 18 August, 1917, the Section was "recognised as a separate division of the Naval Staff." Its remit was defined as follows:[2]

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:

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The National Archives. ADM 116/3403.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
  4. ↑ Fremantle Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
  5. ↑ Payne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/451.
  6. ↑ Payne Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/451.
  7. ↑ See Docket dated 17 August, 1917. The National Archives. ADM 116/3403.
  8. ↑ Nicholson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/48. f. 475.
  9. ↑ Kitson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 186.
  10. ↑ Kitson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/44. f. 186.
  11. ↑ Hallifax Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 35.
  12. ↑ Hallifax Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/49. f. 35.
  13. ↑ Glover Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/66. f. 68.
  14. ↑ Glover Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/56/66. f. 68.

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 at The National Archives. ADM 234/434.

Primary Sources

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