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Gunnery Division (Royal Navy)
The Gunnery Division was a Directorate of the Admiralty Naval Staff of the Royal Navy responsible for the tactical use of naval weapons and the training of naval personnel in relation to operational requirements. It was established in 1920 when the Gunnery and Torpedo Division was separated into an independent Gunnery Division and Torpedo Division. It existed until 1964 when the Department of Admiralty was abolished and replaced by a new Ministry of Defence. History Prior to 1918 responsibility for naval ordnance and gunnery training lay with Naval Ordnance Department. In 1918 the Naval Artillery and Torpedoes Division was established; in June 1920 it was split up into the Gunnery Division and the Torpedo division. It was created as new directorate of the Admiralty Naval Staff in primarily to deal with questions of the tactical use of these weapons and the training of personnel and to facilitate the clear connection between the use of the weapon and operations. The training and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gunnery And Torpedo Division (Royal Navy)
The Gunnery and Torpedo Division was the former Directorate of the Admiralty Naval Staff responsible for weapons policy making, development and assessing weapon requirements from 1918-1920. History The Gunnery and Torpedo Division was established on 27 June 1918 it evolved out of the Directorate of Artillery and Torpedoes of the Naval Ordnance Department of the Admiralty and was staff division of the Admiralty Naval Staff department. It existed for only two years until April 1920 when it was split into two separate divisions one specialising solely in Gunnery and the other Torpedo. Responsibilities The division was responsible for devising and implementing general system of gunnery and torpedo exercises of the Fleet, in addition to the gunnery and torpedo training of all officers and men, whilst in liaison with the Director of Training. Among its other functions was the training of all personnel in the use of new or existing tactical weapons. It also had to anticipate and p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Director Of Naval Ordnance
The Naval Ordnance Department, also known as the Department of the Director of Naval Ordnance, was a former department of the Admiralty responsible for the procurement of naval ordnance of the Royal Navy. The department was managed by a Director, supported by various assistants and deputies; it existed from 1891 to 1958. Precursors Before 1855 the supply of guns and ammunition to the Royal Navy was the responsibility of the Ordnance Board, which was also concerned with supplying ordnance to the Army and which tended to concentrate on the latter function, although naval officers served on the board and on the Ordnance Select Committee which succeeded it. The Ordnance Board was abolished in May 1855, its responsibilities for naval ordnance passed to the War Office, where a naval officer was appointed Naval Director-General of Artillery within the Artillery Branch. He retained that title from 1858 to 1868, when he was also Director of Stores, War Office ; he was also the Vice-Pres ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welwyn
Welwyn is a village and civil parishes in England, civil parish in Hertfordshire, England. The parish also includes the villages of Digswell and Oaklands, Hertfordshire, Oaklands. It is sometimes referred to as Old Welwyn or Welwyn Village, to distinguish it from the much newer and larger settlement of Welwyn Garden City, about a mile to the south. Etymology The name is derived from Old English ''welig'' meaning "willow", referring to the trees that nestle on the banks of the River Mimram as it flows through the village. The name itself is an evolution from ''weligun'', the dative form of the word, and so is more precisely translated as "at the willows", unlike nearby Willian, Hertfordshire, Willian which is likely to mean simply "the willows". Through having its name derived from ''welig'' rather than ''sealh'' (the more commonly cited Old English word for ''willow''), ''Welwyn'' is possibly cognate with ''Heligan estate, Heligan'' in Cornwall whose name is derived from ''h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Admiralty Experimental Establishment
Admiralty most often refers to: *Admiralty, Hong Kong *Admiralty (United Kingdom), military department in command of the Royal Navy from 1707 to 1964 *The rank of admiral *Admiralty law Admiralty can also refer to: Buildings *Admiralty, Trafalgar Square, a pub in London *Admiralty, Saint Petersburg, Russia * Admiralteyskaya (Saint Petersburg Metro), a metro station in Saint Petersburg, Russia, the name means "Admiralty" * Admiralty Arch in London, England * Admiralty House, London *Admiralty House, Sydney *Dutch Admiralty, a group of follies at Tsarskoye Selo, Russia *Former Admiralty House, Singapore Law * Admiralty court * Admiralty law, also called Maritime Law * Amirauté (New France) Naval organizations * Admiralty (navy), a governmental and/or naval body responsible for the administration of a navy Germany * German Imperial Admiralty, ''Kaiserliche Admiralität'' * German Imperial Admiralty Staff, ''Admiralstab'' Netherlands *Admiralty of Amsterdam * Admiralty of Fri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Charles Madden, 2nd Baronet
Sir Charles Edward Madden, 2nd Baronet, GCB (15 June 1906 – 23 April 2001) followed his father in a career with the Royal Navy that culminated in his serving as the Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleet from 1963 to 1965. A recognized expert in gunnery, Madden helped in the introduction of radar into the Royal Navy. He participated in the Battle of Calabria, the Battle of Taranto, the Battle of Cape Matapan, and the Battle of Crete during the Second World War. Following the war, Madden introduced the General List for officers which abolished many of the distinctions between the executive and other branches within the Royal Navy. He also served as the Chief of Naval Staff of the Royal New Zealand Navy. Following his retirement from the Royal Navy, Madden served as Vice Lord-Lieutenant of Greater London from 1969 to 1981. Early life and family Charles Edward Madden was born on 15 June 1906, the son of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Madden, for whom the baronetcy was created i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Longley-Cook
Vice-Admiral Eric William Longley-Cook, (6 October 1898 – 20 April 1983) was a Royal Navy officer. Naval career Longley-Cook joined the Royal Navy as a cadet at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth and was mobilised at the start of the First World War. He saw action in the battleship in the British Adriatic Squadron. He served in the Second World War as commanding officer of the cruiser from July 1939, as deputy director of Training and Staff Duties from October 1940 and as deputy director of Gunnery and Anti-Aircraft Warfare from July 1941. He went on to be commanding officer of the cruiser from April 1942, Captain of the Fleet for the Mediterranean Fleet in January 1943 and Captain of the Fleet for the East Indies Fleet in January 1945. After the war he became Chief of Staff for the Home Fleet The Home Fleet was a fleet of the Royal Navy that operated from the United Kingdom's territorial waters from 1902 with intervals until 1967. In 1967, it was merged with the Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Burrough
Admiral Sir Harold Martin Burrough (4 July 1889 – 22 October 1977) was a senior Royal Navy officer and Assistant Chief of Naval Staff to the Royal Navy during World War II. Early career Born the tenth son of Rev. Charles Burrough and his wife Georgina Long, Burrough began his career as a naval cadet in 1903 after being educated at St Edward's School, Oxford. He first saw action during World War I as a gunnery officer aboard HMS ''Southampton'', later taking part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916. In 1930 he was given command of HMS ''London''. He was made Commander of the 5th Destroyer Flotilla in 1935 and of HMS ''Excellent'' in 1937. He was made Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff in 1939. World War II In September 1940 he was appointed Rear-Admiral Commanding 10th Cruiser Squadron. During the Second World War he was awarded the DSO after Operation Archery a raid on the Norwegian islands of Vågsøy and Måløy on 27 December 1941 in which nine enemy ships were sunk by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andrew Lewis (Royal Navy Officer)
Admiral Sir Andrew MacKenzie Lewis KCB JP (24 January 1918 – 8 November 1993) was Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command. Naval career Lewis joined the Royal Navy and fought in World War II being mentioned in despatches for his service in HMS ''Ashanti''. He was appointed Director-General, Weapons (Naval) at the Ministry of Defence in 1965 and Flag Officer, Flotillas for the Western Fleet in 1968. He went on to be Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel in 1970 and Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command in 1972; he retired in 1974. In retirement he became Chairman of the Essex Water Company, later Essex and Suffolk Water Company. Between 1976 and 1977 he was Chairman of the Royal Navy Club of 1765 & 1785 (United 1889). Lewis was also Lord Lieutenant of Essex from 1978 to 1992. He died in 1993. Family In 1943 he married Rachel Elizabeth Leatham:Lewis, Very Rev. Christopher Andrew PhD in ''Who's Who 2008'' (A & C Black, 2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gray (Royal Navy Officer)
Vice-Admiral Sir John Michael Dudgeon Gray (13 June 1913 – February 1998) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander-in-Chief, South Atlantic and South America Station. Naval career Educated at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth,Debrett's People of Today 1994 Gray joined the Royal Navy in 1926. He was promoted to lieutenant on 9 December 1935, with seniority from 1 December 1935. He was promoted to lieutenant commander on 24 December 1943, with seniority from 1 December 1943. He served with US forces at Anzio in Italy in 1944. After the War, he became Naval Adviser to the UK Mission to Japan where he was present at the war crimes trials of senior Japanese military and political leaders. He then served in Korea in 1950. Promoted to Captain on 31 December 1952, he commanded HMS ''Lynx'' and then . On 7 January 1962, he was appointed a Naval Aide de Camp to The Queen. He was appointed Director General of Training at the Ministry of Defence in 1964. On 19 Novembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Evans-Lombe
Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Malcolm Evans-Lombe KCB (15 October 1901 – 14 May 1974) was a Royal Navy officer who became Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff. Naval career Educated at West Downs School and in the Royal Navy, Evans-Lombe served in the Second World War initially as Naval Assistant to the Third Sea Lord and then, from 1942, as Captain of the cruiser HMS ''Glasgow''. He was appointed Director of the Gunnery and Anti-Aircraft Warfare Division at the Admiralty in December 1943, Chief of Staff for the Eastern Fleet in June 1944 and Chief of Staff for the British Pacific Fleet in December 1944. He became Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff in 1950 and retired in 1955. Personal life Evans-Lombe was appointed High Sheriff of Norfolk The high sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown and is appointed annually (in March) by the Crown. The High Sheriff of Norfolk was originally the principal law enforcement officer in Norfolk and presided at the assizes and other im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Studholme Brownrigg
Admiral Sir Henry John Studholme Brownrigg, KBE, CB, DSO (3 September 1882 – 24 January 1943) was a Royal Navy officer who was Commander-in-Chief, The Nore. Naval career Brownrigg joined the Royal Navy, was promoted to acting sub-lieutenant on 3 September 1901 and subsequently confirmed in that rank from the same date. In November 1902 he was posted to the pre-dreadnought battleship HMS ''Ramillies'', serving in the Mediterranean Fleet. He served in World War I and took part in the Battle of Jutland in 1916, as executive officer of HMS ''Barham'' (with rank of Commander).Navy List, 1916 He went on to be Chief of Staff at the Africa Station and, from 1925, deputy director of the Gunnery Division. He became Director of the Gunnery Division in 1926 and Chief of Staff at Plymouth in 1927. He was made Captain of HMS ''Courageous'' in 1929 and then joined the staff of the Director of Naval Ordnance in 1931. He became Rear Admiral commanding 3rd Cruiser Squadron in 1933 and Vic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Humphrey T
Humphrey is both a masculine given name and a surname. An earlier form, not attested since Medieval times, was Hunfrid. Notable people with the name include: People with the given name Medieval period :''Ordered chronologically'' *Hunfrid of Prüm (Saint Humphrey, died 871), Benedictine monk * Humphrey of Hauteville (c. 1010–1057), Count of Apulia *Humphrey de Bohun (other), various people who lived from the 11th to 14th centuries *Humphrey of Toron (other), four 12th-century nobles *Humphrey, 2nd Earl of Buckingham (1381–1399), English peer and member of the House of Lords *Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester (1390–1447) Modern era *Humphrey Atkins (1922–1996), British politician and a member of the Conservative Party *Humphrey Barclay (1941–), British television comedy producer. * Humphrey Bate (1875–1936), American harmonica player and string band leader *Humphrey Bland (1686–1763), British Army general * Humphrey Bogart (1899–1957), American film ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
