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Naval Assistant To The First Sea Lord
The Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord also known as the Executive Assistant to the First Sea Lord was a senior appointment of the Royal Navy established in 1905 until 2014. The post holder was responsible for assisting the First Sea Lord in the discharging of his duties and responsible for administrative and secretarial work within the private office of the First Sea Lord. History Prior to 1905 the Sea Lords were without a specific naval officer responsible for secretarial duties within their respective offices, that particular duty was undertaken by random secretaries selected from within the secretarial pool at the Admiralty. The first incumbent was Captain, Charles E. Madden. The post holder was primarily responsible for administrative and secretarial duties within the private office of the First Sea Lord. Occasionally they were referred to as the Executive Assistant to the First Sea Lord. They were occasionally in attendance with 1SL at Navy Board meetings. The final in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 170 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Oliver
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Francis Oliver, (22 January 1865 – 15 October 1965) was a Royal Navy officer. After serving in the Second Boer War as a navigating officer in a cruiser on the Cape of Good Hope and West Coast of Africa Station, he became the first commanding officer of the new navigation school in the early years of the 20th century. He went to be commanding officer first of the armoured cruiser and then of the new battleship before becoming Director of the Intelligence Division at the Admiralty. During the First World War, Oliver was sent to Antwerp where, with Belgian support, he blew up the engine rooms of 38 stranded German merchant vessels. He became Naval Secretary to Winston Churchill, First Lord of the Admiralty, and then chief of the Admiralty War Staff before serving as Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff. In that capacity, he was closely involved in directing the Allied forces at the Battle of Jutland. He served as commander of the 1st Battlecruis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benjamin Bathurst (Royal Navy Officer)
Admiral of the Fleet Sir David Benjamin Bathurst, (born 27 May 1936) is a former Royal Navy officer. After training as a pilot and qualifying as a helicopter instructor, Bathurst commanded a Naval Air Squadron and then two frigates before achieving higher command in the Navy. He served as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff from 1993 to 1995: in that capacity he advised the British Government on the deployment of Naval Support including Sea Harriers during the Bosnian War. Early life Bathurst is the son of Peter Bathurst and his wife Lady Elizabeth Ann Bathurst (née Temple-Gore-Langton). Generally known by his middle name of Benjamin, Bathurst was educated at Eton and Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.'' Who's Who 2010'', A & C Black, 2010, Naval career Bathurst joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1953 and became a midshipman on 1 September 1955.Heathcote, p.22 During his early career he served in the minesweeper and, following promotion to sub-lieutena ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Fitch
Admiral Sir Richard George Alison Fitch, (2 June 1929 – 15 February 1994) was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel from 1986 to 1988. Naval career Educated at Royal Naval College Dartmouth, Fitch joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1942.Obituary: Admiral Sir Richard Fitch ''The Independent'', 22 February 1994 Fitch was made of the in 1966 and then joined the staff of the Flag Officer Second-in-Command for the |
David Armytage
Captain David George Armytage CBE (4 September 1929 – 2 February 2015) was a Royal Navy officer who was a specialist in the use of radar and commanded several frigates. He took part in the "Cod Wars The Cod Wars ( is, Þorskastríðin; also known as , ; german: Kabeljaukriege) were a series of 20th-century confrontations between the United Kingdom (with aid from West Germany) and Iceland about fishing rights in the North Atlantic. Each o ...". References Royal Navy officers of World War II 1929 births 2015 deaths Commanders of the Order of the British Empire {{UK-navy-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Williams (Royal Navy Officer)
Admiral Sir David Williams, (22 October 1921 – 16 July 2012) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy and Governor of Gibraltar. Naval career Williams was appointed Flag Officer Second-in-Command Far East Fleet in 1970. Appointed Flag Officer, Second Flotilla from March 1971 to March 1972. He was then Director-General, Naval Manpower and Training from April 1972 to February 1974. He was then promoted to Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel in 1974; and then Commander-in-Chief Naval Home Command from 1976 to 1979 when he retired. Between 1980 and 1982 he was Chairman of the Royal Navy Club of 1765 & 1785 (United in 1889). On 26 October 1982 he became the Governor of Gibraltar The governor of Gibraltar is the representative of the British monarch in the British overseas territory of Gibraltar. The governor is appointed by the monarch on the advice of the British government. The role of the governor is to act as the .... He held this position for three years unti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Troup
Vice Admiral Sir John Anthony Rose Troup, (18 July 1921 – 8 July 2008) was a Royal Navy officer. A submariner, he served as the last Commander-in-Chief Far East Fleet (1971). Early life Born in Bath, Somerset, on 18 July 1921, Troup was the son of Hugh Rose Troup (1885–1968), an officer in the Royal Navy who played an important role in the evacuation from Dunkirk in 1940. He joined the Royal Navy in 1934,Sir John Anthony Rose Troup Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives and studied at the Royal Naval College in Dartmouth until 1936. Troup served ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Gretton
Vice Admiral Sir Peter William Gretton (27 August 1912 – 11 November 1992) was an officer in the Royal Navy. He was active in the Battle of the Atlantic during the Second World War, and was a successful convoy escort commander. He eventually rose to become Fifth Sea Lord and retired as a vice admiral before entering university life as a bursar and academic. Early career Gretton joined the Royal Navy as a cadet at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, Dartmouth. He served in the aircraft carrier ''Courageous'' before seeing action in the cruiser HMS ''Durban'' during the Abyssinia crisis and the Spanish Civil War. He led a landing party in Haifa during the Arab rebellion in Palestine. He attended an anti-submarine course at Portland and, on the outbreak of the Second World War, was assigned to the destroyer HMS ''Vega'' as first lieutenant. Second World War After a short period as first lieutenant in the old destroyer , from September 1939 to April 1940, Gretton was appoint ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Grantham
Admiral Sir Guy Grantham, (9 January 1900 – 8 September 1992) was a senior Royal Navy officer who served as Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth from 1957 to 1959. Naval career Educated at Rugby School,Obituary: Sir Guy Gratham The Independent, 17 September 1992 Grantham joined the in 1918.Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives /ref> Grantham served in the |
Herbert Fitzherbert
Admiral Sir Herbert Fitzherbert, KCIE, CB, CMG (10 August 1885 – 30 October 1958) was a Royal Navy admiral who served as the third Flag Officer Commanding, Royal Indian Navy, from 1937 to 1943. Life and career Fitzherbert was born at Kingswear, Totnes, Devon, the son of Samuel Wyndham Fitzherbert. He joined the Royal Navy in 1900 and was educated aboard the cadet training ship HMS ''Britannia''. He was commissioned as an acting Sub-Lieutenant in 1905, and was confirmed as a Sub-Lieutenant the following year. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1907. During the First World War, he served as a Flag Lieutenant to Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Jellicoe (later the Earl Jellicoe) at the Battle of Jutland, for which he was appointed a CMG in 1919. He was also awarded the Legion d'Honneur and the Russian Order of St. Anne for his service during the battle. Fitzherbert was promoted to Commander in 1917 and to Captain in 1924. From 1926 to 1928, he commanded the cruiser HMS ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sidney Bailey
Admiral Sir Sidney Robert Bailey, (27 August 1882 – 27 March 1942) was a Royal Navy officer who served as President of the Royal Naval College, Greenwich from 1937 to 1938. Naval career Bailey joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in the training ship HMS ''Britannia'' in September 1896.Sir Sidney Robert Bailey Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives As a midshipman in , he took part in the for the relief of Peking legations in 1900 during the , [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Marriott (Royal Navy Officer)
Captain John Peter Ralph Marriott CMG (28 November 1879 – 21 December 1938) was a British Royal Navy officer. Marriott was the son of Major Charles Frederick Marriott of the British Army and his wife Isabella (née Jerningham). He married Margaret Murray, daughter of the oceanographer Sir John Murray, and they had two sons, John and Peter. In 1894, he joined the Royal Navy as a Naval Cadet, and he was promoted to lieutenant on 1 April 1902. As a junior officer he was posted to the sloop HMS ''Beagle'' on 1 July 1902, serving on her in the South Atlantic. Later, he served in the light cruiser HMS ''Hyacinth'', flagship of the East Indies and Egyptian Squadron, the armoured cruiser HMS ''Drake'', flagship of the 5th Cruiser Squadron, and the cadet training cruiser HMS ''Cornwall''. For two years he served on the staff of the Royal Naval College, Osborne. In June 1914, he was promoted Commander and became executive officer of the cruiser HMS ''Charybdis''. In Gallipo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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