Naval Mobilisation Department

The Naval Mobilisation Department [1] also known as the Mobilisation and Movements Department [2] was a former department of the British Admiralty initially from 1909 to 1912 and then again from 1918 to 1932. It was mainly responsible for plans, mobilisation and manning during the pre-World War I and post war period. [3]

Naval Mobilisation Department
United Kingdom
Department overview
Formed1909, reformed-1918
Preceding Department
Dissolved1912, 1932
Superseding agency
JurisdictionGovernment of the United Kingdom
HeadquartersAdmiralty Building
Whitehall
London
Parent departmentAdmiralty

History edit

In 1909, following restructuring within the Admiralty, both the Mobilisation and War Divisions of the Naval Intelligence Department were brought together to create a separate Naval Mobilisation Department however this department existed only for a period of three years.[4] In 1912 it was abolished and its functions became a component part of the Admiralty War Staff sub staff divisions.[5] In 1918 the Mobilisation Division of the Admiralty Naval Staff itself was dissolved and the Mobilisation Department was re-stablished once again but not under the control of the Naval Staff instead it was responsible to the Office of the Second Sea Lord[6] this lasted until 1932 when it was replaced by a new Department of the Director of Manning that was itself a subsidiary department of the Second Sea Lord it continued to exist until 1964 when the Admiralty Department itself was abolished.

Directors of Naval Mobilisation edit

Directors of Naval Mobilisation, 1909-1912

Directors of Naval Mobilisation, 1918-1932 [8]

Assistant Directors edit

Assistant Directors of Naval Mobilisation, 1909-1912 Heads of Manning Division, 1909-1912

Heads of War Division, 1909-1912

Assistant Directors of Naval Mobilisation, 1918-1932[9]

  • Captain George W. McO. Campbell, April, 1918 – April, 1924.
  • Captain Roger L'E. M. Rede, April, 1924 – 4 April 1932.

Divisions and sub-sections edit

As of 1911: Distribution of work between the departments two divisions various sections can be seen in more detail below they included:[10][11]

Manning Division

War Division

References edit

  1. ^ Cobb, Stephen (Apr 8, 2016). Preparing for Blockade 1885-1914: Naval Contingency for Economic Warfare. Routledge. p. 35. ISBN 9781317076155.
  2. ^ Jellicoe, Earl John Rushworth Jellicoe (1921). The Crisis of the Naval War. Library of Alexandria. p. 68. ISBN 9781465507914.
  3. ^ Marder, Arthur (Jun 19, 2014). From the Dreadnought to Scapa Flow: Volume I: The Road to War 1904-1914. Seaforth Publishing. p. 248. ISBN 9781848321625.
  4. ^ Samuels, Martin (Nov 5, 2013). Command Or Control?: Command, Training and Tactics in the British and German Armies, 1888-1918. Routledge. p. 38. ISBN 9781135238421.
  5. ^ Frowde, H. (1913). The New Hazell Annual and Almanack, Vol 28. Oxford University Press. p. 190.
  6. ^ Black, Nicholas (2009). The British Naval Staff in the First World War. The Boydell Press. p. 155. ISBN 9781843834427.
  7. ^ Cobb, Stephen (Apr 8, 2016). Preparing for Blockade 1885-1914: Naval Contingency for Economic Warfare. Routledge. p. 37. ISBN 9781317076155.
  8. ^ "Senior Royal Navy appointments, p.49" (PDF). Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  9. ^ "Senior Royal Navy appointments, p.49" (PDF). Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  10. ^ Archives, The National. ""Naval Mobilisation Department. Distribution of Work. October 1911." Docket dated 25 March, 1912, "Admiralty War Staff. Distribution of Work."". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. The National Archives, ADM 1/8272. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  11. ^ Harley, Simon; Lovell, Tony. "Naval Mobilisation Department (Royal Navy) - "Naval Mobilisation Department. Distribution of Work. October 1911." Docket dated 25 March, 1912, "Admiralty War Staff. Distribution of Work." The National Archives. ADM 1/8272". dreadnoughtproject.org. Harley & Lovell, 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2017.

Attribution edit

Primary source for this article is by Harley Simon, Lovell Tony, (2015), Naval Mobilisation Department (Royal Navy), dreadnoughtproject.org, http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org.

Sources edit

  • CB1515(50) [later OU 6171/31] The Technical History and Index (Part 50): Mobilisation of the Fleet. Demobilisation Records, 1918–19, written by the Mobilisation Department of the Admiralty, January 1921.
  • Rodger. N.A.M., (1979) The Admiralty (offices of state), T. Dalton, Lavenham, ISBN 978-0900963940.
  • Hamilton C. I. (2011) The Making of the Modern Admiralty: British Naval Policy-Making, 1805–1927, Cambridge Military Histories, Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-1139496544