Naval Education Service

The Naval Education Service was a branch of the British Royal Navy which both provided education for naval personnel and ran schools for children of Royal Navy personnel.

Naval Education Service
Branch overview
Formed1903
Preceding Branch
  • Department of Naval Education
Dissolved1978
Superseding agency
JurisdictionGovernment of the United Kingdom
HeadquartersAdmiralty Building
Whitehall
London
Branch executive
  • Director of the Naval Education Service
Parent BranchAdmiralty, Ministry of Defence

History

It was originally known as the Department of Naval Education[1] of the Admiralty from 1914 until 1951 when it was renamed the Naval Education Service. It was under the control of the Office of the Second Sea Lord.[2] It was abolished in 1978. Some of its functions have now been taken over by Service Children's Education.

The Director of Education (later Adviser on Naval Education) was a civilian employed within the Admiralty who was responsible for providing advice on non-professional education from 1903 until 1936, when naval officers took over responsibility.[3]

Director of Education

Adviser on Naval Education

  • Alexander McMullen, 1919−1936[6]

Directors of the Education Department of the Admiralty

  • Instructor Captain Arthur Hall, 1936−1945[7]
  • Instructor Captain William Saxton, 1945−1948
  • Instructor Captain William Bishop, 1948−1951

Directors of the Naval Education Service and Heads of the Instructor Branch

Rear-Admiral Brinley Morgan
  • Instructor Rear-Admiral Sir William Bishop, 1951−1956
  • Instructor Rear-Admiral Sir John Fleming, 1956−1960
  • Instructor Rear-Admiral Sir Charles Darlington, 1960−1965
  • Instructor Rear-Admiral Albert Bellamy, 1965−1970
  • Instructor Rear-Admiral Brinley Morgan, 1970−1975
  • Rear-Admiral John Bell, 1975−1978

Chief Naval Instructor Officers

Held in conjunction with another appointment.

  • Rear-Admiral John Bell, 1978
  • Rear-Admiral William Waddell, 1978−1981
  • Rear-Admiral Trevor Spraggs, 1981−1983
  • Rear-Admiral G. A. Baxter, 1983−1984
  • Captain J. Marsh, 1984−?
  • Rear-Admiral Jack Howard, 1987−1989

See also

References

  1. Smith, Gordon. "Admiralty Organisation and Functions 1914". naval-history.net. Naval-History.Net, 4 June 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
  2. Hamilton, C. I. (2011). "Organisation of the Admiralty in 1927". The Making of the Modern Admiralty: British Naval Policy-Making, 1805–1927. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press. p. 292. ISBN 9781139496544.
  3. Romans, Elinor Frances (March 2012). "Selection and Early Career Education of Executive Officers in the Royal Navy c1902-1939" (PDF). ore.exeter.ac.uk. Exeter, England: University of Exeter. p. 5. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  4. Romans, Elinor Frances (March 2012). "Selection and Early Career Education of Executive Officers in the Royal Navy c1902-1939" (PDF). ore.exeter.ac.uk. Exeter, England: University of Exeter. p. 5. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  5. Romans, Elinor Frances (March 2012). "Selection and Early Career Education of Executive Officers in the Royal Navy c1902-1939" (PDF). ore.exeter.ac.uk. Exeter, England: University of Exeter. p. 5. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  6. Romans, Elinor Frances (March 2012). "Selection and Early Career Education of Executive Officers in the Royal Navy c1902-1939" (PDF). ore.exeter.ac.uk. Exeter, England: University of Exeter. p. 5. Retrieved 7 June 2018.
  7. Carter, R. H. A. (March 1939). The Navy List. H.M. Stationery Office. p. 418.
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