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
United Kingdom
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

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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