Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Home)

Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Home)
Ensign of the Royal Navy
Admiralty Department
Member of Board of Admiralty
Reports to Vice Chief of the Naval Staff
Nominator First Lord of the Admiralty
Appointer Prime Minister
Subject to formal approval by the Queen-in-Council
Term length Not fixed (typically 1–3 years)
Inaugural holder Rear-Admiral Arthur J. Power
Formation 1940-1945

The Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Home) was a senior British Royal Navy appointment. The post holder was part of the Admiralty Naval Staff and member of the Board of Admiralty from 1942 to 1945.

History

Established as a new position in 1940 as part of the restructuring of the responsibilities of the Assistant Chief of Naval Staff the post holder was a part of the Admiralty Naval Staff and member of the Board of Admiralty. He was responsible for supervising the directors of a number of naval staff divisions namely the Anti-Submarine and Warfare Division, Local Defence Division, Operations Division (Home), Operations Division (Mining) and the Training and Staff Duties Division until 1945.[1]

Office Holders

Included:[2]

References

  1. ↑ Clancy, Patrick; Straka, William. "HyperWar: War at Sea 1939-1945, I: The Defensive [Chapter 1]". ibiblio.org. HyperWar Foundation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2013. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  2. ↑ Watson, Dr. Graham. "The Organisation of the Admiralty 1939 to 1945". naval-history.net. Gordon Smith, Naval History.Net, 19 Sep 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Heathcote, T. A. (2002). British Admirals of the Fleet: 1734-1995. Barnsley: Pen and Sword. p. 219. ISBN 9780850528350.
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