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British, Colonial, and Dominion Navies
With thanks to Robert Michel
Second Sea Lord, Admiralty, Royal Navy
3 September 1939
 
— Second Sea Lord Staff —
 Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel Adm  Sir L. Little
    Naval Assistant to Second Sea Lord Capt   C.B. Barry [1]
    Secretary to Second Sea Lord Capt   N.H. Beall [1]
— Administrative Departments —
    Engineer Rear Admiral for Personnel Duties Engineer RAdm   T.H. Warde
    Director of Personal Services RAdm   Henry Pridham-Wippell
    Director of Air Personnel Capt   H. McWilliam
    Director Naval Recruiting Lieutenant-Colonel   A St.Clair-Morford RM
    Director Physical Training & Sport
    Department Medical Director General Surgeon VAdm   Sir Percival Nicholls
    Deputy MDG Surgeon RAdm   C. Griffiths
    Paymaster Director General Paymaster RAdm   D. Lambert
    Chaplain of the Fleet
    Director Education Department
    Admiral Commanding Reserves VAdm   Noel Laurence
    Adjutant-General Royal Marines General   Sir William Godfrey, RM [2]
  D – Director
  DD - Deputy Director
  AD - Assistant Director
  DG – Director General
  [1] Borne in President
  [2] Retired in October 1939. Succeeded by Lieutenant-Gerneral Sir Alan George Barwys Bourne.
 
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