Date of
AppointmentFirst Lord: Rt. Hon. Albert V. Alexander 12-5-40 First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff: Admiral of the Fleet Sir A. Dudley P. R. Pound 12-6-39 Deputy First Sea Lord: Admiral Sir Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis 29-7-42 Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel: Vice-Admiral Sir William J. Whitworth 1-6-41 Third Sea Lord and Controller: Vice-Admiral Sir Bruce A. Fraser
Vice-Admiral Sir W. Frederick Wake-Walker1-3-39
22-5-42Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Supplies and Transport: Vice-Admiral Sir John H. D. Cunningham
Rear-Admiral F. H. Pegram1-4-41
8-5-43Fifth Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Air Services: Rear-Admiral A. L. St. G. Lyster
(In abeyance from July 1942)14-4-41 Chief of Naval Air Services: Admiral Sir Frederick C. Dreyer (Ret'd)
(Not a member of the board)11-7-42 Fifth Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Air Equipment: Rear-Admiral D. W. Boyd 14-1-43 Vice-Chief of Naval Staff: Vice-Admiral Sir Henry R. Moore 21-10-41 Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Trade): Vice-Admiral E. L. S. King
Rear-Admiral J. H. Edelsten7-12-42 [In February 1943 title was changed from "Trade" to "U-boat Warfare and Trade'] Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Weapons): Rear-Admiral R. R. McGrigor
Rear-Admiral W. R. Patterson9-1-41 Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Foreign): Rear-Admiral Sir Henry H. Harwood
(Membership of the Board ceased when appointment was relinquished 8-4-42)2-12-40
Date of
AppointmentAssistant Chief of Naval Staff (Home): Rear-Admiral A. J. Power
(Membership of the Board ceased when appointment was relinquished 28-5-42)27-5-40 Parliamentary and Financial Secretary: Sir Victor Warrender 4-4-40 (Parliamentary Secretary only, as Lord Bruntisfield) from 9-2-42 Financial Secretary: Rt. Hon. G. H. Hall 9-2-42 Civil Lord: Captain A. U. M. Hudson
Captain R. A. Pilkington15-7-39
5-3-42Controller of Merchant Shipping and Repairs: Sir James Lithgow 1-2-40 Permanent Secretary: Sir Henry Vaughan Markham 5-12-40 Assistant Chiefs of Naval Staff, not members of the Board: Foreign: Rear-Admiral H. B. Rawlings
Rear-Admiral R. M. Servaes8-4-42
22-2-43Home: Rear-Admiral E. J. P. Brind 28-5-42 Air: Rear-Admiral R. H. Portal 1-1-43
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