Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Foreign)
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| department = Admiralty Department
| member_of = Board of Admiralty
| reports_to = Vice Chief of the Naval Staff
| nominator = First Lord of the Admiralty
| appointer = Prime Minister
| appointer_qualified = Subject to formal approval by the Queen-in-Council
| termlength = Not fixed (typically 1–3 years)
| inaugural = Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Harwood
| formation = 1940-1945
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The Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff (Foreign) 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 1940 to 1945.
History
Established in December 1940 as a new position to ease the burden of the responsibilities on 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 chiefly responsible for supervising the directors of naval staff divisions such as the Gunnery Division (Foreign), Operations Division (Foreign) and the Warfare Division till 1945.{{cite web|last1=Clancy|first1=Patrick|last2=Straka|first2=William|title=HyperWar: War at Sea 1939-1945, I: The Defensive [Chapter 1]|url=https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/UN/UK/UK-RN-I/UK-RN-I-1.html|website=ibiblio.org|publisher=HyperWar Foundation, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2013|accessdate=29 August 2018}}
Office holders
- Rear-Admiral Sir Henry Harwood, — (December 1940–April 1942) {{cite web|title=BOARD OF ADMIRALTY|url=https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1942/feb/17/board-of-admiralty|website=hansard.com|publisher=Hansard, HC Deb 17 February 1942 vol 377 cc 1646-50|date=17 February 1942|access-date=29 August 2018}}
- Rear-Admiral H. Bernard H. Rawlings, — (April 1942–February 1943)
- Rear-Admiral Reginald M. Servaes, — (February 1943–March 1945)
- Rear-Admiral Gerald Bellars, — (March–October 1945)
References
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