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Date of Appointment |
| First Lord: |
Rt. Hon. Albert V. Alexander |
12-5-40 |
| First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff: |
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Admiral of the Fleet Sir A. Dudley P. R. Pound |
12-6-39 |
| Deputy First Sea Lord: |
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Admiral Sir Charles E. Kennedy-Purvis |
29-7-42 |
| Second Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Personnel: |
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Vice-Admiral Sir William J. Whitworth |
1-6-41 |
| Third Sea Lord and Controller: |
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Vice-Admiral Sir Bruce A. Fraser Vice-Admiral Sir W. Frederick Wake-Walker |
1-3-39 22-5-42 |
| Fourth Sea Lord and Chief of Supplies and Transport: |
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Vice-Admiral Sir John H. D. Cunningham Rear-Admiral F. H. Pegram |
1-4-41 8-5-43 |
| Fifth Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Air Services: |
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Rear-Admiral A. L. St. G. Lyster (In abeyance from July 1942) |
14-4-41 |
| Chief of Naval Air Services: |
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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: |
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Rear-Admiral D. W. Boyd |
14-1-43 |
| Vice-Chief of Naval Staff: |
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Vice-Admiral Sir Henry R. Moore |
21-10-41 |
| Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Trade): |
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Vice-Admiral E. L. S. King Rear-Admiral J. H. Edelsten |
7-12-42 |
| [In February 1943 title was changed from "Trade" to "U-boat Warfare and Trade'] |
| Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Weapons): |
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Rear-Admiral R. R. McGrigor Rear-Admiral W. R. Patterson |
9-1-41 |
| Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Foreign): |
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Rear-Admiral Sir Henry H. Harwood (Membership of the Board ceased when appointment was relinquished 8-4-42) |
2-12-40 |