The Training and Staff Duties Division and later known as the Tactical and Staff Duties Division was a directorate of the Admiralty Naval Staff of the Royal Navy responsible for the tactical use of naval weapons and the training of naval personnel in relation to operational requirements from 1917 to 1958.
History
The Training and Staff Duties Division was established as part of the reorganisation of the Admiralty in 1917 under the command of Rear-Admiral James C. Ley. The DTSD Director of Training and Staff Duties, was a naval officer employed within the Admiralty he was mainly responsible for the administration of officers education. He was expected to comment on all questions of officer education and suggest answers to problems, but was rarely required to sit on committees and did not have an active role in formatting syllabi. In June 1945 it was renamed Tactical and Staff Duties Division the directorate existed until 1958.
Office of the Directors of Division
Directors Training and Staff Duties Division
Rear-Admiral James C. Ley: December 1917-April 1918
Captain Herbert W. Richmond: April 1918-January 1919
Captain Walter M. Ellerton: January 1919-December 1921
Captain Vernon H.S.Haggard: December 1921-September 1923
Captain Hugh J.Tweedie: September 1923-January 1926
Captain Arthur L. Snagge: January–July 1926
Captain Sidney J.Meyrick: July 1926-July 1927
Captain Noel F. Laurence: July 1927-April 1928
Captain Isham W. Gibson: April–December 1928
Captain Bernard W.M. Fairbairn: December 1928-April 1929
Captain Edward O. Cochrane: April 1929-August 1931
Captain James S. M. Ritchie: August 1931-June 1933
Captain Geoffrey S. Arbuthnot: June 1933-March 1934
Captain Frederick A. Buckley: March 1934-May 1936
Captain A. Lumley St. G. Lyster: May 1936-September 1937
Captain William L.Jackson: September 1937-April 1940
Captain James W. Rivett-Carnac: April 1940-July 1941
Captain Richard V. Symonds-Tayler: July 1941-July 1942
Captain Harry P. K. Oram: July 1942-June 1945
Directors Tactical and Staff Duties Division
Captain Charles L. Robertson: June 1945-May 1947
Captain Royer M. Dick: May 1947-November 1948
Captain Richard G. Onslow: November 1948-April 1951
Captain W.Kaye Edden: April 1951-October 1953
Captain Walter A. Adair: October 1953-November 1955
Captain Guy W. Hawkins: November 1955-January 1958
Deputy Directors of the Training and Staff Duties Division