RNVR Divisions and their postal addresses

[Keith_history_buff]

The data below was sourced from a Navy List, quarterly list for October 1914, which was kindly provided by Horatio2 in a different post:

https://digital.nls.uk/british-military-lists/archive/91907886

Bristol

37 Jamaica Street, Bristol

Clyde

Whitefield Road, Govan, Glasgow

London

Princes Wharf, Commercial Road, Lambeth

Mersey

HMS Eagle [launched in 1805], Liverpool

 

Sussex

5 Victoria Terrace, Hove, Sussex

Tyneside

HMS Calliope, Newcastle-on-Tyne

Wales
?

[horatio2]

Wales Division RNVR was the odd one out because it did not exist pre-WW1 (as evidenced by the Navy List entries). The fact that, unlike the other six RNVR Divisions, there were no pre-war Wales Division Companies confirms this. Wartime recruiting of Wales Z/**** ratings began five months after the outbreak of WW1 and it is pretty clear that a properly officered RNVR Wales Training HQ was never established as other than a recruiting office. Wales was one of two "War Fleet" Divisions established around this time, the other being at Crystal Palace. Similarly, the RNVR Anti-Aircraft (AA), Motor Boat (MB) and Mine Clearance (MC) divisions had no fixed HQ..

Edited 23 February , 2019 by horatio2