to the Forces and the Master-General of the Ordnance was modified. Thereafter the Master-General of the Ordnance became responsible for all duties relating to military stores (other than building, railway and transport, medical and veterinary stores), while the Quartermaster-General took over from the Master-General of the Ordnance responsibility for all duties in connection with building works. The Directorate of Fortifications and Works became the Directorate of Works, and the second Directorate of Artillery became the Directorate of Mechanization. In October 1935 the Directorate of Works was again styled Directorate of Fortifications and Works. The post of Director of Artillery continued under the Master-General of the Ordnance until 1938, thence in the Directorate of Munitions Production until 1940 when that Directorate was absorbed by the Ministry of Supply, and the post of Director of Artillery again lapsed. In 1942 the post of the (by then) Director of Royal Artillery was revived within the War Office, in the department of the Assistant-Chief of the Imperial General Staff. He had responsibility for organisation and weapon policy, co-ordination of progress and development, weapons and controlled equipment at home and overseas, and ammunition at home and overseas. This continued as a general staff post into the post-war period, and thereafter in the unified Ministry of Defence after 1964. List of directors of the Royal Artillery 1833 Lieutenant-General William Millar 1838 Major-General Sir Alexander Dickson May 1839, Major-General Percy Drummond 1887–1903, lapsed 1927, Edward Willis 1940–1941 lapsed 1994-1996, Major General Ian Durie Notes References Attribution Royal Artillery personnel