Secretary to the Admiralty Richard Pilkington, Civil Lord Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty 8 May 1943: Commission A. V. Alexander, First Lord Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord Sir William Whitworth, Second Sea Lord Sir Frederic Wake-Walker, Third Sea Lord Frank Pegram, Fourth Sea Lord Denis Boyd, Fifth Sea Lord Sir Henry Moore, Vice Chief of Naval Staff John Edelsten, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (U-Boat Warfare and Trade) Wilfrid Patterson, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Weapons) George Henry Hall, Civil Lord The Lord Bruntisfield, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty Richard Pilkington, Civil Lord Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary to the Admiralty 7 June 1943: Commission A. V. Alexander, First Lord Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord Sir William Whitworth, Second Sea Lord Sir Frederic Wake-Walker, Third Sea Lord Frank Pegram, Fourth Sea Lord Denis Boyd, Fifth Sea Lord Sir Edward Syfret, Vice Chief of Naval Staff John Edelsten, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (U-Boat Warfare and Trade) Wilfrid Patterson, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Weapons) George Henry Hall, Civil Lord The Lord Bruntisfield, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty Richard Pilkington, Civil Lord Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty 28 September 1943: Commission A. V. Alexander, First Lord Sir Dudley Pound, First Sea Lord Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord Sir William Whitworth, Second Sea Lord Sir Frederic Wake-Walker, Third Sea Lord Frank Pegram, Fourth Sea Lord Denis Boyd, Fifth Sea Lord Sir Edward Syfret, Vice Chief of Naval Staff John Edelsten, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (U-Boat Warfare and Trade) Wilfrid Patterson, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Weapons) The Lord Bruntisfield, Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty Richard Pilkington, Civil Lord James Thomas, Civil Lord Sir James Lithgow, Bt, Controller of Merchant Shipbuilding and Repairs Sir Henry Vaughan Markham, Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty 15 October 1943: Commission A. V. Alexander, First Lord Sir Andrew Cunningham, Bt, First Sea Lord Sir Charles Kennedy-Purvis, Deputy First Sea Lord Sir William Whitworth, Second Sea Lord Sir Frederic Wake-Walker, Third Sea Lord Frank Pegram, Fourth Sea Lord Denis Boyd, Fifth Sea Lord Sir Edward