1944 as the Accountant Branch school. The school had transferred from its former wartime home in Highgate School, London N6, where it had been established as HMS President V since being requisitioned and commissioned on 1 November 1941 as the training school for Accountant Branch ratings. The boys of Highgate School had been evacuated from London owing to The Blitz. (Thorp Arch became a borstal when the Navy left in 1958 and it is now known as HM Young Offenders' Institution, Wetherby, LS22 5ED). Prizes and awards There are some naval examination prizes available to supply officers. The Gedge Medal and Prize was instituted in about 1928 and is awarded annually to the student who has obtained the highest aggregate of marks in their academic examinations in the current year. Paymasters, supply officers and logistics officers of flag rank Supply officers with separate articles in Wikipedia Not mentioned above, these supply officers have a separate entry, or are mentioned in another article, in Wikipedia: Richard Aylard Sir Ronald Brockman Sir Norman Denning Alan Hardaker – football administrator Duncan Lustig-Prean and Beckett v United Kingdom Charlotte Manley Edward Travis (later Sir Edward Travis) – operational head of Bletchley Park Feb 1942 to Apr 1952 Nicholas Peter Wright Sources England's Sea-Officers by Michael Lewis (George Allen & Unwin, 1948) Shore Establishments of the Royal Navy by Lt Cdr Ben Warlow RN (Maritime Books, 2000) The Pusser and His Men by Ben Warlow (Ministry of Defence (DFSD), 1984) The Navy List (HMSO yearbook) Royal Navy website King's College London's Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives Who's Who 1998 Notes Royal Navy specialisms