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50-546: In the context of preparations for war, a Camps Act was passed in April 1939, which provided for the construction of government-financed camps for use as educational holiday centres for children during peacetime, and as camps for evacuees during war. The Act prompted the creation of the National Camps Corporation to oversee these camps. Lord Portal was given the task of chairing the corporation. The initial funding given to

100-474: A Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George in 1949. On his death in 1949, Portal was succeeded to the baronetcy by his uncle, Sir Spencer Portal as the 4th Baronet. Lieutenant A lieutenant ( UK : / l ɛ f ˈ t ɛ n ən t / lef- TEN -ənt , US : / l uː -/ loo- ; abbreviated Lt. , Lt , LT , Lieut and similar) is a junior commissioned officer rank in

150-581: A flying officer ranks with an army lieutenant and a pilot officer with an army second lieutenant. In the US Air Force, the Third Lieutenant Program refers specifically to a training program at active duty air force bases for cadets of the Air Force Academy and Air Force ROTC the summer before their fourth and final year before graduation and commissioning. A single silver or subdued pip

200-592: A governor serves as the chief executive officer and commander-in-chief in each of the fifty states and in the five permanently inhabited territories , functioning as both head of state and head of government therein. Leaders, or officers of the Boys' Brigade, particularly in the United Kingdom, are ranked as lieutenants after having completed their formal training, before which they are ranked as warrant officers. Officers serving in staff or command posts are awarded

250-564: A "lieutenant in command" or "lieutenant and commander" in the Royal Navy. The USN settled on "lieutenant commander" in 1862, and made it a distinct rank; the Royal Navy followed suit in March 1914. The insignia of an additional half-thickness stripe between the two full stripes of a lieutenant was introduced in 1877 for a Royal Navy lieutenant of 8 years seniority, and used for lieutenant commanders upon introduction of their rank. The first lieutenant in

300-449: A NCO rank, while the equivalent rank of an officer graduated in the naval academy is designated midshipman. The first French Lieutenant of Police, Gabriel Nicolas de la Reynie , was appointed in Paris by Louis XIV on 15 March 1667 to command a reformed police force. He was later elevated to Lieutenant-General of Police . In the 17th century, the term "lieutenant" corresponded to "deputy" (i.e.

350-503: A captain, or sometimes the local police chiefs). In smaller police departments, they may command a precinct itself. Lieutenants either command a watch (8-hour "shift") of regular officers or a special unit for operations or investigations (like a Robbery-Homicide squad). The typical rank insignia for a lieutenant is a single silver bar (like that of an Army or Marine Corps First Lieutenant) or a single gold bar (like that of an Army or Marine Corps Second Lieutenant). Some police departments split

400-532: A number of European and South American nations, full lieutenants (and equivalents) usually wear two stars (pips) and second lieutenants (and equivalents) one. An example of an exception is the United States, whose armed forces distinguish their lieutenant ranks with a silver bar for first lieutenant and a gold bar for second lieutenant. The United States Marine Corps and British Royal Marines both use army ranks, while many former Eastern-Bloc marine forces retain

450-630: A person appointed to carry out a task). La Reynie was the deputy for policing duties of the Provost of Paris, the ceremonial representative of the King in Paris. In 1995, the rank of lieutenant was introduced in the National Police as the first rank of the police officers scale. The rank of Lieutenant was formerly used in areas outside of the Metropolitan Police. The adoption of standardized ranks across

500-751: A position"; thus a "lieutenant" is a placeholder for a superior, during their absence (compare the Latin locum tenens ). In the 19th century, British writers who considered this word either an imposition on the English language, or difficult for common soldiers and sailors, argued for it to be replaced by the calque "steadholder". However, their efforts failed, and the French word is still used, along with its many variations (e.g. lieutenant colonel , lieutenant general , lieutenant commander , flight lieutenant , second lieutenant and many non-English language examples), in both

550-439: A third, more junior, rank. Historically, the "lieutenant" was the deputy to a "captain", and as the rank structure of armies began to formalise, this came to mean that a captain commanded a company and had several lieutenants, each commanding a platoon . Where more junior officers were employed as deputies to the lieutenant, they went by many names, including second lieutenant, sub-lieutenant, ensign and cornet . Some parts of

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600-566: A time. The valley where most of the dormitories, toilet facilities, meeting room, classrooms, laboratories, accommodation for site warden and one master and his family had to be demolished when Severn Trent Water Authority flooded the whole valley to create Ogston Reservoir. The one remaining large building at the top of the valley is now occupied by the Ogston Sailing Club where they have their clubroom, changing facilities, kitchen and bar. This large building had been used from 1940 to 1945 as

650-402: A title used in various other organisations with a codified command structure. It often designates someone who is " second-in-command ", and as such, may precede the name of the rank directly above it. For example, a "lieutenant master" is likely to be second-in-command to the "master" in an organisation using both ranks. Political uses include lieutenant governor in various governments, such as

700-583: Is Amber Valley Camp in Derbyshire used by Derby School starting in June 1940 on completion. The boys and masters having previously been located at Overton Hall, near Ashover, where they were all moved on Saturday 2 September by Derby Corporation petrol engine buses. Amber Valley Camp was used for several years by Derby Corporation for children/pupils living in Derby to enjoy the freedom of a very rural countryside for one month at

750-458: Is an official in state governments of 45 out of 50 United States . In most cases, the lieutenant governor is the highest officer of state after the governor , standing in for the governor when they are absent from the state or temporarily incapacitated. In the event a governor dies, resigns, or is removed from office, the lieutenant governor typically becomes governor. In the United States ,

800-453: Is equivalent to a lieutenant. In the Finnish military there is a senior lieutenant grade that ranks above lieutenant and second lieutenant but below captain; it does not have an English equivalent. In Germany it is called Oberleutnant (senior lieutenant). Conventionally, armies and other services or branches that use army-style rank titles have two grades of lieutenant, but a few also use

850-506: Is used to designate this rank. The Royal Air Force also has an acting pilot officer designation, the most junior commissioned rank in the British armed forces. It is functionally equivalent to third lieutenant. During the early days of the naval rank, a lieutenant might be very junior indeed, or might be on the cusp of promotion to captain; by modern standards, he might rank with any army rank between second lieutenant and lieutenant colonel. As

900-833: Is used. This is not recognised as current by recent editions of the OED (although the RN pronunciation was included in editions of the OED up until the 1970s). The senior grade of lieutenant is known as first lieutenant in the United States , and as lieutenant in the United Kingdom and the rest of the English-speaking world. In countries that do not speak English, the rank title usually translates as "lieutenant", but may also translate as "first lieutenant" or "senior lieutenant". The Israel Defense Forces rank segen (סגן) literally translates as "deputy", which

950-524: The British Army , including the Royal Artillery , Royal Engineers and fusilier regiments , used first lieutenant as well as second lieutenant until the end of the 19th century, and some British Army regiments still preserve cornet as an official alternative to second lieutenant. There is great variation in the insignia used worldwide. In most English-speaking and Arabic-speaking countries, as well as

1000-555: The Confederate States Army also used "third lieutenant", typically as the lowest ranking commissioned officer in an infantry company. Notably, the United States Revenue Cutter Service used a simple officer rank structure with Captain, First, Second and Third Lieutenants, each of whom had distinct insignia. The title of Third Lieutenant, essentially equal to the rank of ensign , existed until 1915 when

1050-821: The Old and the New World . Pronunciation of lieutenant as / l ɛ f ˈ t ɛ n ə n t / lef- TEN -ənt is generally associated with the armies of British Commonwealth countries, while / l uː ˈ t ɛ n ə n t / loo- TEN -ənt is generally associated with the United States military. The early history of the pronunciation is unclear; Middle English spellings suggest that both pronunciations may have existed even then. The majority of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century sources show pronunciations with /v/ or /f/ , but Bullokar has /liu/ . The rare Old French variant spelling leuf for Modern French lieu ( ' place ' ) supports

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1100-469: The Royal Navy and other Commonwealth navies, is a post or appointment, rather than a rank. Historically the lieutenants in a ship were ranked in accordance with seniority, with the most senior being termed the "first lieutenant" and acting as the second-in-command . Although lieutenants are no longer numbered by seniority, the post of "first lieutenant" remains. In minor war vessels, destroyers and frigates

1150-438: The armed forces of many nations, as well as fire services , emergency medical services , security services and police forces. The rank in armies and air forces is often subdivided into subcategories of seniority. In English-speaking navies , lieutenants are often equivalent to the army rank of captain ; in other navies, the lieutenants are usually equal to their army counterparts. Lieutenant may also appear as part of

1200-517: The viceregal representatives of the Crown in Canadian provinces . In the United Kingdom , a lord lieutenant is the sovereign's representative in a county or lieutenancy area , while a deputy lieutenant is one of the lord lieutenant's deputies. The word lieutenant derives from French ; the lieu meaning "place" as in a position ( cf. in lieu of ); and tenant meaning "holding" as in "holding

1250-630: The Life Guards ( Special Reserve ) in 1915, he was promoted lieutenant-colonel in 1916 when he took command of the Household Battalion . He relinquished command of the battalion in 1918 and reverted to the rank of captain, but was soon promoted major and attached to the Machine Gun Corps as a battalion commander, again with the rank of lieutenant-colonel. He resigned his commission in 1919. Returning to civilian life, he became chairman of

1300-741: The Portal family's banknote paper mill company in Laverstoke , Portals Limited , in 1919 which had manufactured banknote paper for the Bank of England since 1724. and became the company's chairman when his father died in 1931. In 1936, he was one of the main investors in J. Arthur Rank 's General Cinema Finance Corporation, the company which one year later would become the British film industry's most important company, The Rank Organisation . He became General Cinema Finance Corporation's chairman, and worked very closely with J. Arthur Rank for many years. In 1935, he

1350-504: The Service became the nucleus of the new United States Coast Guard . Because of the time required to fully establish this organization the rank continued for some time afterwards; the first Coast Guard aviator, Elmer F. Stone , was a third lieutenant until 1918. In the Royal Navy, the commissioned rank of mate was created in 1840, and was renamed sub-lieutenant in 1860. In the US Navy, the rank

1400-544: The United Kingdom has eliminated its use. A number of city and burgh police forces in Scotland used the rank of lieutenant (and detective lieutenant) between inspector and superintendent from 1812 to 1948. It was replaced by the rank of chief inspector . The Royal Newfoundland Constabulary (founded 1871) had the rank of lieutenant between staff sergeant and inspector until 1997. In Australia, Queensland's first police force (founded 1864) had second lieutenants and lieutenants between

1450-404: The billet may be filled by a lieutenant commander. On submarines and smaller Coast Guard cutters the billet of first lieutenant may be filled by a petty officer . Second lieutenant is usually the most junior grade of commissioned officer. In most cases, newly commissioned officers do not remain at the rank for long before being promoted, and both university graduates and officers commissioned from

1500-737: The chairmanship of the British Olympic Association and thus led the British team in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. That experience made him the perfect president of the 1948 Olympic Games in London. After the war, in 1945, he became the last chairman of the Great Western Railway (GWR). A GWR Castle Class locomotive, numbered 7000, was named Viscount Portal in his honour in 1946. The GWR ceased to exist upon nationalisation and amalgamation into British Railways in 1948. Portal

1550-521: The corporation was £1.2 million, half of which was as a loan. The government's expectation was that the corporation would construct fifty camps, but in reality only 31 were built in England and Wales, with a further five in Scotland. The cessation of the construction of new camps was mainly due to the increased costs as a result of war, and the realisation that such camps were not a completely adequate solution to

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1600-423: The first lieutenant (either a lieutenant or lieutenant-commander) is second in command, executive officer (XO) and head of the executive branch; in larger ships where a commander of the warfare specialization is appointed as the executive officer, a first lieutenant (normally a lieutenant-commander) is appointed as his deputy. The post of first lieutenant in a shore establishment carries a similar responsibility to

1650-405: The first lieutenant of a capital ship . In the U.S. Navy or U.S. Coast Guard the billet of first lieutenant describes the officer in charge of the deck department or division, depending upon the size of the ship. In smaller ships with only a single deck division, the billet is typically filled by an ensign while in larger ships with a deck department, consisting of multiple subordinate divisions,

1700-471: The insignia of 2 gold stars. This pattern was copied by the United States Navy and various Air Forces for their equivalent ranks grades, except that the loop is removed (see flight lieutenant ). Lieutenants were commonly put in command of smaller vessels not warranting a commander or captain: such a lieutenant was called a "lieutenant commanding" or "lieutenant commandant" in the United States Navy, and

1750-442: The main school dining room, 'tuck shop' and masters' (teachers) common room. Built of cedarwood in 1940 the building is still as sound as originally. Most years it hosts a special school reunion of former school pupils who attended Derby School during the years of WWII. Lord Wyndham Portal Wyndham Raymond Portal, 1st Viscount Portal , GCMG , MVO , DSO , PC (9 April 1885 – 6 May 1949),

1800-655: The naval rank structure. Before 1999 the Royal Marines enjoyed the same rank structure as the army, but at a grade higher; thus a Royal Marine captain ranked with and was paid the same as a British Army major. This historical remnant caused increasing confusion in multi-national operations and was abolished. While some air forces use the army rank system, the British Royal Air Force and many other Commonwealth air forces use another rank system in which flight lieutenant ranks with an army captain and naval lieutenant,

1850-534: The number of evacuees who could be housed at such camps to under 9,000 nationally. Nevertheless, in November 1940 the Minister of Health Malcolm MacDonald described the camps as "one of the most significant pieces of work that Parliament has lent its hand to in recent times". In the decades following the war, most of these camps were sold to county councils and education authorities for use as schools. Of especial interest

1900-523: The problem of evacuation. The sites were chosen by Lord Portal and members of the board, out of an original short-list of 155, although some of these sites were taken by the Royal Air Force before the corporation could decide on them. The design of each camp was similar, consisting of huts made out of Canadian cedarwood , designed by architect Thomas Smith Tait . Each camp was designed to accommodate approximately 350 children. The average cost of each camp

1950-578: The rank of lieutenant into two separate grades. In the Singapore Civil Defence Force , the rank of lieutenant (LTA) is the second-lowest commissioned rank. The rank insignia of LTA is two pips. In Canada, the representative of the Canadian monarch in each province is called the Lieutenant Governor . The Lieutenant Governor exercises all the royal prerogative powers that the monarch holds. In French history , "lieutenant du roi"

2000-488: The rank structure of navies stabilized, and the ranks of commander, lieutenant commander and sub-lieutenant were introduced, the naval lieutenant came to rank with an army captain (NATO OF-2 or US O-3). The insignia of a lieutenant in many navies, including the Royal Navy, consists of two medium gold braid stripes (top stripe with loop) on a navy blue or black background. Where in Myanmar Navy, they're Sub Lieutenant with

2050-738: The ranks may skip the rank altogether. In March 1813, the US Army created the rank of third lieutenant. The rank was used as the entry level officer rank for the Ordnance Department and the Corps of Artillery until March 1821. Throughout the 19th century and until as late as World War II the United States Army sometimes referred to brevet second lieutenants as "third lieutenants". These were typically newly commissioned officers for which no authorized second lieutenant position existed. Additionally,

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2100-471: The ranks of sergeant and inspector-general. The rank of police lieutenant is used in most medium or large police departments in the United States, where it is one rank above sergeant and two ranks above a regular police officer (three in departments with a corporal rank). It is roughly equivalent to an inspector in the British and Canadian police forces. The usual role of a lieutenant is to carry out administrative duties and assist precinct commanders (normally

2150-565: The suggestion that a final [u] of the Old French word was in certain environments perceived as an [f] . Furthermore, in Latin , the lingua franca of the era, the letter ⟨v⟩ is used for both [u] and [v] . In Royal Naval (RN) tradition—and other English-speaking navies outside the United States—a reduced pronunciation / l ə ˈ t ɛ n ə n t /

2200-548: Was Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire from 1947 until his death in 1949. In 1917, he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and appointed a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO). Portal succeeded to his father's baronetcy in 1931. In 1935 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Portal , of Laverstoke . He was appointed a Privy Counsellor in 1942, created Viscount Portal in 1945 and appointed

2250-488: Was a British politician. The eldest son of Sir William Wyndam Portal, 2nd Baronet, and Florence Elizabeth Mary Glyn, daughter of Hon. St Leger Glyn, 2nd son of George Glyn, 1st Baron Wolverton , he was educated at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford . In 1909 he married Lady Louise Rosemary Kathleen Virginia Cairns, only child of Arthur Cairns, 2nd Earl Cairns . He was commissioned into the Hampshire Yeomanry in 1903,

2300-513: Was a title borne by the officer sent with military powers to represent the king in certain provinces. It is in the sense of a deputy that it has entered into the titles of more senior officers, lieutenant general and lieutenant colonel . The British monarch 's representatives in the counties of the United Kingdom are called Lords Lieutenant . The Lord Lieutenant of Ireland performed the function of viceroy in Ireland . The Lieutenant Governor

2350-522: Was called master until 1883, when it was renamed lieutenant, junior grade . In many navies, a sub-lieutenant is a naval commissioned or subordinate officer , ranking below a lieutenant, but in Brazil it is the highest non-commissioned rank, and in Spain it is the second highest non-commissioned rank. In Portugal, sub-lieutenant is the rank of a junior naval officer graduated from a civil university or promoted from

2400-661: Was made chairman of the Bacon Development Board, and, in April 1939, he was made was regional commissioner for Wales under the Civil Defence Scheme. In 1940, he became the chairman of the Coal Production Council, and he served in government as Additional Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Supply from 1940 to 1942, and as Minister of Works and Planning from 1942 to 1944. In 1935, he accepted

2450-641: Was promoted lieutenant in 1905, and transferred to the 9th Lancers later the same year. He transferred to the 1st Life Guards as a second lieutenant in 1908 and was promoted lieutenant again later the same year, but left the Army in 1911. He rejoined the Hampshire Yeomanry in 1914 and served in World War I . He was promoted captain in 1914 while serving as adjutant of the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry . Transferring back to

2500-468: Was £25,000. During the Second World War these camps were used as schools for evacuated children, run by local education authorities. The first camp to be used in this way was at Kennylands , near Reading . Some modifications were required for this purpose, as the camps had been intended for temporary holiday guests, rather than a semi-permanent population. This had the obvious consequence of reducing

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