The Board of Admiralty Meets. 16 July 1943, Admiralty. the Governing Authority of the British Navy Met in the Historic Board Room at the Admiralty. The Board of Admiralty meets. Left to right from Lord Bruntisfield (MC Parliamentary Secretary) (nearest camera head of table), Capt R A Pilkington, MC, MP, Civil Lord Rear Admiral W R Patterson, CB, CVO, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff Rear Admiral J H Edelsten, CBE, Assistant Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral Sir E Neville-Syfret, KCB, Vice Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Sir Charles E Kennedy-Purvis, KCB, Deputy First Sea Lord Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound, GCB, GCVO, First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff Sir J Sidney Barnes, KBE, CB, Deputy Secretary The Rt Hon A V Alexander, CH, MP, First Lord of the Admiralty Sir H V Markham, KCB, MC, Permanent Secretary Vice Admiral Sir William J Whiworth, KCB, DSO, Second Sea Lord and Chief of Navy Personnel Vice Admiral Sir W Frederick Wake-Walker, KCB, CBE, Third Sea Lord and Controller of t