- Brassey's Naval Annual
"The Naval Annual" was a book that sought to bring together a large amount of information on naval subjects, which had hitherto been obtainable only by consulting numerous publications and chiefly from foreign sources. [Preface to the first edition of "The Naval Annual", July 1886.] It was started by
Thomas Brassey, 1st Earl Brassey , and was first published in 1886.During its life it underwent a number of name changes.
Editors of Brassey's Annuals 1886-1992 [Editors from 1886-1986 from"Ironclad to Trident", pv-vi.]
Naval Annual
1886-1891 Lord Brassey
1892-1899 T.A. Brassey
1900-1901 John Leyland
1902-1905 T.A. Brassey
1906 John Leyland and T.A. Brassey
1907-1913 T.A. Brassey (Viscount Hythe from 1911)
1914 Viscount Hythe and J. Leyland
1915 - 1916 John Leyland
1917-1918 "Not published"
1919 2nd Earl Brassey and J. Leyland
Naval and Shipping Annual
1920-1928 Sir Alexander Richardson and Archibald Hurd1929 C.N. Robinson
1930-1935 C.N. Robinson and H.M. Ross
Naval Annual
1936 C.N. Robinson
1937-1949 H.G. Thursfield
Brassey's Annual – The Armed Forces Yearbook
1950-1963 H.G. Thursfield
1964-1973 J.L. Moulton
Royal United Services Institute and Brassey's Defence Yearbook
1974-1975 Editorial Board: S.W.B. Menaul, R.G.S. Bidwell, R.H.F. Cox
1976 Editorial Board: S.W.B. Menaul, A.E. Younger, R.H.F. Cox
1977-1979 Editorial Board: A.E. Younger, E.F. Gueritz, R.H.F. Cox
1980-1982 Editorial Board: E.F. Gueritz, Henry Stanhope, Jennifer Shaw
1983-1984 Editorial Board: Group Captain David Bolton RAF (rtd), Henry Stanhope, Jennifer Shaw
1985 Editorial Board: Group Captain David Bolton RAF (rtd), Henry Stanhope, Jennifer Shaw, Maj-Gen (rtd) A.J. Trythall. Editor: B.H. Reid
1986-88 ??????????
1989 Editorial Board: Group Captain David Bolton RAF (rtd), Group Captain G. Gilbert AFC RAF (rtd), Henry Stanhope, Jennifer Shaw, Maj-Gen (rtd) A.J. Trythall, Jonathan Eyal [Royal United Services Institute and Brassey's Defence Yearbook, 1989]
1990 Editorial Board: Group Captain David Bolton RAF (rtd), Helen MacDonald, Henry Stanhope, Jennifer Shaw, Maj-Gen (rtd) A.J. Trythall, Jonathan Eyal [Royal United Services Institute and Brassey's Defence Yearbook, 1990]
1991 Editorial Board: Group Captain David Bolton RAF (rtd), Henry Stanhope, Jennifer Shaw, Maj-Gen (rtd) A.J. Trythall, Jonathan Eyal [Royal United Services Institute and Brassey's Defence Yearbook, 1991]
1992 Editorial Board: Group Captain David Bolton RAF (rtd), Jennifer Shaw, Maj-Gen (rtd) A.J. Trythall, Jonathan Eyal [Royal United Services Institute and Brassey's Defence Yearbook, 1992]
References
* Brassey, Thomas (ed), "The Naval Annual", 1886.
* Ranft, Bryan (ed), "Ironclad to Trident, 100 Years of Defence Commentary, BRASSEYS's 1886-1986", Brassey's Defence Publishing (part of the Pergamon Group), 1986. ISBN 0-08-031191-1.
* Royal United Services Institute and Brassey's Defence Yearbook, 1989. ISBN 0-08-036698-8.
* Royal United Services Institute and Brassey's Defence Yearbook, 1990. ISBN 0-08-037338-0.
* Royal United Services Institute and Brassey's Defence Yearbook, 1991. ISBN 0-08-040729-3.
* Royal United Services Institute and Brassey's Defence Yearbook, 1992. ISBN 1-86753-035-7.Footnotes
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