The Manager of the Engineering Department and his staff outside Admiralty House, Portsmouth Dockyard, Hampshire.

A formal group photograph of Portsmouth Dockyard's Manager Engineering Department and his staff. They are on the tennis court on The Green in front of Admiralty House, College Road, Portsmouth Dockyard. The Manager, a rear-admiral, is seated in the centre and on his left are an RN commander and 2 RN lieutenant-commanders. On his left are an RN commander, an RNVR commander and an RN lieutenant-commander. Standing are four civil officers, an RNVR lieutenant-commander, another naval officer and two civil officers. From the Navy List the MED was Eng. Rear-Admiral H.S. Brockman, CB (ret)… 4 Dec 42. His staff was First Assistants: Commander (E) P.C. Taylor… 29 Dec 44 and Commander (E) R.N.V.R. A.E.C. Gregg, VD… 1 July 43, and Second Assistants: Lieut.Com.(E) R.C. Paige… 13 Oct 42, Lieut.Com.(E) L.K.D. Wood, MBE… 18 Jan 43, Lieut.Com.(E) N.P. Draper… 27 Mar 44, Lieutenant (E) R.A.R. Cheesman (ret)… 21 Apr 43 and Tempy.Lieut. (E) R.N.R. J.M. Bowden… 27 Mar 44.
A motor car BRV829 is parked in the background.