sentences:  After attending the gunnery school in 1903, he was assigned to Directing Staff at the gunnery school HMS "Cambridge" in June 1904.He then became gunnery officer in the armoured cruiser in the Mediterranean Fleet in May 1905 and gunnery officer in the battleship in the Channel Fleet in May 1908.After joining the staff of the Inspectorate of Target Practice in October 1910, he became gunnery officer in the battleship in the Home Fleet in February 1911 and then, having been promoted to commander on 31 December 1912, he returned to the gunnery school HMS "Excellent" in early 1913.