Minister of Munitions

"Ministry of Munitions" redirects here. For the ministry in Japan during WWII, see Ministry of Munitions (Japan).

David Lloyd George, who served as Minister of Munitions between 1915 and 1916.

The Minister of Munitions was a British government position created during the First World War to oversee and co-ordinate the production and distribution of munitions for the war effort. The position was created in response to the Shell Crisis of 1915 when there was much public criticism of the shortage of shells available.

Most Ministers appointed were senior politicians, starting with David Lloyd George. The position was abolished in 1921 as part of a cutback of government and as a delayed result of the end of WWI in 1918.

Ministers of Munitions, 1915–1921

Name	Entered office	Left office
David Lloyd George	25 May 1915	9 July 1916
Hon. Edwin Samuel Montagu	9 July 1916	10 December 1916
Christopher Addison	10 December 1916	17 July 1917
Winston Churchill	17 July 1917	10 January 1919
The Lord Inverforth	10 January 1919	21 March 1921

Parliamentary Secretaries to the Ministry of Munitions, 1916–1919

Name	Entered office	Left office
Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Bt	14 December 1916	30 January 1918
F. G. Kellaway	14 December 1916	1 April 1920
J. E. B. Seely	10 July 1918	10 January 1919
John Baird	10 January 1919	29 April 1919

Parliamentary and Financial Secretaries to the Ministry of Munitions, 1918–1921

Name	Entered office	Left office
Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Bt	30 January 1918	18 July 1918
James Hope	27 January 1919	31 March 1921