In 1914 a charitable trust under the control of the Ministry of Education was formed and the trustees hired Henry James Buckland (lately Manager of Harrogate Spa) as the Manager of the Crystal Palace. He was a firm but fair man who had a great love for the Crystal Palace - so much so that even named one of his daughters Chrystal. Because of the War he was not able to take up his duties until the Navy had moved out. When Henry took over it was evident that the deterioration suffered by the building up to 1913 had worsened further still during the First World War through being used as the Royal Naval Shore Station HMS Victory VI. Over 125,000 men serving in the Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS), Royal Naval Division (RND) and the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR) were trained for war service.
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