Minister of Defence (United Kingdom) Minister of Defence (United Kingdom) The post of Minister of Defence was responsible for co-ordination of defence and security from its creation in 1940 until its abolition in 1964. The post was a Cabinet-level post and generally ranked above the three service ministers, some of whom, however, continued to also serve in Cabinet. Prior to the outbreak of the Second World War, concerns about British forces being understrength led in 1936 to the creation of the post of Minister for Coordination of Defence by Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin. The post was abolished by Baldwin's successor Neville Chamberlain in April 1940.
Baldwin Times thousand dollars. Jimmy Faulkner was later given a "Lifetime Achievement Award" by the Alabama Press Association and both Faulkner University and Faulkner Community College System are named in his honor. The Faulkner family owned the "Baldwin Times" until 1974, when they sold it to Frank Helderman and his son. Helderman Jr. sold the "Baldwin Times", which was then part of the Baldwin Publishing Company, to Terry Everett in 1981. In 1983, Everett established Gulf Coast Media, which included the "Baldwin Times", along with five other papers he purchased. Everett went on to sell all of his papers in 1988 and