Evelyn Thomson: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
Full date of birth as per Who Was Who entry |
Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 0 as dead. #IABot (v1.2.7.1) |
||
| Line 21: | Line 21: | ||
==Naval career== |
==Naval career== |
||
Thomson joined the [[Royal Navy]] as a [[cadet]] in 1899.<ref>[http://www.admirals.org.uk/admirals/individual.php?RecNo=116 Royal Navy Flag Officers 1904-1945]</ref> He served in [[World War I]]<ref name=lh>[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/THOMSON.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]</ref> and commanded the [[destroyer]] [[HMS Petard (1916)|HMS ''Petard'']] at the [[Battle of Jutland]].<ref>[http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/despatches/battle-jutland.html World War I despatches]</ref> He was appointed Commander of the Third Destroyer Flotilla in 1926, Captain-in-charge in [[Singapore]] in 1929 and Commander of the [[HMS St Vincent (Gosport shore establishment)|HMS ''St Vincent'']] boys' training establishment in [[Gosport]] in 1932.<ref name=lh/> He went on to be Commander of the [[Home Fleet]] Destroyer Flotillas in 1935 and [[Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England, Northern Ireland|Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland]] in 1937.<ref>[http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201900-.pdf Listing compiled by historian Colin Mackie]</ref> He retired in 1939.<ref name=lh/> |
Thomson joined the [[Royal Navy]] as a [[cadet]] in 1899.<ref>[http://www.admirals.org.uk/admirals/individual.php?RecNo=116 Royal Navy Flag Officers 1904-1945]</ref> He served in [[World War I]]<ref name=lh>[http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/THOMSON.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]</ref> and commanded the [[destroyer]] [[HMS Petard (1916)|HMS ''Petard'']] at the [[Battle of Jutland]].<ref>[http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/despatches/battle-jutland.html World War I despatches]</ref> He was appointed Commander of the Third Destroyer Flotilla in 1926, Captain-in-charge in [[Singapore]] in 1929 and Commander of the [[HMS St Vincent (Gosport shore establishment)|HMS ''St Vincent'']] boys' training establishment in [[Gosport]] in 1932.<ref name=lh/> He went on to be Commander of the [[Home Fleet]] Destroyer Flotillas in 1935 and [[Flag Officer Scotland, Northern England, Northern Ireland|Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland]] in 1937.<ref>[http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201900-.pdf Listing compiled by historian Colin Mackie] {{wayback|url=http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201900-.pdf |date=20120315105247 |df=y }}</ref> He retired in 1939.<ref name=lh/> |
||
==Family== |
==Family== |
||
Revision as of 18:21, 27 December 2016
Evelyn Thomson | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 April 1884 |
| Died | 21 December 1941 (aged 57) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  Royal Navy |
| Years of service | 1899–1939 |
| Rank | Vice Admiral |
| Commands | HMS Petard Third Destroyer Flotilla HMS St Vincent Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas Coast of Scotland |
| Battles/wars | World War I |
| Awards | Companion of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order |
Vice Admiral Evelyn Claude Ogilvie Thomson CB DSO (13 April 1884 – 21 December 1941) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland.
Naval career
Thomson joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1899.[1] He served in World War I[2] and commanded the destroyer HMS Petard at the Battle of Jutland.[3] He was appointed Commander of the Third Destroyer Flotilla in 1926, Captain-in-charge in Singapore in 1929 and Commander of the HMS St Vincent boys' training establishment in Gosport in 1932.[2] He went on to be Commander of the Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas in 1935 and Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland in 1937.[4] He retired in 1939.[2]
Family
In 1918 he married Agnes Motherwell Wilson.[5]