Evelyn Thomson Explained

Evelyn Thomson
Birth Date:13 April 1884
Death Date:21 December 1942 (aged 57)
Allegiance: United Kingdom
Serviceyears:1899–1939
Rank:Vice Admiral
Commands:HMS Petard
3rd Destroyer Flotilla
HMS St Vincent
Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas
Coast of Scotland
Battles:World War I
Awards:Companion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order

Vice Admiral Evelyn Claude Ogilvie Thomson (13 April 1884  - 21 December 1942) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland.

His grave is at Abdie Churchyard, Fife.

Naval career

Thomson joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1899.[1] He served in World War I[2] and commanded the destroyer at the Battle of Jutland.[3] He was appointed Commander of the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla in 1926, Captain-in-charge in Singapore in 1929 and Commander of the 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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Royal Navy Flag Officers 1904-1945 . 15 June 2011 . 24 July 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724082715/http://www.admirals.org.uk/admirals/individual.php?RecNo=116 . dead .
  2. http://www.kcl.ac.uk/lhcma/locreg/THOMSON.shtml Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  3. http://www.worldwar1.co.uk/despatches/battle-jutland.html World War I despatches
  4. http://www.gulabin.com/armynavy/pdf/Senior%20Royal%20Navy%20Appointments%201900-.pdf Listing compiled by historian Colin Mackie
  5. http://www.thepeerage.com/p31726.htm The Peerage.com