Evelyn Thomson

Evelyn Thomson
Born 1884
Died 21 December 1941
Allegiance  United Kingdom
Service/branch  Royal Navy
Years of service 1899 - 1939
Rank Vice Admiral
Commands held 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 (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]

References

Military offices
Preceded by
Robert Davenport
Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland
19371939
Succeeded by
Sir Charles Ramsey