Vice Admiral Evelyn Claude Ogilvie Thomson (13 April 1884 – 21 December 1942) was a
Royal Navy
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officer who became
Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland.
His grave is at Abdie Churchyard, Fife.
Naval career
Thomson joined the
Royal Navy
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as a
cadet
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in 1899. He served in
World War I
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[Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives]
/ref> and commanded the destroyer
In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, manoeuvrable, long-endurance warship intended to escort
larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against powerful short range attackers. They were originally developed in ...
at the Battle of Jutland
The Battle of Jutland (german: Skagerrakschlacht, the Battle of the Skagerrak) was a naval battle fought between Britain's Royal Navy Grand Fleet, under Admiral John Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe, Sir John Jellicoe, and the Imperial German Navy ...
. He was appointed Commander of the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla
The British 3rd Destroyer Flotilla, also styled as Third Destroyer Flotilla, was a naval formation of the Royal Navy from 1909 to 1939 and again from 1945 to 1951.
History
In 1907 the Channel Fleet had a large Channel Flotilla of destroyers in Fe ...
in 1926, Captain-in-charge in Singapore
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in 1929 and Commander of the boys' training establishment in Gosport
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in 1932.[ He went on to be Commander of the ]Home Fleet
The Home Fleet was a fleet of the Royal Navy that operated from the United Kingdom's territorial waters from 1902 with intervals until 1967. In 1967, it was merged with the Mediterranean Fleet creating the new Western Fleet.
Before the First ...
Destroyer Flotillas in 1935 and Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland in 1937. He retired in 1939.[
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Family
In 1918 he married Agnes Motherwell Wilson.The Peerage.com
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References
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1884 births
1941 deaths
Royal Navy vice admirals
Companions of the Order of the Bath
Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
People educated at Stubbington House School
Royal Navy officers of World War I
19th-century Royal Navy personnel