Evelyn Thomson
Born13 April 1884
Died21 December 1942 (aged 57)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service1899–1939
RankVice Admiral
Commands heldHMS Petard
3rd Destroyer Flotilla
HMS St Vincent
Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas
Coast of Scotland
Battles/warsWorld War I
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order

Vice Admiral Evelyn Claude Ogilvie Thomson CB DSO (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.

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 3rd Destroyer Flotilla in 1926, Captain-in-charge in Singapore in 1929 and Commander of the boys' training establishment HMS St Vincent 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

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