Thomas Balfour Fellowes
Captain Thomas Balfour Fellowes, R.N. (13 July, 1891 – 11 February, 1974)[1] served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
The son of Rear-Admiral Sir Thomas Hounsom Butler Fellowes, O.B., J.P. for Herts. Fellowes emerged from the Training Establishment with a meagre half months' time in seniority on 15 May, 1908 and was appointed to join the Britannia in the Channel.
He served in the destroyer Amazon, Juno, St. Vincent, Dreadnought, Bellerophon, Albatross and finally Inflexible before being promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 October, 1913. He completed training in engine room duties in Inflexible before being appointed to Egmont, additional, for the "30 knotter" Desperate on 8 November, 1913. On 10 January, 1914, he was appointed once again to join the battleship Dreadnought.
Fellowes left Dreadnought when he was appointed to Unity as her first officer on 16 May, 1916. On 6 June, he moved to Opportune, also serving as first officer. Fellowes received his first command appointment when he was sent in February 1917 to assume command of the patrol boat P36 upon her commissioning. He commanded the small patrol craft until being appointed to Mosquito, to take command upon her commissioning.
On 5 February 1918, Fellowes's Mosquito was escorting a convoy when the Anchor Line/Cunard troopship SS Tuscania was torpedoed and sunk in the North Channel, off Islay by UB 77 as the convoy approached Liverpool. This would be the first troopship carrying American troops sunk in WWI and the only one sunk under protection of a British convoy. Mosquito assisted in the rescue of American troops.[2]
On 29 March 1918, Fellowes was appointed in command of Ophelia. He remained there only until 23 July, when he was appointed to Lion, additional, to serve on the staff of Vice-Admiral Pakenham.
Post-War
Fellowes was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 October, 1921.
On December 13, 1921 Fellowes married Anne Evelyn Frances Twysden.[3]
Fellowes was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1924.
Fellowes was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1934.
On 6 May, 1938 he was superseded as Chief Staff Officer to Rear Admiral, Gibraltar by Geoffrey R. S. Watkins.[4]
See Also
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by New Command |
Captain of H.M.S. P36 1 Feb, 1917[5] – 3 Oct, 1917 |
Succeeded by Irvine G. Glennie |
| Preceded by Donal S. McGrath |
Captain of H.M.S. Mosquito 3 Oct, 1917 – 8 Mar, 1918 |
Succeeded by Maurice A. Brind |
| Preceded by Andrew B. Cunningham |
Captain of H.M.S. Ophelia 29 Mar, 1918 – 20 Jul, 1918 |
Succeeded by Lawrence D'O. Bignell |
| Preceded by John Hassard-Short |
Captain of H.M.S. Sesame 22 Mar, 1919[6] – 7 Jul, 1919 |
Succeeded by Alexander L. Fletcher |
| Preceded by Henry I. M. L. Scott |
Captain of H.M.S. Oriana 7 Jul, 1919 – 6 Nov, 1919 |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by David J. R. Simson |
Captain of H.M.S. Spear 15 Jan, 1922[7] – 30 Sep, 1923 |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Francis B. Hanson |
Captain of H.M.S. Torch 4 Dec, 1923 – 1 Apr, 1924 |
Succeeded by David J. R. Simson |
| Preceded by Gerald M. McKenna |
Captain of H.M.S. Voyager 1 Apr, 1924[8] – 31 Dec, 1926 |
Succeeded by George H. Faulkner |
| Preceded by John de C. Richards |
Captain of H.M.S. Daring 1 Dec, 1932[9] |
Succeeded by Louis F. A. V. N. Mountbatten |
Footnotes
- ↑ Ancestry.com [pay to view site], England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.
- ↑ Email from Marilyn Gahm, Spooner, Wisconsin USA to Tone, 20170205.
- ↑ Emailed article by/from Marilyn Gahm of Spooner, Wisconsin to Tone. 20170208.
- ↑ Watkins Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/154. f. 239.
- ↑ The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 396e.
- ↑ The Navy List. (June, 1919). p. 906.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1924). p. 271.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 286.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 229.
