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Revision as of 16:15, 22 November 2012
Admiral SIR Reginald Godfrey Otway Tupper, G.B.E., K.C.B., C.V.O., Royal Navy (16 October, 1859 – 5 March, 1945) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Early Life & Career
Tupper was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 12 September, 1882.[1]
Tupper was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1894.[2]
Captain
Tupper was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1901.[3]
In November 1903, he assumed command of the second class protected cruiser Venus.[4]
He was appointed in command of the Prince of Wales on 27 July, 1905.[5]
Tupper was appointed in command of H.M.S. Excellent on 15 July, 1907.[6]
On 22 June, 1909, he was appointed a Naval Aide-de-Camp to King Edward VII, vice Morgan.[7]
Flag Rank
Tupper was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 20 September, 1910, vice Rich.[8]
On 18 November, 1912, Tupper hoisted his flag in the battleship Revenge as Rear-Admiral in the Home Fleets at Portsmouth, in succession to Arthur Y. Moggridge.[9] He did not, as he claimed in his memoirs, become "Rear-Admiral Second in Command of the Home Fleet."[10]
Great War
In January, 1915, Tupper was appointed Rear-Admiral Commanding Patrol Area No. 1, with his flag flown on shore at Stornoway.[11]
Tupper was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 25 January, 1916, vice Dundas.[12] In the King's Birthday Honours of 3 June, Tupper was appointed an Additional Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Military Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.).[13]
On the occasion of the King's birthday he was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Second Class, or Knight Commander, in the Military Division of the Order of the Bath (K.C.B.) on 4 June, 1917.[14]
On 8 January, 1918 Tupper wrote to Roger Keyes, "As for myself I feel most depressed—entre nous—I hoped for 4.B.S. [Fourth Battle Squadron] but somehow it has gone to Browning."[15] On 22 February, Tupper was appointed Vice-Admiral in command of the Northern Patrol. He was succeeded by Captain Humphrey T. Walwyn on 8 August.[16]
Post-war
Tupper was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 1 January, 1919.[17] On 1 April he succeeded Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly as Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Ireland,[18] with the new title of Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches. Of his two-year term at Queentown during the Irish War of Independence Tupper noted, "It was a very difficult two years, but the events of that period, and the breaking away of Ireland after I had left, are so painful to look back upon that I never feel disposed to talk about them."[19]
He was placed on the Retired List, at his own request, in order to facilitate the promotion of younger officers, on 16 May, 1921.[20]
Tupper was appointed a Knight Grand Cross in Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (G.B.E.) on 1 January, 1923.[21]
Footnotes
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25147. p. 4261. 15 September, 1882.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26534. p. 4154. 20 July, 1894.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27335. p. 4780. 19 July, 1901.
- ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 13 July, 1905. Issue 37758, col D, p. 10.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 10 June, 1907. Issue 38355, col B, p. 6.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28266. p. 5063. 2 July, 1909.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28419. p. 6841. 27 September, 1910.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 19 November, 1912. Issue 40060, col A, p. 15.
- ↑ Tupper. Reminiscences. pp. 196-197.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (March, 1915). p. 4.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 29454. p. 1130. 28 January, 1916.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29608. p. 5553. 2 June, 1916.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30111. p. 5453. 4 June, 1917.
- ↑ Keyes Papers. I. p. 441.
- ↑ "Squadrons and Senior Naval Officers in Existence on 11th November, 1918, and Which Have Now Ceased to Exist." The National Archives. ADM 6/461. p. 41.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 31104. p. 199. 3 January, 1919.
- ↑ "Naval Command Changes" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 27 March, 1919. Issue 42059, col F, p. 13.
- ↑ Tupper. Reminiscences. p. 278.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32329. p. 4004. 20 May, 1921.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 32782. p. 6. (Supplement) 1 January, 1923.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Sir Reginald Tupper" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 7 March, 1945. Issue 50085, col C, p. 7.
- Keyes, Admiral of the Fleet Roger John Brownlow, First Baron Keyes (1972). Halpern, Paul G.. ed. The Keyes Papers. Volume I: 1914-1918. London: Navy Records Society.
- Tupper, Admiral Sir Reginald (1929). Reminiscences. London: Jarrold & Sons.
Papers
- Papers in the possession of the Royal Naval Museum, Portsmouth.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/87.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/39.
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Frederick T. Hamilton |
Captain of H.M.S. Excellent 1907 – 1910 |
Succeeded by Frederick C. T. Tudor
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| Preceded by Arthur Y. Moggridge |
Rear-Admiral Commanding, Portsmouth Division, Home Fleets 1912 – 1913 |
Succeeded by Bernard Currey
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| Preceded by New Command |
Rear-Admiral, Stornoway 1915 – 1916 |
Succeeded by The Hon. Robert F. Boyle
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| Preceded by Sir Dudley R. S. de Chair |
Vice-Admiral Commanding, Tenth Cruiser Squadron 1916 – 1917 |
Succeeded by Command Merged into the Second Cruiser Squadron
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| Preceded by Sydney R. Fremantle |
Vice-Admiral Commanding, Second Cruiser Squadron 1917 – 1918 |
Succeeded by Edward F. Bruen
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| Preceded by Sir Lewis Bayly |
Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches 1919 – 1921 |
Succeeded by Sir Ernest F. A. Gaunt
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- People
- People (UK)
- 1859 births
- 1945 deaths
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of January, 1873
- Gunnery Officers
- Gunnery Officers (UK)
- Rear-Admirals Commanding, Portsmouth Division, Home Fleets (Royal Navy)
- Vice-Admirals Commanding, Tenth Cruiser Squadron (Royal Navy)
- Commanders-in-Chief, Western Approaches
