Edward Montgomery Phillpotts
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Admiral Edward Montgomery Phillpotts, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (1 August, 1871 – 9 April, 1952) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War.
Early Life & Career
Phillpotts assumed the duties of Naval Assistant to the Second Sea Lord on 31 July, 1912.[1]
Phillpotts served as Naval Assistant to the First Sea Lord, Sir John Jellicoe from December, 1916 to October, 1917. He was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral, vice Duff, on 15 January, 1918.[2]
On 1 May, 1920, Phillpotts was appointed President of the Ordnance Committee in succession to Rear-Admiral Arthur Craig Waller.[3]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 8 July, 1912. Issue 39945, col C, pg. 11.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 30488. p. 1092. 22 January, 1918.
- ↑ "Naval Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 16 April, 1920. Issue 42386, col D, pg. 19.
Bibliography
- "Adml. Phillpotts" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 14 April, 1952. Issue 52285, col D, pg. 8.
Papers
- Papers in the possession of the Imperial War Museum, featuring an account of the Battle of Jutland by Humphrey Thomas Walwyn. Catalogue number 2612 86/31/1.
- Papers in the possession of the Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/43.
Categories:
- 1871 births
- 1952 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of July, 1884
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Grafton (1892)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Euryalus (1901)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Prince of Wales (1902)
- Commanding Officers of Portsmouth Signal School
- Naval Assistants to the Second Sea Lord
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Warspite (1913)
- Naval Assistants to the First Sea Lord
- Heads of the Signal Section (Royal Navy)
- Directors of Naval Equipment (Royal Navy)
- Presidents of the Ordnance Committee
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
