Clive Phillipps-Wolley

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Lieutenant-Commander Clive Phillipps-Wolley (9 September, 1884 – 22 September, 1914) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Phillipps-Wolley was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 February, 1906.

In November 1908, Phillipps-Wolley committed a breach of discipline by not providing ball dress.

Phillipps-Wolley was appointed in command of the destroyer Thorn on 19 April, 1911.[1][2]

On 13 January, 1914, Phillipps-Wolley was appointed in command of the destroyer Albatross.[3]

Phillipps-Wolley was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 February, 1914.

Phillipps-Wolley was appointed to the armoured cruiser H.M.S. Hogue on 27 June, 1914 and died when she was torpedoed by U 9 on 22 September, 1914.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Hubert Vaughan-Jones
Captain of H.M. T.B. 53
7 Apr, 1906[4] – 25 Jul, 1908[Inference]
Succeeded by
Guy P. Bowles
as Captain of H.M. T.B. 053
Preceded by
Francis E. H. G. Hobart
Captain of H.M.S. Thorn
19 Apr, 1911[5] – 2 Sep, 1913[6]
Succeeded by
John N. Benbow
Preceded by
Gerald C. Dickens
Captain of H.M.S. Albatross
13 Jan, 1914[7]
Succeeded by
Ralph Neville

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 386.
  2. The Navy List. (December, 1912). p. 313.
  3. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 275.
  4. The Navy List. (July, 1908). p. 399.
  5. The Navy List. (December, 1912). p. 313.
  6. The Navy List. (July, 1913). p. 386.
  7. The Navy List. (April, 1914). p. 275.