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'''Reginald Percy Tanner''', ( – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CommRN}} '''Reginald Percy Tanner''', D.S.C. (10 April, 1904 – 22 May, 1941) served in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
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Tanner was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 30 June, 1940.{{UBAlly|3137}}
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Tanner was serving as gunnery officer in {{UK-Gloucester|f=p}} when Captain [[Frederick Rodney Garside|Frederick R. Garside]] and the ship's First Officer were killed by an Italian bomb.  Tanner took over command as senior surviving officer on board until he was in turn relieved by [[Henry Aubrey Rowley|Henry A. Rowley]].{{UBAlly|3137}}
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Tanner was apparently killed when the ship was sunk on 22 May, 1941, but his body was not found and his death and those of other officers of the ship were not declared presumed until May, 1945.{{ToL|Obituary|Wednesday, May 02, 1945; pg. 7; Issue 50132}}
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Latest revision as of 12:31, 7 April 2022

Commander Reginald Percy Tanner, D.S.C. (10 April, 1904 – 22 May, 1941) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The second son of Mr. and Mrs. P. B. Tanner.

Tanner was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 February, 1927.[1]

Tanner was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 February, 1935.[2]

Tanner was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1940.[3]

Tanner was serving as gunnery officer in H.M.S. Gloucester when Captain Frederick R. Garside and the ship's First Officer were killed by an Italian bomb. Tanner took over command as senior surviving officer on board until he was in turn relieved by Henry A. Rowley.[4]

Tanner was apparently killed when the ship was sunk on 22 May, 1941, but his body was not found and his death and those of other officers of the ship were not declared presumed until May, 1945.[5]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Frederick R. Garside
Captain of H.M.S. Gloucester
8 Jul, 1940[6] – 16 Jul, 1940[7]
Succeeded by
Henry A. Rowley

Footnotes

  1. Uboat.net page on the man.
  2. Uboat.net page on the man.
  3. Uboat.net page on the man.
  4. Uboat.net page on the man.
  5. "Obituary." The Times (London, England), Wednesday, May 02, 1945; pg. 7; Issue 50132.
  6. Uboat.net page on the ship.
  7. Uboat.net page on the ship.