Tom Spencer Vaughan Phillips
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Acting Vice-Admiral Tom Spencer Vaughan Phillips (19 February, 1888 – 10 December, 1941) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Phillips was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 July, 1908.[1]
Phillips was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 July, 1916.[2]
Phillips was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1927.[3]
World War II
Phillips was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 10 January, 1939. He was appointed Rear-Admiral (D), Commanding Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas on 20 April, 1938.[4]
Phillips died when the battleship Prince of Wales succumbed to Japanese air attack on 10 December, 1941.
See Also
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 66a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 89.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 98.
- ↑ The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 98.
Naval Appointments | ||
Preceded by Manfred J. Palmes |
Captain of H.M.S. Verbena 1 Nov, 1924[1] |
Succeeded by Roger L. Wiles |
Preceded by Reginald V. Holt |
Captain of H.M.S. Campbell 4 Sep, 1928[2] |
Succeeded by Arthur J. L. Murray |
Preceded by Reginald V. Holt |
Captain (D), Sixth Destroyer Flotilla 4 Sep, 1928[3] |
Succeeded by Arthur J. L. Murray |
Preceded by Malcolm R. J. Maxwell-Scott |
Captain (D), Eighth Destroyer Flotilla 4 Sep, 1928[4] |
Succeeded by William P. Mark-Wardlaw |
Preceded by Lancelot E. Holland |
Captain of H.M.S. Hawkins 21 Sep, 1932[5] – Jul, 1935 |
Succeeded by Wilfrid R. Patterson |
Preceded by Edward L. S. King |
Director of Plans Aug, 1935 – Apr, 1938 |
Succeeded by Victor H. Danckwerts |
Preceded by Sir Andrew B. Cunningham |
Deputy Chief of Naval Staff 1 Jun, 1939[6] |
Succeeded by Sir Henry R. Moore as Vice Chief of Naval Staff |
Preceded by Geoffrey Layton |
Commander-in-Chief, China Station ? – Dec, 1941 |
Succeeded by Sir James F. Somerville as Commander-in-Chief, Eastern Fleet |
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 280.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 222.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 222.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 222.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 245.
- ↑ "The Services" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 27 May, 1939. Issue 48316, col G, p. 23.