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 Commander on 30 June, 1921.[3]

Phillips was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1927.[4]

World War II

Phillips was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 10 January, 1939.[5] He was appointed Rear-Admiral (D), Commanding Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas on 20 April, 1938.[6]

Phillips was granted the acting rank of Vice-Admiral on 7 February, 1940.[7]

Phillips died when the battleship Prince of Wales succumbed to Japanese air attack on 10 December, 1941.

See Also

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (December, 1914). p. 66a.
  2. The Navy List. (January, 1921). p. 89.
  3. Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/179. f. 180.
  4. The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 98.
  5. Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/179. f. 180.
  6. The Navy List. (May, 1939). p. 98.
  7. Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/179. f. 180.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Manfred J. Palmes
Captain of H.M.S. Verbena
1924[1] – May, 1925[2]
Succeeded by
Roger L. Wiles
Preceded by
Reginald V. Holt
Captain of H.M.S. Campbell
4 Sep, 1928[3][4] – 24 Apr, 1930[5]
Succeeded by
Arthur J. L. Murray
Preceded by
Reginald V. Holt
Captain (D), Sixth Destroyer Flotilla
4 Sep, 1928[6][7] – 24 Apr, 1930[8]
Succeeded by
Arthur J. L. Murray
Preceded by
Edward L. S. King
Assistant Director of Plans
1 May, 1930[9] – 21 Sep, 1932[10]
Succeeded by
Frederick R. Garside
Preceded by
Gerald H. Warner
Captain of H.M.S. Hawkins
21 Sep, 1932[11] – 5 Jul, 1935[12]
Succeeded by
Walter W. Sitwell
Preceded by
Edward L. S. King
Director of Plans
8 Aug, 1935[13] – 20 Apr, 1938[14]
Succeeded by
Victor H. Danckwerts
Preceded by
Sir Andrew B. Cunningham
Deputy Chief of Naval Staff
1 Jun, 1939[15][16]
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
  1. Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/179. f. 180.
  2. Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/179. f. 180.
  3. Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/179. f. 180.
  4. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 222.
  5. Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/179. f. 180.
  6. Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/179. f. 180.
  7. The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 222.
  8. Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/179. f. 180.
  9. Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/179. f. 180.
  10. Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/179. f. 180.
  11. The Navy List. (January, 1933). p. 245.
  12. Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/179. f. 180.
  13. Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/179. f. 180.
  14. Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/179. f. 180. Day of month may be other day within the 20s.
  15. "The Services" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 27 May, 1939. Issue 48316, col G, p. 23.
  16. Phillips Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/51/179. f. 180.