Reginald Godfrey Otway Tupper
Admiral SIR Reginald Godfrey Otway Tupper, G.B.E., K.C.B., C.V.O., Royal Navy (16 October, 1859 – 5 March, 1945) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Early Life & Career
Tupper was appointed in command of H.M.S. Excellent on 15 July, 1907.[1]
On 18 November, 1912, Tupper hoisted his flag in the battleship Revenge as Rear-Admiral in the Home Fleets at Portsmouth, in succession to Arthur Y. Moggridge.[2] He did not, as he claimed in his memoirs, become "Rear-Admiral Second in Command of the Home Fleet."[3]
Great War
In January, 1915, Tupper was appointed Rear-Admiral Commanding Patrol Area No. 1, with his flag flown on shore at Stornoway.[4]
In the King's Birthday Honours of 3 June, 1916 Tupper was appointed a Companion of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.).[5]
On 8 January, 1918 Tupper wrote to Roger Keyes, "As for myself I feel most depressed—entre nous—I hoped for 4.B.S. [Fourth Battle Squadron] but somehow it has gone to Browning."[6]
Post-war
On 1 April, 1919, Tupper succeeded Admiral Sir Lewis Bayly as Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Ireland,[7] with the new title of Commander-in-Chief, Western Approaches. Of his two-year term at Queentown during the Irish War of Independence Tupper noted, "It was a very difficult two years, but the events of that period, and the breaking away of Ireland after I had left, are so painful to look back upon that I never feel disposed to talk about them."[8]
Footnotes
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Monday, 10 June, 1907. Issue 38355, col B, pg. 6.
- ↑ "Naval and Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Tuesday, 19 November, 1912. Issue 40060, col A, pg. 15.
- ↑ Tupper. Reminiscences. pp. 196-197.
- ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List (March, 1915). p. 4.
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29608. p. 5553. 2 June, 1916.
- ↑ Keyes Papers. I. p. 441.
- ↑ "Naval Command Changes" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 27 March, 1919. Issue 42059, col F, pg. 13.
- ↑ Tupper. Reminiscences. p. 278.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Sir Reginald Tupper" (Obituaries). The Times. Wednesday, 7 March, 1945. Issue 50085, col C, pg. 7.
- Keyes, Admiral of the Fleet Roger John Brownlow, First Baron Keyes (1972). Halpern, Paul G.. ed. The Keyes Papers. Volume I: 1914-1918. London: Navy Records Society.
- Tupper, Admiral Sir Reginald (1929). Reminiscences. London: Jarrold & Sons.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/39.
| Naval Offices | ||
| Preceded by Frederick T. Hamilton |
Commanding Officer of H.M.S. Excellent 1907 – 1910 |
Succeeded by Frederick C. T. Tudor |
