Wilfred Tomkinson

Vice Admiral Wilfred Tomkinson CB, MVO (15 November 1877 – 7 October 1971) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander of the Battlecruiser Squadron.

Wilfred Tomkinson
Born(1877-11-15)November 15, 1877
DiedOctober 7, 1971(1971-10-07) (aged 93)
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
Years of service1891–1942
RankVice Admiral
Commands heldHMS Lurcher
HMS Aurora
HMS Hood
Battlecruiser Squadron
Battles/warsBoxer Rebellion
World War I
World War II
AwardsCompanion of the Order of the Bath
Member of the Royal Victorian Order

Tomkinson joined the Royal Navy in 1891 and served in the destroyer HMS Fame during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900.[1] He served in World War I initially commanding the destroyer HMS Lurcher and seeing action at the Battle of Heligoland Bight in 1914 and the Battle of Dogger Bank in 1915; his war service continued as Senior Naval Officer, British submarines in Venice in 1915 and as Commander of the light cruiser HMS Aurora in 1916 before seeing action again during the Zeebrugge Raid and the Ostend Raid in 1918.[1]

Tomkinson became the first Commanding Officer of the newly-commissioned battlecruiser HMS Hood in 1919,[2] Chief of Staff at the Nore in 1921 and Director of Naval Operations at the Admiralty in 1923.[3] He went on to be Commodore at Royal Naval Barracks, Devonport in 1925, Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Mediterranean Fleet in 1927 and Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff in 1929.[3] He then became Commanding Officer of the Battlecruiser Squadron in 1931 before being placed in temporary command of the Atlantic Fleet later that year; it was under his command that the Invergordon Mutiny took place and, following the conclusion of the mutiny, he was blamed for being too lenient with the mutineers and placed on half pay.[1] He retired in 1935, but was re-employed during World War II as Flag Officer in charge of the Bristol Channel before retiring again in 1942.[1]

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References
  1. Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives
  2. "H.M.S. Hood's Admirals & Captains". H.M.S. Hood Association. Retrieved 22 September 2015.
  3. Senior Royal Navy appointments
Military offices
Preceded by
Sir Frederic Dreyer		 Commander, Battlecruiser Squadron
1929–1932		 Succeeded by
Sir William James
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