John Rodolph Peronet Thompson

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Lieutenant-Commander John Rodolph Peronet Thompson, (9 August, 1892 – ) served in the Royal Navy. One of his Service Records records his middle names as "Rodolf Perronet".

Life & Career

The son of Colonel C. W. Thompson of the 7th Dragoon Guards entered the Training Establishment on 15 May 1905.[1]

When the war began, Thompson was serving in the second class protected cruiser Astræa on the Cape. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in the ship on 15 April, 1915 and continued to serve in her until being recalled to England in June 1916.[2]

Destroyer service followed: one month in the "C" and "D" Class destroyer Defender and then fourteen months in Norseman, ending on the last day of 1917.[3]

Thompson was then appointed to his first command, the patrol boat P45, dated 28 January, 1918. He would serve in the ship through the end of the war.[4]

Thompson was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 April, 1923.[5]

Thompson was placed on the Retired List at his own request at the rank of Commander on 31 August, 1935.[6]

World War II

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Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Herbert J. Carn-Duff
Captain of H.M.S. P45
28 Jan, 1918[7] – 9 Jan, 1919[8]
Succeeded by
John C. Maclean
Preceded by
Keith R. Farquharson
Captain of H.M.S. Thistle
17 Feb, 1925[9] – 27 May, 1925[10]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Cyril M. Faure
Captain of H.M.S. Robin
Jun, 1925[11] – Mar, 1927[12]
Succeeded by
Albert L. Poland
Preceded by
Kenneth L. Campbell
In Command, Reserve Destroyers, Gibraltar
Jul, 1932[13] – 17 Nov, 1934[14]
Succeeded by
?

Footnotes

  1. Thompson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/164. f. 164.
  2. Thompson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/164. f. 164.
  3. Thompson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/164. f. 164.
  4. Thompson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/164. f. 164.
  5. Thompson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/164. f. 164.
  6. Thompson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/164. f. 164.
  7. Thompson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/164. f. 164.
  8. Thompson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/164. f. 164.
  9. Thompson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/164. f. 164.
  10. Thompson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/164. f. 164.
  11. Thompson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/164. f. 164.
  12. Thompson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/164. f. 164.
  13. Thompson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/164. f. 164.
  14. Thompson Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/54/164. f. 164.