Francis Thomas Butler Tower
Vice-Admiral SIR Francis Thomas Butler Tower, K.B.E., C.B., Royal Navy (21 December, 1885 – 19 July, 1964) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Tower was Gunnery Officer of Barham from 15 April, 1915 to 21 November, 1918. He was then appointed as the gunnery officer in Hood when she commissioned, being superseded there on 20 August, 1920.[1]
On 16 May, 1927 he was appointed in command of the light cruiser Curacoa as Flag Captain.[2]
He was appointed in command of the battlecruiser Hood on 30 August, 1933.[3]
Tower was placed on the Retired List on 29 June, 1939. He was reactivated later that very year for a short stint on the Landing Craft Committee.[4]
On 8 January, 1945, Tower was appointed to serve in the rank of Rear Admiral as Flag Officer in Command, Southampton, vice James Murray Pipon.[5]
He reverted to the Retired List on 30 March, 1946.[6]
Bibliography
- "Sir Thomas Tower" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 21 July, 1964. Issue 56069, col E, pg. 12.
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/50.
| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by Geoffrey Blake |
Captain of H.M.S. Kite 25 Apr, 1913[7] – 12 Apr, 1915[8] |
Succeeded by Reginald F. P. Maton |
| Preceded by Julian F. C. Patterson |
Assistant Director of Naval Ordnance 18 Aug, 1924[9] – 23 Mar, 1927[10] |
Succeeded by Alan R. Dewar |
| Preceded by Douglas B. Le Mottée |
Captain of H.M.S. Vindictive 16 May, 1927[11] – 16 May, 1929 |
Succeeded by Lancelot E. Holland |
| Preceded by Cecil B. Prickett |
Captain of H.M.S. Curacoa 16 May, 1927[12][13] – 16 May, 1929[14] |
Succeeded by Harold G. C. Franklin |
| Preceded by Stephen St. L. Moore |
Captain of Chatham Gunnery School 10 Jun, 1929 – 30 Mar, 1931 |
Succeeded by Arthur N. Dowding |
| Preceded by Thomas H. Binney |
Captain of H.M.S. Hood 30 Aug, 1933[15] – 1 Feb, 1936[16] |
Succeeded by A. Francis Pridham |
| Preceded by St. Aubyn B. Wake |
Director of Naval Equipment 10 Dec, 1936[17] – 27 Aug, 1939[18] |
Succeeded by James W. S. Dorling |
| Preceded by James M. Pipon |
Flag Officer in Command, Southampton 8 Jan, 1945 |
Succeeded by ? |
Footnotes
- ↑ Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Taylor. The Battlecruiser Hood. p. 230.
- ↑ Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 315.
- ↑ Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 205.
- ↑ Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. 205.
- ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1929). p. 282a.
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 229.
- ↑ Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. ?.
- ↑ Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. f. ?.
- ↑ Taylor. The Battlecruiser Hood. p. 230.
- ↑ Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50. Unnumbered folio.
- ↑ Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/67. f. ?.
- ↑ Tower Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/67. f. ?.
