Bertram Sackville Thesiger

Admiral SIR Bertram Sackville Thesiger, K.B.E., C.B., C.M.G. (14 January, 1875 – 12 May, 1966) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Thesiger was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant dated 14 April, 1895.

Thesiger was promoted to Commander on 1 January, 1905.

He was appointed to Wildfire for command of Sheerness Depot. on 1 July, 1908. He left this post to take up command of Scylla on 13 January, 1909. He would command Scylla until, 24 May, 1911 on the Western Indies Station.

Thesiger was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1912.

He attended the Royal Navy War College from 3 March 1913, placing second of nine captains.

Having just completed the War Course at Portsmouth, he was appointed to Pembroke for command of the War College at Chatham on 12 April, 1913.

Thesiger was lent to Pembroke to assist in trials of Arethusa and was to take command of her upon commissioning.

He was appointed command of the destroyer Inconstant on 25 October, 1914, through the Battle of Jutland.

He was appointed command of the battlecruiser Inflexible on 21 August, 1917, and of the light cruiser Calypso in November, 1917, staying with her at least through the surrender of the German fleet.

Thesiger had a late command stint in King George V, being appointed on 26 October, 1920.

World War II

Thesiger was appointed to Eaglet additional for work with the Liverpool Convoy Pool on 14 March, 1940, serving as a Commodore, Second Class in the Royal Naval Reserve.

On 9 June, 1942, he was appointed to Forte additional as Flag Officer in Charge of Falmouth, serving with the rank of a Rear-Admiral. He was superseded in this role on 1 March, 1944. He was superseded by Vice-Admiral George Frederick Basset Edward-Collins on 31 May, 1944 and was reverted to the Retired List the next day.

See Also

• First L.C.S. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland
• Wikipedia

Bibliography

• "Adml. Sir Bertram Thesiger" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 14 May, 1966. Issue 56631, col G, p. 12.
• Thesiger, Commander Bertram S., R.N. (1906). Queries in Seamsnhip: A Collection of typical questions in the various items of a Midshipman's Seamanship Examination. Portsmouth: Griffin & Co..

Service Records

• The National Archives. ADM 196/141.
• The National Archives. ADM 196/89.
• The National Archives. ADM 196/43.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Crawford Maclachlan	Captain of H.M.S. Scylla 13 Jan, 1909 – 24 May, 1911	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Oscar M. Makins	Captain of H.M.S. Ocean 8 Aug, 1911 – 11 Jan, 1913	Succeeded by Harold Escombe
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Arethusa May, 1914 – Aug, 1914	Succeeded by Barry E. Domvile
Preceded by Reginald Y. Tyrwhitt	Captain of H.M.S. Amethyst Aug, 1914 – 24 Oct, 1914	Succeeded by George J. Todd
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Inconstant 25 Oct, 1914 – 21 Aug, 1917	Succeeded by Francis A. Marten
Preceded by Arthur A. M. Duff	Captain of H.M.S. Inflexible 21 Aug, 1917 – Nov, 1917	Succeeded by James R. P. Hawksley
Preceded by Arthur J. Davies	Captain of H.M.S. Calypso Nov, 1917 – Sep, 1919	Succeeded by Claude Seymour
Preceded by New Command	Second in Command, Sixth Light Cruiser Squadron Nov, 1917 – Sep, 1919	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Robert C. Hamilton	Captain of H.M.S. King George V 26 Oct, 1920 – Dec, 1922	Succeeded by John L. Pearson
Preceded by Edmund P. F. G. Grant	Admiral Superintendent, Portsmouth Dockyard 13 Jan, 1925 – 13 May, 1927	Succeeded by Leonard A. B. Donaldson
Preceded by Walter M. Ellerton	Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station 5 Oct, 1927 – 10 Nov, 1929	Succeeded by Eric J. A. Fullerton