Francis Thomas Butler Tower
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Jump to navigationJump to searchVice-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.
Tower was Gunnery Officer of H.M.S. Barham from 15 April, 1915 to 1918.
He was appointed in command of the battlecruiser Hood on 30 August, 1933.[1]
Footnotes
- ↑ Taylor. The Battlecruiser Hood. p. 230.
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.
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