Aubrey Thomas Tillard

Rear-Admiral Aubrey Thomas Tillard, K.B.E., D.S.O. (10 April, 1881 – 12 December, 1952) was an officer in the Royal Navy who was to hold a considerable number of seagoing command positions.

Life & Career

Tillard was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 March, 1903.

Tillard was appointed in command of the destroyer Larne on 28 January, 1911.

Tillard was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 March, 1911.

Tillard commanded the destroyer Firedrake after Alfred B. Watts, some time after mid-1914 and prior to late 1917.

Tillard was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1914.

Post-war

Tillard was appointed in command of the flotilla leader Valentine on 17 January, 1919. On 5 February, 1919, a Court of Inquiry faulted him for damaging his ship while coming alongside Verdun.

Tillard was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1920.

He was appointed in command of the light cruiser Castor in August, 1922.

In 1924, he was appointed in command of H.M.S. Malabar, the shore establishment in Bermuda, and as Captain in Charge of Naval Establishments, Bermuda. In November, he was placed in charge of the Dockyard. He was discharged on 18 November, 1926. This association with Malabar and Bermuda would be refreshed in the Second World War.

In April, 1928, Tillard was appointed in command of the light cruiser Carysfort.

Tillard was appointed in command of the battleship Centurion on November, 1929.

He was promoted to Rear-Admiral on 16 October, 1932 and placed on the Retired List the following day in accordance with Order in Council of 9 March, 1914.

World War II

On 28 August, 1939, Tillard was appointed to Malabar as Commodore of Convoy, as Commodore, Second Class, R.N.R.. In 1941, he would be helping with the Liverpool Convoy Pool.

See Also

• Service Records
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Edward M. Bennett	Captain of H.M. T.B. 53 3 Jan, 1905 – 2 May, 1905	Succeeded by Hubert Vaughan-Jones
Preceded by John R. Dodington	Captain of H.M.S. Griffon 12 Mar, 1907 – 29 Sep, 1908	Succeeded by Sandford G. R. Nevile
Preceded by Charles La P. Lewin	Captain of H.M.S. Ettrick 29 Sep, 1908 – 28 Jan, 1911	Succeeded by Arthur K. Gregory
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Larne 28 Jan, 1911 – 5 Jan, 1915	Succeeded by The Hon. Cyril A. Ward
Preceded by Alfred B. Watts	Captain of H.M.S. Firedrake 5 Jan, 1915 – 24 Oct, 1917	Succeeded by Gordon McL. Cameron
Preceded by The Hon. William S. Leveson-Gower	Captain of H.M.S. Valkyrie 24 Oct, 1917 – 24 Jan, 1918	Succeeded by Geoffrey Mackworth
Preceded by Malcolm L. Goldsmith	Captain of H.M.S. Redgauntlet 24 Jan, 1918 – 9 Apr, 1918	Succeeded by Vernon S. Butler
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Wessex 15 Apr, 1918 – 16 Jul, 1918	Succeeded by Henry E. Horan
Preceded by Dashwood F. Moir	Captain of H.M.S. Vimiera 16 Jul, 1918 – 17 Jan, 1919	Succeeded by Arthur Evans
Preceded by Charles A. Fremantle	Captain of H.M.S. Valentine 17 Jan, 1919 – 7 Jul, 1919	Succeeded by Evelyn C. O. Thomson
Preceded by Dashwood F. Moir	Captain of H.M.S. Mackay 7 Jul, 1919 – 9 Jul, 1920	Succeeded by Hugh D. Colville
Preceded by Leonard L. P. Willan	Captain of H.M.S. Castor 8 Aug, 1922 – 15 Sep, 1923	Succeeded by Richard A. A. Plowden
Preceded by Evelyn C. O. Thomson	Captain of H.M.S. Calliope 15 May, 1924 – 23 Oct, 1924	Succeeded by Wilbraham T. R. Ford
Preceded by Herbert A. Buchanan-Wollaston	Captain of H.M.S. Carysfort 17 Apr, 1928 – 1 Feb, 1929	Succeeded by Edward B. Cloete
Preceded by Philip G. Wodehouse	Captain of H.M.S. Pegasus 1 Feb, 1929 – 3 Nov, 1929	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Robert C. Hamilton	Captain of H.M.S. Centurion 4 Nov, 1929 – 5 Jan, 1931	Succeeded by Richard A. A. Plowden
Preceded by Claude C. Dobson	Captain of H.M.S. Colombo 15 Apr, 1931 – c. Aug, 1931	Succeeded by Allan Poland
Preceded by Niel O'Neill	Captain of Chatham Dockyard 10 Aug, 1931	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Niel O'Neill	Captain Superintendent, Pembroke Dockyard 10 Aug, 1931 – 15 Oct, 1932	Succeeded by Algernon R. Smithwick