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Revision as of 21:55, 12 November 2017
Rear-Admiral Ion Beauchamp Butler Tower, D.S.C., R.N. (14 March, 1889 – 14 October, 1940) served in the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
Born in Princes Gate, S.W..
Tower was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 November, 1909.
Tower was appointed to the destroyer Eclipse for the Test Mobilisation and was made her gunnery officer on 1 August, 1914. He would serve in shore and harbour postings until being appointed to Royalist for gunnery duties with that ship and her flotilla on 7 January, 1916. His primary responsibility would be to the flotilla, as he would leave Royalist in April to continue flotilla torpedo duties as an additional man in Faulknor and later Saumarez.
On 13 August, 1917, Tower was appointed gunnery officer of the armoured cruiser H.M.S. Australia. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 November, 1917. He served as gunnery officer in Barham from 21 November, 1918 to 1 October, 1920.
In 1921, Tower was awarded both Lloyd's Silver Medal for Saving Life at Sea and the Board of Trade Silver Medal for Saving Life at Sea for removing men from the S.S. Hong Moh on 3 March 1921. He was serving as gunnery officer in Carlisle at the time.
Tower was promoted to the rank of Commander on December, 1922.
Tower worked at the Air Ministry as Deputy Directorate of Armament from September 1924 until 24 September 1926 when he was appointed to R.A.F. Base, Gosport for instruction in Deck Landing Training. In mid December, he was appointed to the battlecruiser Repulse as executive officer. When he was superseded on 25 July, 1928, he went to H.M.S. Excellent.
Tower was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1929.
Tower was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 25 June, 1940.
Having been appointed in charge of a Planning Committee at "I.D.C." ("J.D.C.?") on 1 July, 1940, Tower died in an air raid in October.
See Also
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| Naval Appointments | ||
| Preceded by John W. Clayton |
Captain of H.M.S. Ambuscade 25 Aug, 1930 – Dec, 1930 |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Cyril J. H. Hill |
Captain of H.M.S. Wolsey Dec, 1930 – 28 Apr, 1931 |
Succeeded by Frederick H. Taylor |
| Preceded by Charles G. N. Graham |
Captain of H.M.S. Blanche 28 Apr, 1931[1] – Sep, 1931 |
Succeeded by ? |
| Preceded by Algernon U. Willis |
Captain of H.M.S. Kent 20 May, 1934 – 14 Jan, 1937 |
Succeeded by Leslie H. Ashmore |
| Preceded by Frederick A. Buckley |
Captain of H.M.S. Malaya Dec, 1938[2] – 25 May, 1940[3] |
Succeeded by Arthur F. E. Palliser |
Footnotes
- ↑ The Navy List. (July, 1931). p. 218.
- ↑ Day of month not legible.
- ↑ Superseded that day. Palliser Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/52/290. f. 663.
