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{{SubRN}} '''Arthur Edward Phillips''', R.N. ( – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].  I can find no service record for him at The National Archives.
{{CommRN}} '''Arthur Edward Phillipps''', R.N. (20 June, 1872 – 21 October, 1905) served in the [[Royal Navy]].


==Life & Career==
==Life & Career==
Phillips was promoted to the rank of {{MidRN}} with seniority of 15 November, 1887.{{NLApr91|p. 46}}
Phillipps was promoted to the rank of {{MidRN}} with seniority of 15 November, 1887.{{NLApr91|p. 46}}
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Phillipps was promoted to the rank of {{SubRN}} with seniority of 14 November, 1891.


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Phillipps was appointed Sub-Lieutenant in Command of {{UK-TB73}} for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1893]].
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Phillips was appointed Sub-Lieutenant in Command of {{UK-TB73}} for the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1893]].
Phillipps was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} with seniority of 14 November, 1893.


The lack of information we have on him is likely attributable to an early death of end of naval career during the 1890s.
Plans to have Phillipps command {{UK-TB80}} and provide torpedo duties for the Devonport Flotilla in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1901]] appear to have been re-considered, as this boat is not mentioned in the official debriefing report.{{ToL|The Naval Manoeuvres|Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8}}
 
Phillipps served in {{UK-Victorious}} from January 1904.  He was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} with seniority of 30 June, 1904 and was possibly loaned to command a boat in the [[Annual Manoeuvres of 1904]], but he died when a piece of machinery being hoisted out of the stranded ''Assistance'' fell and struck him on the head in October 1905.


==See Also==
==See Also==
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* [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_rv=simple&_q=ADM+Arthur+Edward+Phillipps Service Records]
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Revision as of 13:11, 30 December 2019

Commander Arthur Edward Phillipps, R.N. (20 June, 1872 – 21 October, 1905) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Phillipps was promoted to the rank of Midshipman with seniority of 15 November, 1887.[1]

Phillipps was promoted to the rank of Sub-Lieutenant with seniority of 14 November, 1891.

Phillipps was appointed Sub-Lieutenant in Command of T.B. 73 for the Annual Manoeuvres of 1893.

Phillipps was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant with seniority of 14 November, 1893.

Plans to have Phillipps command T.B. 80 and provide torpedo duties for the Devonport Flotilla in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1901 appear to have been re-considered, as this boat is not mentioned in the official debriefing report.[2]

Phillipps served in Victorious from January 1904. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant with seniority of 30 June, 1904 and was possibly loaned to command a boat in the Annual Manoeuvres of 1904, but he died when a piece of machinery being hoisted out of the stranded Assistance fell and struck him on the head in October 1905.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Theobald W. B. Kennedy
Captain of H.M. T.B. 73
11 Jul, 1893 – c. 20 Aug, 1893[Inference]
Succeeded by
Hugh K. Arbuthnot
Preceded by
Carlyon W. Bellairs
Captain of H.M. T.B. 80
16 Jul, 1901
Succeeded by
The Hon. Arthur Stopford

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 46.
  2. "The Naval Manoeuvres." The Times (London, England), Thursday, July 11, 1901, Issue 36504, p.8.