Philip Nelson-Ward
Admiral Philip Nelson-Ward, C.V.O., Royal Navy, Retired (29 June, 1866 – 27 June, 1937) was an officer of the Royal Navy.
Life & Career
He was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1900.[1]
Nelson-Ward was promoted to the rank of Captain on 1 January, 1905.[2]
Great War
Nelson-Ward was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 9 June, 1916, and placed on the Retired List on 10 June.[3]
While reforming an HH convoy on 10 October, 1917, Nelson-Ward's ship, the Bostonian, was struck at 17:22 by two torpedoes fired from within the destroyer screen. The ship sank so quickly by the stern that the foremost Starboard boat, which Nelson-Ward was in, was swamped and when he came to the surface he saw the bows of the ship standing vertically. The Bostonian disappeared at 17:28, six minutes after the first torpedo hit, with one hundred and five saved, and four men from the stokehold lost.[4]
Post-War
He was advanced to the rank of Admiral on the Retired List on 8 May, 1925.[5]
Footnotes
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27211. p. 4433. 17 July, 1900.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 27750. p. 25. 3 January, 1905.
- ↑ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 29629. p. 6066. 20 June, 1916.
- ↑ Newbolt. Naval Operations. V. p. 163.
- ↑ London Gazette: no. 33049. p. 3445. 22 May, 1925.
Bibliography
- "Admiral Nelson-Ward" (Obituaries). The Times. Monday, 28 June, 1937. Issue 47722, col C, pg. 16.
- Newbolt, Henry (1931). Naval Operations. Vol. V. London: Longmans, Green and Co..
Service Record
- The National Archives. ADM 196/42.
- 1866 births
- 1937 deaths
- Personalities
- H.M.S. Britannia (Training Ship) Entrants of July, 1879
- Royal Navy Navigating Officers
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Enchantress (1903)
- Commanding Officers of H.M.S. Formidable (1898)
- Assistant Hydrographers of the Navy (Royal Navy)
- Directors of Navigation (Royal Navy)
- Royal Navy Admirals
- Royal Navy Flag Officers
