Eric Bannerman Tod

Commander (retired) Eric Bannerman Tod, (19 September, 1889 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Wolverhampton.

In June 1910 while appointed to the gunboat Redbreast, Tod had dysentery.

Tod was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1911. He was re-appointed to Swiftsure for a half year, and then to Pathfinder and Commonwealth, during which time he was treated for gonnorhea at Haslar Hospital before being sent to Dolphin for instruction in submarines from 1 November 1912 until 3 March 1913.

When war broke out, Tod was on the Emergency List. For the first year of the war, he was appointed to B 5, where he served as first officer under Lt. Thomas Kerr. He was given his first command in September 1915: the small submarine A 10. He commanded the larger C 26 from April 1916 until being assigned to unspecified service in the Sixth Submarine Flotilla, likely in command of submarines, from September 1917.

Throughout 1918, Tod commanded two more capable "patrol"-type submarines, the ["E" Class Submarine (1912)|E" class]] boats E 4 and E 33.

Tod was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 December, 1919.

Tod was placed on the Retired List at his own request at the rank of Commander on 23 October, 1932.

World War II

Appointed first to Trade Division in August, 1939.

See Also

• Service Records

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by William R. Richardson	Captain of H.M.S. A 10 25 Sep, 1915 – 28 Apr, 1916	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Hugh S. Hornby	Captain of H.M.S. C 26 28 Apr, 1916 – 22 Sep, 1917	Succeeded by Basil N. Downie
Preceded by Julian T. Tenison	Captain of H.M.S. E 4 5 Jan, 1918 – 22 Mar, 1918	Succeeded by Hugh Babington
Preceded by Victor E. Ward	Captain of H.M.S. E 33 22 Mar, 1918 – 15 Mar, 1919	Succeeded by James A. P. Blackburn
Preceded by A. Gordon Hine	Captain of H.M.S. G 1 15 Mar, 1919 – 4 Apr, 1919	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by John A. Gaimes	Captain of H.M.S. L 14 4 Apr, 1919 – 10 Dec, 1919	Succeeded by Edward A. Aylmer
Preceded by Kenneth H. Grant	Captain of H.M.S. Tomahawk 28 Oct, 1921 – 16 May, 1922	Succeeded by Ernest R. Archer