Rear-Admiral Ion Beauchamp Butler Tower, (14 March 1889 – 14 October 1940National ArchivesRear Admiral A.B.B. Tower The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 22 Oct 1940; pg. 7; Issue 48753) was a British naval officer.
Early life and naval career Tower was the third son of Royal Navy Commander Francis Fitzpatrick TowerNavy (RN) Officers 1939–1945 (1859–1944) and his wife Laura, daughter of Thomas Butler. He was educated at Harrow School and entered the Royal Navy through training on HMS Britannia.Article, Tower of Weald Hall (Essex).
He fought in the First World War, being decorated with the Distinguished Service Cross and the Russian Order of St Stanislas, 3rd Class with Swords. He was awarded the Sea Gallantry Medal for his part, as lieutenant commander aboard , in the rescue of survivors of the sinking of the Hong Moh in March 1921.
Tower remained in the navy in the interwar period, and was promoted to rear admiral in June 1940.Career progression While serving during the Second World War as Chief Naval Liaison Officer to General Sir Alan Brooke, the Commander-in-Chief of Home Forces, Tower was killed during an air raid on London on 14 October 1940 at age 51. He was buried in Kensal Green Cemetery. CWGC Casualty Record.
Personal life He married in 1923 Sophia Maud, daughter of Robert Donner of Bowden, Lacock, Wiltshire and had two children: one son, John Christopher, who was killed by enemy action in 1944 while serving as Supply Assistant in the Royal Navy, CWGC Casualty Record. His rank is given as midshipman in the family's Burke's Landed Gentry article. and a daughter Lavinia.
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