Vice-Admiral Evelyn Claude Ogilvie Thomson (13 April 1884 – 21 December 1942) was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland.
His grave is at Abdie Churchyard, Fife.
Naval career Thomson joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1899. He served in World War ILiddell Hart Centre for Military Archives and commanded the destroyer at the Battle of Jutland.World War I despatches He was appointed Commander of the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla in 1926, Captain-in-charge in Singapore in 1929 and Commander of the boys' training establishment in Gosport in 1932. He went on to be Commander of the Home Fleet Destroyer Flotillas in 1935 and Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland in 1937.Listing compiled by historian Colin Mackie He retired in 1939.
Family In 1918 he married Agnes Motherwell Wilson.The Peerage.com
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