Evelyn Thomson


Evelyn Claude Ogilvie Thomson was a Royal Navy officer who became Commander-in-Chief, Coast of Scotland.

Naval career

Thomson joined the Royal Navy as a cadet in 1899. He served in World War I and commanded the destroyer at the Battle of Jutland. 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. He retired in 1939.

Family

In 1918 he married Agnes Motherwell Wilson.