Evelyn Thomson

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 I and commanded the destroyer HMS Petard (1916) 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 HMS St Vincent (Gosport shore 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.