Philip Francis Tillard Explained

Admiral Philip Francis Tillard (17 September 1852 – 23 February 1933) was a Royal Navy officer.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Naval career

Tillard joined the Royal Navy.

By then a captain, Tillard was on 1 December 1902 appointed in command of the battleship HMS Canopus serving on the Mediterranean Station.^[4] Canopus ended her Mediterranean service in April the following year, and he paid her off into the Reserve at Portsmouth on 25 April 1903.

References

1. Web site: Philip Francis Tillard. The Dreadnought Project.
2. News: 24 February 1933 . Admiral P. F. Tillard . 19 . The Times.
3. News: 8 September 1932 . Admiral Tillard . 13 . The Daily Telegraph.
4. Naval & Military intelligence . 12 November 1902 . 8 . 36923.