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Philip Watson
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Vice Admiral Sir Philip Alexander Watson (7 October 1919 – 8 December 2009) was a senior Royal Navy officer, rising to the rank of vice-admiral.
Watson was born on 7 October 1919 at 93 Limestone Road, Belfast, Northern Ireland to Alexander Henry St Croix Watson (1885–1963) and Gladys Margaret Watson (née Payne). He was baptised on 30 January 1920 and confirmed at St Albans Abbey on 6 December 1934. Educated at St. Albans School he trained as an electrical engineer with the London, Midland and Scottish Railway and joined the Admiralty Compass Observatory, Slough, serving until 10 March 1940 when he was commissioned in the Royal Naval Reserve as an Electrical Sub Lieutenant. He served in on the Arctic convoys from the United Kingdom to the northern ports of the Soviet Union—Arkhangelsk and Murmansk; in (Assistant Torpedo Officer) and was at the German surrender at Trondheim when serving in as Torpedo Officer. He was then transferred to the Royal Navy as a lieutenant in 1946, and served as Naval Assistant to Admiral Bateson.
Watson served with the 5th Destroyer Flotilla, with the s and , before moving to the Admiralty in London. A spell at as assistant to the training commander followed, with Watson being promoted to lieutenant-commander. He spent two years with the radio section at Malta Dockyard, before becoming electrical officer in in 1954. Watson was promoted to commander in 1955, and returned to working at the Admiralty.
On 11 December 1948 he married Jennifer Beatrice Tanner and they have two daughters and a son.
Watson spent two years from 1957 as Electrical Officer on board HM Yacht Britannia, for which he was made a member of the Royal Victorian Order. He followed this with a move to Chatham Dockyard where from 1959 he was in command of the electrical shops and weapon section. He went to sea again aboard in 1962, where he served as Weapon Electrical Engineer Officer. He was promoted to captain and joined the Ship Department at Bath where he became involved in the designs of submarines, aircraft carriers and commando ships.
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