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Ion Beauchamp Butler Tower, DSC SGM (14 March 1889〔(National Archives )〕 – 14 October 1940〔Rear Admiral A.B.B. Tower The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Oct 22, 1940; pg. 7; Issue 48753〕) was a British naval officer. Tower was the third son of Royal Navy Commander Francis Fitzpatrick Tower〔(Navy (RN) Officers 1939-1945 )〕 (1859-1944) and his wife Laura, daughter of Thomas Butler. He was educated at Harrow School and entered the Royal Navy through training on HMS ''Britannia''.〔Article, Tower of Weald Hall (Essex).〕 He fought in World War I. Beside receiving the British DSC, he also received the Russian Order of St Stanislas, 3rd class with swords. He was awarded the Sea Gallantry Medal for his part, as Lieutenant-Commander aboard HMS ''Carlisle'' in the rescue of survivors of the sinking of the ''Hong Moh'' in March 1921. He was ultimately promoted Rear Admiral. He married in 1923 Sophia Maud, daughter of Robert Donner of Bowden, Lacock, Wiltshire and had two children: one son, John Christopher, who was killed by enemy action in 1944〔 while serving as Supply Assistant in the Royal Navy,〔() CWGC Casualty Record. His rank is given as Midshipman in the family's ''Burke's Landed Gentry'' article.〕 and a daughter Lavinia.〔 Tower, still serving in the navy,〔(Career progression )〕 was killed in an air raid in London during the Second World War, in October 1940, aged 51, and buried at Kensal Green Cemetery.〔() CWGC Casualty Record.〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ion Tower」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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