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Tom Phillips (Royal Navy officer)
Admiral Sir Thomas Spencer Vaughan "Tom" Phillips (19 February 1888 – 10 December 1941) was a Second World War admiral in the Royal Navy. He was nicknamed "Tom Thumb", due to his short stature. He is best known for his command of Force Z during the Japanese invasion of Malaya, where he went down with his flagship, the battleship HMS ''Prince of Wales''. Phillips was the highest ranking Allied officer killed in battle during the war .
==Early and private life==
Phillips was the son of Colonel Thomas Vaughan Wynn Phillips, Royal Artillery. His mother, Louisa Mary Adeline de Horsey Phillips, was daughter of Admiral Sir Algernon Frederick Rous de Horsey. Phillips was married to Lady Phillips, of Bude, Cornwall.〔
Phillips was 5'4" tall, smaller even than Lord Nelson. At the time of his death at the age of 53, he was one of the youngest Admirals in the Royal Navy and one of the youngest commanders in chief.
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