RADM Sir Wilbraham Tennyson Randle Ford, KCB, was appointed Flag Officer Commanding His Majesty’s Australian Squadron. He was the Rear Admiral Commanding His Majesty’s Australian Squadron from 19 April 1934 to 20 April 1936.
One story concerning his time in Australia was that during the visit of the Japanese Training Squadron to Australia, in 1935, he was presented with a vase by the senior Japanese officer. Later Ford told his valet to throw it away as “we will be at war with those bastards in a few years time”.