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Revision as of 14:48, 9 August 2014

Graham Richard Leicester Edwards ( – ) was an officer of the Royal Navy during the First World War.

Life & Career

As a Commander, Edwards was to obtain considerable command experience in destroyers.

On 1 August, 1912, he was appointed in command of the Wolverine of the Third Destroyer Flotilla.[1]

On 23 January 1914, Edwards was appointed in command of the destroyer Laforey, also operating with the Third Destroyer Flotilla out of Chatham.[2]

He was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1917.

On 16 December, 1918, he was appointed in command of the light cruiser Birkenhead.[3] On 19 April 1919, he was made Captain of the light cruiser Canterbury.[4]

Bibliography

Service Records

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. Wolverine
1 Aug, 1912[5]
Succeeded by
Osmond J. Prentis
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Laforey
23 Jan, 1914[6]
Succeeded by
Robert A. Hornell
Preceded by
Brien M. Money
Captain of H.M.S. Botha
Apr, 1917[7]
Succeeded by
Robert H. B. Hammond-Chambers
Preceded by
Arthur M. Stancomb
Captain of H.M.S. Birkenhead
16 Dec, 1918[8]
Succeeded by
Henry W. Osburn
Preceded by
Percy M. R. Royds
Captain of H.M.S. Canterbury
16 Apr, 1919[9]
Succeeded by
Edward A. Astley-Rushton

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List (July, 1913), p. 397a.
  2. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 336.
  3. Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 741.
  4. The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 740.
  5. The Navy List. (November, 1913). p. 397a.
  6. The Navy List. (October, 1915). p. 395i.
  7. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391w.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 741.
  9. The Navy List. (December, 1920). p. 740.