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Revision as of 21:59, 14 June 2022

Admiral SIR Ralph Alan Bevan Edwards, K.C.B., C.B.E. (31 March, 1901 – 4 February, 1963) served in the Royal Navy.

As with many men born c. 1899 or later, his Service Records at The National Archives do not reflect activity between 1931 and 1939 or so.

Life & Career

Served in the battlecruiser Tiger from September, 1917 to January, 1919.

Edwards was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 December, 1922.

Edwards was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 December, 1930.

Edwards was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1934.

Edwards was promoted to the rank of Captain on 30 June, 1939.

Edwards was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 10 July, 1948.

Edwards was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 26 January, 1952.

Edwards was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 22 April, 1955.

He retired 15 May 1958.

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Roderick E. F. McQ. Mackenzie
Captain of H.M.S. Sandwich
Mar, 1937[1]
Succeeded by
Horace T. T. Bayliss

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (July, 1937). p. 273.