Graham Richard Leicester Edwards

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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]

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.

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Service Records