Reginald Wilfred Lawrence

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Commander (retired) Reginald Wilfred Lawrence, D.S.C. (13 May, 1890 – ) was an officer in the Royal Naval Reserve and the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

The son of a manufacturer, Lawrence served first in the R.N.R., being promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 19 December, 1914. He served in the E 14 and was awarded a D.S.C. for service in the Dardanelles and Sea of Marmara in APril and May of 1915.[1]

Lawrence transferred into the Royal Navy for meritorious service on 12 June, 1916. With his background in merchant service work, Captain Longden would assert (in 1921 during a stint in Valiant) made him appear "slow".[2]

On 1 April, 1916, he was appointed to the "S" Class submarine S 1.[3]

On 18 May 1918 he was admitted to Royal Naval Hospital, Haslar for neurasthenia.[4]

Lawrence was appointed in command of the destroyer Amazon on 12 November, 1918.[5]

Lawrence was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 19 December, 1922.[6]

On 22 January 1926, he lost some ammunition from Wrestler and failed to notice the discrepancy.[7]

In December, 1926 he received a negative evaluation from Admiral Osmond de Beauvoir Brock. In 1928, there was a Court of Enquiry into a collision between the minesweeper Dundalk, under Lawrence's command, and H.M.S. Dunoon. It was concluded that the collision was entirely Lawrence's fault.[8]

He became a specialist in aerial photography.[9]

Lawrence was placed on the Retired List at his own request at the rank of Commander (retired) on 16 June, 1934.[10]

World War II

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
?
Captain of H.M.S. P45
12 Jun, 1917[11] – 13 Aug, 1917
Succeeded by
Charles B. Land
Preceded by
Geoffrey Layton
Captain of H.M.S. S 1
13 Aug, 1917 – 12 Nov, 1918[12]
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
James C. Colvill
Captain of H.M.S. Amazon
12 Nov, 1918[13] – 10 Apr, 1919
Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
John S. Morrell
Captain of H.M.S. Cricket
9 Jun, 1922[14] – Jul, 1924
Succeeded by
Noel H. Beaver
Preceded by
Donald C. Brock
Captain of H.M.S. Wrestler
2 Mar, 1925[15] – Apr, 1927
Succeeded by
Cyril J. H. Hill
Preceded by
Eric F. Wharton
Captain of H.M.S. Dundalk
4 Apr, 1927[16] – 27 Sep, 1928
Succeeded by
George A. M. V. Harrison

Footnotes

  1. Lawrence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/238. f. 284.
  2. Lawrence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/238. f. 284.
  3. Lawrence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/238. f. 284.
  4. Lawrence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/238. f. 284.
  5. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 728.
  6. Lawrence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/238. f. 284.
  7. Lawrence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/238. f. 284.
  8. Lawrence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/238. f. 284.
  9. Lawrence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/238. f. 284.
  10. Lawrence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/238. f. 284.
  11. The Navy List. (August, 1917). p. 396f.
  12. Lawrence Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/96/238. f. 284.
  13. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 728.
  14. The Navy List. (January, 1923). p. 744.
  15. The Navy List. (February, 1926). p. 291.
  16. The Navy List. (July, 1927). p. 233.