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

On 23 January 1914, Edwards was appointed in command of the destroyer Laforey, operating with the Third Destroyer Flotilla out of Chatham.[1]

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

In December 1918, he assumed command of the light cruiser Birkenhead.[2] On 19 April 1919, he was made Captain of the light cruiser Canterbury.[3]

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List (April, 1914), p. 336.
  2. Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  3. The Monthly Navy List, (December 1920). p. 740.

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