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Revision as of 17:09, 5 November 2021

Commander Algernon Edmund Penrice Lyons, D.S.O., R.N. (17 August, 1886 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy. His proper name may have been Algernon Edmund Penrice-Lyons or even Algernon Edmund Penrice Penrice-Lyons

Life & Career

Lyons was born in Swansea, the son of Sir A. M. L. Lyons, A.C.B..[1]

After some service in large ships, Lyons served as a Sub-Lieutenant in a series of destroyers from May 1907 to January, 1909: Peterel, Flirt, Vixen, Kennet, Blackwater, Kennet again, and Ouse, being promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 31 December, 1908.[2]

Lyons was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 31 December, 1916.[3]

Lyons was appointed in command of the destroyer Wakeful on 19 July, 1918.[4]

Lyons was promoted to the rank of Commander on 17 August, 1926.[5]

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
William W. Wilson
Captain of H.M.S. Brisk
6 Jun, 1916[6][7] – 13 Nov, 1917[8]
Succeeded by
Henry V. Hudson
Preceded by
New Command
Captain of H.M.S. Vega
24 Nov, 1917[9] – 21 Dec, 1917[10]
Succeeded by
David V. F. Erskine
Preceded by
Somerville P. B. Russell
Captain of H.M.S. Wakeful
19 Jul, 1918[11][12] – 8 Dec, 1919[13]
Succeeded by
Malcolm Murray

Footnotes

  1. Lyons Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/301. f. 322.
  2. Lyons Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/301. f. 322.
  3. Lyons Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/301. f. 322.
  4. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 941.
  5. Lyons Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/301. f. 322.
  6. Lyons Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/301. f. 322.
  7. The Navy List. (November, 1917). p. 391x.
  8. Lyons Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/301. f. 322.
  9. Lyons Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/301. f. 322.
  10. Lyons Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/301. f. 322.
  11. Lyons Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/301. f. 322.
  12. The Navy List. (December, 1919). p. 896.
  13. Lyons Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/50/301. f. 322.