Difference between revisions of "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.

Lawrence transferred into the Royal Navy from the R.N.R..

Lawrence was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 19 December, 1914.

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

Lawrence was appointed in command of the destroyer Amazon on 12 November, 1918.^[1]

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

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

In December, 1926 he received a negative evaluation from Admiral Osmond de Beauvoir Brock.

Naval Appointments
Preceded by ?	Captain of H.M.S. P45 12 Jun, 1917^[2] – 13 Aug, 1917	Succeeded by Charles B. Land
Preceded by Geoffrey Layton	Captain of H.M.S. S 1 13 Aug, 1917 – 30 Oct, 1918	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by James C. Colvill	Captain of H.M.S. Amazon 12 Nov, 1918^[3] – 10 Apr, 1919	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by John S. Morrell	Captain of H.M.S. Cricket 9 Jun, 1922^[4] – Jul, 1924	Succeeded by Noel H. Beaver
Preceded by Donald C. Brock	Captain of H.M.S. Wrestler 2 Mar, 1925^[5] – Apr, 1927	Succeeded by Cyril J. H. Hill
Preceded by Eric F. Wharton	Captain of H.M.S. Dundalk 4 Apr, 1927^[6] – 27 Sep, 1928	Succeeded by George A. M. V. Harrison

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 Lawrence was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 19 December, 1914.
-On 1 April, 1916, he as appointed to {{UK-S1}}.
+On 1 April, 1916, he was appointed to the {{UK-S1|f=c}}.
 Lawrence was appointed in command of the {{UK-Amazon|f=t}} on 12 November, 1918.{{NLFeb19|p. 728}}