Edward McConnell Wyndham Lawrie

Captain Edward McConnell Wyndham Lawrie, D.S.O. (11 February, 1882 – 29 June, 1933) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in Lahore, India, son of a tea planter named W. G. Lawrie, Lawrie underwent examinations for several days commencing on 20 July, 1897 and gained entrance to the Britannia term of August, 1897, his 1104 marks placing him sixty-first in merit among the sixty-three candidates accepted as naval cadets.

He gained four months on passing out of Britannia on 15 January, 1899, and was first appointed to Anson in the Mediterranean and then to Goliath on the China Station on 27 March, 1900.

Lawrie was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 September, 1904, shortly after being invalided home in the P. & O. Somalia with an abscessed pelvis. He was finally fit again on 21 October.

Lawrie was appointed in command of the destroyer Ruby on 25 January, 1912.

Lawrie was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 September, 1912.

Great War

Lawrie commanded the destroyer Mandate when she operated with the Eleventh Destroyer Flotilla at the Battle of Jutland.

On 20 August 1916, he contracted influenza. Four days in Plymouth hospital made him fit again.

Lawrie was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1916.

On 14 March, 1917 he was hospitalised with bronchitis. He was again found fit on 26 March.

He was appointed in command of the destroyer Wrestler on 16 April, 1918. He was informed that he should have been on deck when course was altered when Wrestler collided with the battleship Conqueror.

Post-War

On 12 February, 1920, Lawrie was appointed in command of the destroyer Witherington.

Lawrie was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1923.

Lawrie was appointed in command of the light cruiser Comus in April, 1927.

See Also

• Service Records
• Eleventh D.F. (Royal Navy) at the Battle of Jutland
• Wikipedia

Naval Appointments
Preceded by Evelyn C. O. Thomson	Captain of H.M.S. Earnest 30 Aug, 1910 – Feb, 1912[Inference]	Succeeded by Charles E. H. White
Preceded by George H. Knowles	Captain of H.M.S. Ruby 25 Jan, 1912 – 3 Nov, 1915	Succeeded by Eric Q. Carter
Preceded by Eric Q. Carter	Captain of H.M.S. Mandate 3 Nov, 1915 – 26 Oct, 1917	Succeeded by Arthur Henniker-Heaton
Preceded by The Hon. Cyril A. Ward	Captain of H.M.S. Mischief 26 Oct, 1917 – 16 Apr, 1918	Succeeded by Charles G. Stuart
Preceded by New Command	Captain of H.M.S. Wrestler 16 Apr, 1918 – 12 Feb, 1920	Succeeded by Vernon Hammersley-Heenan
Preceded by Richard M. King	Captain of H.M.S. Vidette 19 Jun, 1919	Succeeded by Harry A. D. Keate
Preceded by Vernon Hammersley-Heenan	Captain of H.M.S. Witherington 12 Feb, 1920 – 3 Jan, 1922	Succeeded by Cecil H. H. Sams
Preceded by Lewis G. E. Crabbe	Captain of H.M.S. Montrose 4 Feb, 1922 – Sep, 1922	Succeeded by The Hon. Edward B. S. Bingham
Preceded by Eric Q. Carter	Captain of H.M.S. Shark 19 Sep, 1922 – Jul, 1923	Succeeded by Eric Q. Carter
Preceded by Eric Q. Carter	Captain of H.M.S. Witherington Jul, 1923 – Jan, 1924	Succeeded by Astley D. C. Cooper-Key
Preceded by Charles E. Cundall	Captain of H.M.S. Nimrod 10 Jul, 1924 – 21 Aug, 1924	Succeeded by ?
Preceded by Wilbraham T. R. Ford	Captain of H.M.S. Sandhurst 21 Aug, 1924 – Jun, 1926	Succeeded by Hugh H. Rogers
Preceded by G. Frederick B. Edward-Collins	Captain of H.M.S. Comus 30 Apr, 1927 – 25 Apr, 1928	Succeeded by Henry R. Sawbridge
Preceded by Basil G. Washington	Captain of H.M.S. Flora 4 Apr, 1929	Succeeded by Hector Boyes
Preceded by Basil G. Washington	Senior Naval Officer, Simonstown Apr, 1929 – May, 1931	Succeeded by Hector Boyes
Preceded by Arthur M. Lecky	Captain of H.M.S. Vindictive 1 Feb, 1932 – Jun, 1932	Succeeded by Cecil B. Prickett
Preceded by Arthur T. Walker	Commodore in Charge at Hong Kong 8 Jul, 1932 – 5 May, 1933	Succeeded by Hugh R. Marrack