Edward Reignier Conder

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Lieutenant-Commander Edward Reignier Conder, D.S.C., D.S.O., M.B.E. (10 April, 1901 – ) served in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Conder was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 April, 1923.[1]

Conder was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 15 April, 1931.[2]

In April 1935, Conder's gunboat Cicala found a fleet of pirates assailing a group of fishing boats twenty miles from Hong Kong and drove the attackers away.[3]

In May 1937, Conder was appointed to Malaya, to join on her recommissioning.[4]

Conder was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1938.[5]

Conder was appointed in command of the sloop Kittiwake of Portland's First Anti-Submarine Flotilla dated 5 January, 1939.[6]

See Also

Bibliography

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Roger Frederick
Captain of H.M.S. Salmon
13 Jun, 1932 – 25 Jul, 1933[Inference]
Succeeded by
Norman L. Dwane
Preceded by
Ian H. Bockett-Pugh
Captain of H.M.S. Cicala
8 Feb, 1934[7] – 6 Feb, 1936[Inference]
Succeeded by
Jack B. Palmer
Preceded by
James H. Swain
Captain of H.M.S. Whitshed
15 Nov, 1939 – Sep, 1940
Succeeded by
William A. Juniper

Footnotes

  1. Uboat.net page on the man.
  2. Uboat.net page on the man.
  3. "Anti-Piracy Patrol." The Times (London, England), 11 Apr. 1935, p. 9.
  4. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 3 May 1937, p. 26.
  5. Uboat.net page on the man.
  6. "Naval Appointments." The Times (London, England), 4 Jan. 1939, p. 16.
  7. The Navy List. (October, 1935). p. 222.