Edward Hilary Rymer

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Rear-Admiral (retired) Edward Hilary Rymer, R.N. (6 October, 1873 – 9 July, 1952) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Rymer was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in October, 1895.

Rymer was promoted to the rank of Commander on 30 June, 1906.[1]

Rymer was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1913.[2]

Rymer was appointed in command of the armoured cruiser Donegal on 11 March, 1918.[3]

On 13 February, 1919, Rymer was appointed in command of the light cruiser Dublin.[4]

Rymer was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 13 July, 1922 and promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 19 July, 1924.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Thomas L. Thorpe-Doubble
Captain of H.M.S. Quail
15 Jan, 1899[5]c. 7 Mar, 1901[Inference]
Succeeded by
Edgar R. Morant
Preceded by
Godfrey Tuke
Captain of H.M.S. Hawke
17 Jan, 1913[6] – 21 Jan, 1914
Succeeded by
Hugh P. E. T. Williams
Preceded by
The Hon. Hubert G. Brand
Royal Navy Naval Attaché at Tokyo
1 Dec, 1914[7] – 11 Feb, 1918
Succeeded by
Fitzmaurice Acton
Preceded by
Leonard L. P. Willan
Captain of H.M.S. Donegal
11 Mar, 1918[8] – 19 Feb, 1919
Succeeded by
Arthur A. Mellin
Preceded by
Reginald A. R. Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax
Captain of H.M.S. Dublin
13 Feb, 1919[9] – after 10 Jul, 1921[10]
Succeeded by
William L. Elder

Footnotes

  1. The Navy List. (January, 1914). p. 71.
  2. The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 164.
  3. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 779.
  4. The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 780.
  5. The Navy List. (January, 1901). p. 296a.
  6. The Navy List. (January, 1914). . 322b.
  7. The Navy List. (July, 1917). p. 535.
  8. The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 779.
  9. The Navy List. (May, 1919). p. 780.
  10. Signed Ship's log book.