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'''Ralph Meyrick Hall''' ( – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
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{{CommRN}} (retired) '''Ralph Meyrick Hall''', R.N. (11 April, 1885 – ) was an officer in the [[Royal Navy]].
  
 
==Life & Career==
 
==Life & Career==
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Hall was appointed {{LieutRN}} (I) & Commander of the {{UK-TB19|f=t}} on 10 September, 1912.{{NLMar13|p. 400}}
 
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Hall was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 1 October, 1914.
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Placed on the Retired List as medically unfit on 20 September, 1917.
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==Post-War==
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Hall was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} (retired) on 11 April, 1925.
  
 
==See Also==
 
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Latest revision as of 23:09, 6 April 2022

Commander (retired) Ralph Meyrick Hall, R.N. (11 April, 1885 – ) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Hall was born in Broughton in Furness, the son of a solicitor, and entered the service direct from Conway 15 January, 1901.

Hall was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 1 October, 1906.

In April 1910 he passed the preliminary exam to be an interpreter in German.

Hall was appointed Lieutenant (I) & Commander of the first-class torpedo boat T.B. 19 on 10 September, 1912.[1]

Hall was appointed in command of the destroyer Earnest on 30 January, 1914.[2]

Hall was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 1 October, 1914.

Placed on the Retired List as medically unfit on 20 September, 1917.

Post-War

Hall was promoted to the rank of Commander (retired) on 11 April, 1925.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Charles F. Stow 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 19
10 Sep, 1912[3] – Feb, 1914 		Succeeded by
Guy O. Lydekker
Preceded by
Frederic A. H. Russel 		Captain of H.M.S. Avon
mid Jan, 1914 – 30 Jan, 1914 		Succeeded by
Charles A. W. Wrightson
Preceded by
Charles A. W. Wrightson 		Captain of H.M.S. Earnest
30 Jan, 1914[4] – 22 Oct, 1915 		Succeeded by
Arthur Cocks
Preceded by
Hugh T. England 		Captain of H.M.S. Chelmer
16 Mar, 1916[5] – 21 Sep, 1916 		Succeeded by
Arthur V. Hemming
Preceded by
The Hon. George Fraser 		Captain of H.M.S. Jonquil
21 Sep, 1916 – 23 Apr, 1917 		Succeeded by
Keith R. Farquharson

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The Navy List. (March, 1913). p. 400.
  2. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1915). p. 309.
  3. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1913). p. 401.
  4. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1915). p. 393p.
  5. ↑ The Navy List. (October, 1916). p. 393a.

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