Edmund Arnott Hill

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Lieutenant Edmund Arnott Hill, R.N. (14 June, 1889 – 1 January, 1915) was an officer in the Royal Navy.

Life & Career

Born in London the son of merchant G. Hill, Edmund entered the Royal Navy ranked 47th (tied) in order of merit of sixty cadets accepted in the May 1904 intake term at H.M.S. Britannia.[1]

Hill was promoted to the rank of Sub-Lieutenant on 15 February 1909.

Hill was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 15 May, 1911.

Hill was appointed to the battleship Formidable in September 1914 and died when she was torpedoed by U 24 in the English Channel on New Year's Day, 1915.

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Footnotes

  1. "Cadetships in the Royal Navy." The Times (London, England), Thursday, Apr 21, 1904; pg. 12; Issue 37374.