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Admiral Sydney S. Hall as a Commodore, Second Class, 1917.
Portrait: Francis Dodd. © IWM (Art.IWM ART 1742).

Admiral Sydney Stewart Hall, C.B., Royal Navy, Retired (16 June, 1872 – 10 January, 1955) was an officer of the Royal Navy.

Early Life & Career

He was confirmed in the rank of Sub-Lieutenant dated 14 August, 1891. He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant with seniority of 14 August, 1892.[1]

In July 1900, he was appointed to command T.B. 81 for the annual manoeuvres.[2]

He was promoted to the rank of Commander dated 1 January, 1903.[3]

On 12 November, 1906, he was appointed in command of the second class protected cruiser Mercury.[4]

Hall was promoted to the rank of Captain on 31 December, 1907.[5]

In February 1911, he assumed command of the destroyer Diana.[6] It appears this posting brought some form of grief, as on 30 December, 1911, Fisher wrote to Churchill, "… you must get home Captain S. S. Hall of the Diana as soon as you can! Dear old A. K. Wilson got rid of him as he was a d—d sight too pertinacious!"[7]

Hall was appointed an Ordinary Member of the Third Class, or Companion, in the Civil Division of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath (C.B.) on 1 January, 1914.[8]

He was appointed to command the armoured cruiser Roxburgh in July, serving in her until October, 1914.[9]

Great War

Hall became the Royal Navy's top submarine officer as Commodore (S) on 8 February, 1915,[10] participating in the first meeting of the Submarine Development Committee on 8 September, where the design and purpose of six broad types of submarine were considered: Coastal, Patrol, Fleet, Cruiser, Minelayer and Monitor.[11] Though he was at the Admiralty, he was nominally also captain of the Dolphin from 8 February, 1915.[12]

Hall was appointed Commodore, First Class on 1 January, 1918.[13]

Post-War

Hall was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral on 18 July, 1919, vice Cayley.[14] He was placed on the Retired List at his own request on 16 September.[15]

He was advanced to the rank of Vice-Admiral on the Retired List on 1 January, 1925,[16] and to Admiral on 27 February, 1929.[17]

Bibliography

  • "Admiral S. S. Hall" (Obituaries). The Times. Tuesday, 11 January, 1955. Issue 53136, col D, p. 10.

Service Records


Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Frederick C. U. V. Wentworth 		Captain of H.M. T.B. 81
Jul, 1900[18] – ? 		Succeeded by
Joseph C. Davies
Preceded by
Charles J. Balfour 		Captain of H.M.S. Mercury
12 Nov, 1906[19] – ? 		Succeeded by
Henry F. Oliver
Preceded by
Edgar Lees 		Inspecting Captain of Submarines
12 Nov, 1906[20] – ? 		Succeeded by
Roger J. B. Keyes
Preceded by
Thomas W. Kemp 		Captain of H.M.S. Diana
Feb, 1911[21] – ? 		Succeeded by
Maurice Woollcombe
Preceded by
Philip W. Dumas 		Captain of H.M.S. Roxburgh
Jul, 1914[22] – ? 		Succeeded by
Bertram M. Chambers
Preceded by
Roger J. B. Keyes 		Captain of H.M.S. Dolphin
8 Feb, 1915[23] – ? 		Succeeded by
Max K. Horton
Preceded by
Stanley L. Willis
as Commander (S), Sixth Submarine Flotilla 		Captain (S), Sixth Submarine Flotilla
8 Feb, 1915 – ? 		Succeeded by
?

 

Footnotes

  1. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 26356. p. 7551. 23 December, 1892.
  2. ↑ Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/236
  3. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27512. p. 4. 2 January, 1903.
  4. ↑ The Navy List (January, 1907), p. 345.
  5. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28096. p. 34. 3 January, 1908.
  6. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  7. ↑ Winston S. Churchill. Companion Volume II Part 2. p. 1365.
  8. ↑ Edinburgh Gazette: no. 12630. p. 7. 2 January, 1914.
  9. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  10. ↑ Supplement to the Monthly Navy List. (December, 1915). p. 3.
  11. ↑ The Technical History and Index, Vol. 3, Part 21. p. 10.
  12. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 777.
  13. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30451. p. 86. 1 January, 1918.
  14. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 31486. p. 9863. 1 August, 1919.
  15. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 31581. p. 12141. 3 October, 1919.
  16. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33010. p. 219. 9 January, 1925.
  17. ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33474. p. 1575. 5 March, 1929.
  18. ↑ Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43/236
  19. ↑ The Navy List. (January, 1907). p. 345.
  20. ↑ Hall Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/43. f. 258.
  21. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  22. ↑ Mackie, Colin. ROYAL NAVY WARSHIPS.
  23. ↑ The Navy List. (February, 1919). p. 777.

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