Ralph Meyrick Hall

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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]
Succeeded by
Guy O. Lydekker
Preceded by
Charles A. W. Wrightson
Captain of H.M.S. Earnest
30 Jan, 1914[4]
Succeeded by
Arthur Cocks
Preceded by
Hugh T. England
Captain of H.M.S. Chelmer
16 Mar, 1916[5]
Succeeded by
Arthur V. Hemming

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.