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'''Sidney Arthur Geary Hill''', D.S.O., R.N. ( – ) served in the [[Royal Navy]].  His name eventually came to be hyphenated as Geary-Hill.
{{CaptRN}} (retired) '''Sidney Arthur Geary Hill''', D.S.O., R.N. (5 August, 1881 – 18 March, 1953) served in the [[Royal Navy]].  In 1939 he altered his last name to '''Geary-Hill'''.


==Life & Career==
==Life & Career==
<!--Hill was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on  
Hill was promoted to the rank of {{LieutRN}} on 30 September, 1903.<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/188.|D7603695}} f. 189.</ref>


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Hill was promoted to the rank of {{LCommRN}} on 30 September, 1911.<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/188.|D7603695}} f. 189.</ref>


Hill was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on  
Hill was promoted to the rank of {{CommRN}} on 31 December, 1917.<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/188.|D7603695}} f. 189.</ref>
 
Hill was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of {{CaptRN}} on 15 December, 1927 and appointed [[Hydrographic Department (Royal Navy)|Naval Assistant to the Hydrographer]].  This appointment would be renewed in increments of five years until 1941, and then there would be three separate single-year extensions.  It ended, perhaps, in August 1943.<ref>Hill Service Record.  {{TNA|ADM 196/46/188.|D7603695}} f. 189.</ref>
 
Hill died in 1953 of a coronary thrombosis.


Hill was promoted to the rank of {{CaptRN}} on
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==See Also==
==See Also==
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Latest revision as of 15:35, 22 March 2023

Captain (retired) Sidney Arthur Geary Hill, D.S.O., R.N. (5 August, 1881 – 18 March, 1953) served in the Royal Navy. In 1939 he altered his last name to Geary-Hill.

Life & Career

Hill was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on 30 September, 1903.[1]

Hill was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander on 30 September, 1911.[2]

Hill was promoted to the rank of Commander on 31 December, 1917.[3]

Hill was placed on the Retired List at his own request with the rank of Captain on 15 December, 1927 and appointed Naval Assistant to the Hydrographer. This appointment would be renewed in increments of five years until 1941, and then there would be three separate single-year extensions. It ended, perhaps, in August 1943.[4]

Hill died in 1953 of a coronary thrombosis.

See Also

Naval Appointments
Preceded by
Owen F. Gillett 		Captain of H.M.S. Armadale Castle
3 Aug, 1914[5][6] – Feb, 1917[7] 		Succeeded by
Murray MacG. Lockhart
Preceded by
Salisbury H. Simpson 		Captain of H.M.S. Jessamine
19 Mar, 1917[8][9] – 28 Apr, 1919[10] 		Succeeded by
?
Preceded by
Frederick A. Reyne 		Captain of H.M.S. Endeavour
15 Mar, 1921[11] – Mar, 1923[12] 		Succeeded by
John D. Nares
Preceded by
John D. Nares 		Captain of H.M.S. Endeavour
14 Aug, 1924[13][14] – 24 Oct, 1927[15] 		Succeeded by
Edward F. B. Law

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/188. f. 189.
  2. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/188. f. 189.
  3. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/188. f. 189.
  4. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/188. f. 189.
  5. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/188. f. 189.
  6. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1916). p. 401k.
  7. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/188. f. 189.
  8. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/188. f. 189.
  9. ↑ The Navy List. (December, 1918). p. 823.
  10. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/188. f. 189.
  11. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/188. f. 189.
  12. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/188. f. 189.
  13. ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1925). p. 237.
  14. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/188. f. 189.
  15. ↑ Hill Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/46/188. f. 189.

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