Midshipman Philip Marmion Egerton Hall RNR

He was officially 19 when he died but he must have been only 18. The University Royal Naval Units, although under the jurisdiction of BRNC Dartmouth, are also a part of the Royal Naval Reserve. Students hold the honorary ranks of Officer Cadet (in their first year of enrolment) and Midshipman RNR (from the second year onward) provided they have completed the issued 'Taskbooks' to the satisfaction of the Commanding Officer of each unit P M E Hall must have come into this category

1902 May 7. Born Sevenoaks, Kent

1911 census at Chafford House, Fordcombe, Tunbridge Wells

1918 Aug 5 Appointed Midshipman TNA records

1920 Oct 28. Joined ADRIC service no 898. Formerly Midshipman RNR. Unmarried

1921 Jan 28 Shot accidentally in Tralee

The inquiry brought out the following sequence of events

• A party was dispatched by H coy ADRIC from Tralee when they got news of the Holmes Ambush
• The car was driven by T/Cadet Enfield Weston White. T/Cadet E M Leslie was sitting beside him. It was 2pm
• The car in which Leslie was sitting had to back round a corner outside the Auxiliary Police Barracks (Carnegie Free Library) in order to let the carrying the wounded Holmes pass
• Leslie was holding his rifle. He did not think that there was a bullet in the chamber, but there was, and he did not have the safety catch on.
• He accidentally moved the trigger while the car was backing, the rifle fired, and the shot hit Hall who was standing opposite

E M Leslie was court martialed, and found "not guilty" of any offences

The funeral was attended by Bing AT, Ireland BJ, Hewitt BE, Apperley TKG , Cowden A, Baartman HWL

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