Those Who Served
Pte. Wilfred Haggar . British Army 8th Battalion York and Lancaster from Connisbrough (d.1st July 1916) |
L/Cpl. Graverra Haggas . British Army 8th Btn. York & Lancaster Regiment from 126 Whitby Road, Bradford (d.7th Jun 1917) |
Pte. Sidney Haigh . British Army 8th Btn Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry from Morley, Yorkshire. (d.8th Jun 1917) Sidney Haigh was 19 years old, married and had one daughter. He lost his life on the 8th of June 1917, he has no known grave and is remembered on the Menin Gate in Ypres. |
Lt. Victor Louis Bosker Haigh MC.. British Army Royal Garrison Artillery Lt. Victor Haigh is buried in Camden, NSW, Australia. His faded gravestone indicates he won an MC. The Supplement to the London Gazette 26th of July 1918 details his act of gallantry: "For Conspicuous Gallantry and devotion to duty. He kept close touch with the field batteries and placed his section in positions of extreme danger, in order to protect the batteries. On one occasion he stopped a panic, collecting stragglers and leading them to high ground, where they were most urgently needed. He had crashed one enemy aeroplane and has many times kept his guns firing until forced by heavy fire to withdraw."
Camden has a special project going at the moment "Camden Remembers" and we would like further information about him. |
Thomas Noel Hains . British Army 12th Btn. London Regiment from Eastrington, Yorks |
Capt. Owen Hairsine MC.. British Army 71st Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps (d.7th Jun 1917) |
Pte John Haker . British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers from 25, Coldwell Terrace, High Felling, Co. Durham (d.26th Aug 1916) Haker, John. Private, 19/1004, Died of wounds on 26th August 1916. Aged 42 years.
Buried in Abbeville Communal Cemetery, Somme, in grave IV. A. 20.
Husband of Eleanor Cowen Haker, of 25, Coldwell Terrace, High Felling, Co. Durham.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
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Pte. Geoffrey Maurice Barnewall Hales . Australian Imperial Force 13th Australian Field Ambulance Geoffrey Hales was studying medicine at the University of Sydney when he enlisted on the 1st of September 1916. He left sailed for England on the 9th of November with the 8th Reinforcements, 4th Divisional Ammunition Column. He transferred to the 13th Australian Field Ambulance in April 1917 and served at Messines and Ypres. He returned to Australia on the 17th of April 1918 and resumed his medical studies. |
Hall . Army 9th Btn. Durham Light Infantry |
Pte. Albert Edward Hall . British Army Ayreshire Yeomanry |
L/Cpl. Arthur Edmund Hall . British Army 3rd Battalion Australian Imperial Force from Newcastle, Australia Arthur enlisted September 1915 and fought in Europe from during WW1 from August 1916 until the end of the War. He was wounded in May 1917 at Bullincourt and spent 2 months recuperating in England before returning to France and resuming his role as a stretcher bearer on the frontline for the duration of the War. He eventually returned to Australia in July 1919. |
Lt. Arthur Charles Hall VC. Australian Army 7th Garrison Battalion 54th Battalion from Australia |
Pte. C. Hall . British Army West Yorkshire Regiment We have a medal issued to above named soldier.
Can you tell me what is the medal and anything more about Pte. Hall.
Much appreciated. DB |
Sjt. G. W. Hall . Army 2/8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry |
2nd Lieut J P, H. Hall . British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers (d.1st Nov 1918) Hall, J, P, H. Second Lieutenant, Killed in action on 1st November 1918.
Buried in Vichte Military Cemetery, Anzegem, West-Vlaanderen, in grave II. D. 5.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
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Sjt. J. Hall . Army 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry |
Pte. John William Hall . British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.11th May 1915) John William Hall died whilst held as a POW he is buried at Cologne Southern Cemetery. |
Capt. Norman Hall . British Army 2/5th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers from Bury, Lancashire Born on 28th February 1892, Norman Hall studied science (probably chemistry) at Manchester University where he joined the OTC. Aged 22, he was working on glycerine development at Lever Brothers in Port Sunlight on the outbreak of war. Because of his OTC experience he tried to join the regular army, though was rejected on medical grounds. He joined a “Pals” Regiment in Liverpool (he achieved the required chest measurement by breathing out and having the tape held loosely and also jumped up and down on the scales so that he registered the correct weight!). He quickly transferred to the 2/5th Lancashire Fusiliers (Territorial Force)on its formation in Bury in September 1914. He volunteered for service overseas, although as a Territorial he was not obliged to do so. Because of his (limited) relevant experience in the OTC he was appointed as a signaller and had an important role in establishing and maintaining field telephone communications. He began as a private, promoted quickly to Lieutenant and then 2nd Lieutenant before travelling overseas to France, rising to the rank of Temporary Captain in charge of a Company. He transferred to the 1/5th in June 1917 following his return to the Front after recovering from wounds, demoted (as he saw it) to his substantive rank of 2nd Lieutenant. He attained the rank of substantive Captain by the end of the War and possibly Temporary Major.
He was severely wounded on September 9th 1916 when he was repatriated, returning to the Front in France in June 1917. He was injured again in August 1918 – it seems that the horse he was riding to collect beer for a celebration of the Battalion’s Battle Honour (Minden Day – 6th August) fell on him and damaged his foot. He was again repatriated and did not return to the Front. He returned to his job with Lever Brothers on demobilisation.
In the family there is a series of 5 volumes of diaries which, although written retrospectively, give a detailed account of his experiences and appear to have been based on diaries written in the field (three of which we have). We also have sketch maps of actions, letters home, slides and a couple of original battle orders. In amongst the intricate detail of troop movements and other technical military information (the layout of field telephone networks and trenches, attempts to listen in to German telephones and a plan for a “top secret” chemical gas scheme in his section) the daily routine in the trenches and other locations is vividly described. There are many reflective anecdotes and digressions (eg. about French citizens and farms, signalling procedures, dugout life, treatment of wet feet, bathing routines, management of the company including censorship of letters, rat catching, the battalion dog, a trip to Paris with Simone and her sister “the girls” etc).
Whilst casualties are recorded, the account is matter of fact and generally lacking in emotion – the stiff upper lip mentality is very apparent. Yet he obviously cared for his colleagues and the men under his command and was deeply affected by the deaths of some of his close comrades. He clearly recognised that he had some narrow escapes (including one occasion when orders, which would almost certainly have been fatal, arrived too late) and was fortunate to survive. It seems that the approach adopted, and indeed the very act of writing the account itself, were his way of dealing with the horror that he experienced.
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Pte Patrick Hall . British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers (d.28th March 1918) Hall, Patrick, Private, 43184, Killed on 28th March 1918,
Remembered on the Pozieres Memorial panel 16 to 18. Battalion Service history shows his service number as 43164.
From the Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour
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Pte. Percy James Hall . British Army 9th Btn. Cheshire Regiment from 16, Walker Terrace, West Hoe, Plymout (d.6th Jun 1918) |
Pte. Robert Hall . British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.8th May 1915) |
Pte. Walter Sidney Hall . British Army 6th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment from 12, Wood St., Grimsby. (d.7th Jun 1917) |
Pte. George Hallam . British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.8th May 1915) |
Sargent William Herbert Hallam . Army 9th North Staffs |
Spr. John Walter Hallatt . British Army 23rd Signal Coy Royal Engineers from 2, Bloor St., Walkley, Sheffield. (d.7th Jun 1917) |
Pte. C. Halliday . British Army 8th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.13th Jun 1917) |
Pte. George Edward Halliday . British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers (d.8th May 1915) |
Pte. H. C. Halliday . Australian Imperial Forces 33rd Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917) |
2nd Lt Morrice Frederick John Halliday . Royal Flying Corps 6th Btn. (d.7th Jun 1917) |
John Hallmark . British Army Royal Garrison Artillery from Wigan  John Hallmark 3rd from right
 John is seated in this photograph.
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