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Lt. Arthur Charles Hall VC
Australian Army 7th Garrison Battalion 54th Battalion
from:Australia
L/Cpl. Arthur George Hall
British Army 2nd Btn. Suffolk Regiment
from:Nuneaton
My Grandfather Arthur Hall had previously served in the Boar War at end of century and at some point he was in Belfast. But when war broke out he was in civilian life. We have established he joined up again on 12th of November 1914. He was shipped to France on 6th of July 1915. At this point we cannot find out what he did in France.
However we pick up the trail in Switzerland where he was interned at Murren on 19th December 1916. The German and British governments had an agreement to intern prisoners of war in neutral countries. Arthur Hall had been a POW in Venant d'Ohrdruf Germany. When and how he became a POW we do not know. He was transferred to Switzerland end of 1916 with a wound to left hand. At some point my grandmother visited my grandfather in Switzerland. There was a charitable organisation which took soldiers' wives to see them when they were interned.
He was discharged on 26th March 1919 by reason of "wounds". That year in December my mother was born on 30/12/19. We believed he was also gassed at some point during the war. He died as a civilian during WW2.
Any information would be appreciated.
Pte. Arthur Hall
British Army 9th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment
from:Leicester
(d.1st Oct 1917)
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
Cpl. Charles William Hall
British Army 20th Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Manchester
(d.3rd April 1917 )
Pte. Charles Fredrick Hall
British Army 2nd Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment
from:London
(d.8th Feb 1915)
My great uncle Charles Hall enlisted before the start of the first world war and was sent to Bermuda. He returned to fight in Belgium and France during 1915 and was mortally wounded in February 1915, dying on the 8th February. He is buried at Rue Petillon Military Cemetery at Fleurbaix, France. Uncle Charlie was buried under the wrong name and remained this way from 1915 until 2007, when after extensive research by my Brother Ronald and my Dad William, he was finally found and identified. This was a great relief for my Dad who always promised his Mum that he would find her brother. The War Graves Commission finally recognised the research done by my family and changed all records to reflect where he was and giving him a new grave stone. We still honour him every year by wearing his medals and laying a wreath on the local memorial on the 11th November. We involve the families young children in this so that his memory remains.
Capt. Edmund Pearsall Hall
British Army Leinster Regiment
Pte. Edward Hall
British Army 8th Battalion Kings Own Royal Lancashire
from:19 Froom St, Chorley
(d.15th Aug 1916)
Pte. Edward Hall who was my Great-Uncle served with the 8th Battalion of the King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment during WW1 and was killed in action on 15th August 1915. We think it was at Talus Boise as the Regiment was attacked there on that day. His regimental number was 16584 so he would probably have volunteered in December 1914. He left a widow and two children. Before joining up he worked at the Bleach Works Chorley.
As his body was never found he is commemorated on the Thiepval Monument on the Somme. We visited there in 2012 and found his name on the Monument and also in the book of remembrance. I have since sent a photograph of Edward to be included in the Wall of photographs at the Thiepval Museum which commemorates the brave soldiers who lost their lives.
Pte. Edwin Hall
British Army 20th (5th City Pals) Btn. B Coy., 6 Platoon Manchester Regiment
from:Gorton, Manchester
Pte Edwin Hall
British Army 12th Btn Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Stockton-on-Tees
Pte Edwin Hall
British Army 12th Btn Kings Royal Rifle Corps
Pte. Ernest James Hall
British Army 5th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders
from:Bretford, Warwickshire
(d.13th October 1918)
My great uncle Ernest Hall was killed in action on 13th of October 1918 a week before his birthday. He was killed in the final allied offensive. My Grandmother named her son Ernest James after her brother. Ernest was a baker from Bretford, Warwickshire. He is remembered at the War Memorial Park in Coventry
2Lt. Fred Hall
Royal Flying Corps 18 Squadron
from:North Sheilds
(d.22nd September 1916)
Fred Hall is interred in Guillemot Road Military Cemetery. He had previously served with the Dorset Regiment.
CSM. Frederick William Hall VC.
Canadian Expeditionary Forces 8th Btn.
(d.25th Apr 1915)
Frederick Hall served with the Canadian Expeditionary Forces Infantry 8th Battalion. He died on 25th April 1915, Aged 28, and is commemorated on the Menin Gate Memorial in Belgium. He was the son of Mary Hall, of 43, Union Rd., Leytonstone, London, and the late Bmdr. F. Hall.
An extract from The London Gazette, No. 29202, dated 23rd June, 1915, records the following:- "On 24th April, 1915, in the neighbourhood of Ypres, when a wounded man who was lying some 15 yards from the trench called for help, Company Sgt.Major Hall endeavoured to reach him in the face of a very heavy enfilade fire which was being poured in by the enemy. The first attempt failed, and a non-commissioned officer and private soldier who were attempting to give assistance were both wounded. Company Segt.Major Hall then made a second most gallant attempt, and was in the act of lifting up the wounded man to bring him in when he fell mortally wounded in the head."
Drvr. Frederick James Hall
Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force C Battery Royal Canadian Horse Artillery
from:Hadley, Shropshire
My father, Frederick James Hall, was born in New Hadley, Shropshire, in August 1892 and after attending Hadley School he worked as a brick maker near to his home. During the second decade of the 1900s there were several recruitment agents in Shropshire, giving lectures at various locations persuading men and women of the merits of starting a fresh life in Canada. Whether this prompted my father at the age of 20, and several other men from the village of New Hadley, Hadley and Trench to go to Canada I do not know, but he, together with travelling companions made their way to Liverpool and boarded the S.S.Grampion, a ship of the Allen Line under the command of Captain John Williams. She set sail on the 7th February 1913 and arrived at Pier 2 Halifax, Nova Scotia on February 16th. It was compulsory that to enter Canada a person had to have at least Ă‚ÂŁ10 on their person; my father was recorded as having Ă‚ÂŁ50. Once he had cleared customs and the obligatory medical examination, he set off on the Canadian Pacific Railway for Ville St Pierre, Montreal, where I am told there were purpose built blocks of flats at the disposal of people entering Canada. Being unmarried, he decided to explore more of Canada and looked for work wherever he decided to stay. I know he spent a considerable time in Montreal, but also in Toronto, Ontario and Vancouver, travelling again by Canadian Pacific Railway.
In 1914 Britain declared war on Germany and on the 23 February 1915 my father joined the Canadian Militia, lst Battery Reserve Brigade, his service number being 7108. On the 10th August 1915 he enlisted at Kingston, Ontario, for overseas service in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force in C Battery, Royal Canadian Horse Artillery, leaving soon after en-route for England. He sailed on the S.S.Hesperian which had been commandeered as a troop carrier, the ship docking at Devonport on the 28th August 1915, having been diverted there because of enemy action at Liverpool. “C” Battery remained in England as a training company so my father transferred to another Battery going to France where he served from November 1915 to 16th April 1919. His service as a gunner meant that he fought using the heavy gun artillery pulled by horses. He was very fond of the horses named Barney and Binks but sadly one of them was shot and died.
He fought in all the main battles including Vimy Ridge and Passchendaele and saw many horrendous sights and he lost many good friends he made during the war. During his service in France he was admitted to Rouen and Trouville hospitals with influenza and on many occasions for minor injuries and breaks to his hands and fingers. This was due to the gun carriage springing back and injuring him. Thankfully he was not wounded by enemy fire. However he was gassed during one of the gas attacks and this severely affected his health.
Armistice was signed on 11th November 1918 and on the 16th April 1919 my father returned to England and was discharged on 26th May 1919 at No.2. Canadian Discharge Depot, 113 Oxford Street, London, returning to the family home in Shropshire rather than returning to Canada. He and my mother Harriet Matilda Steventon Williams married at Holy Trinity Church, Hadley, in December 1919. For a while he worked at Joseph Sankey & Sons Ltd. now known as GKN Sankey but the gas from the war began to affect his lungs until he was only able to do very light work wherever he was fortunate enough to find it. His last employment was at the R.E.M.E. Depot at Leegomery. He died at the family home in Sunningdale Hadley at the age of 60.
He remained a Proud Salopian during his time in Canada and for his lifetime.
Cpl. Frederick George Hall
British Army 7th Btn. Royal Munster Fusiliers
from:Clonmel
(d.16th August 1915)
Frederick Hall served with the 7th Royal Munster Fusiliers.
Pte. Fredrick Thomas Hall
British Army 1st Btn. York & Lancaster Regiment
Fighting was so intense at 2nd Battle of Ypres that the soldier next to Pte Fredrick Hall said "Shall we go into the wood (Nr Red Lodge)& end it all?" meaning shoot themselves. I'm pleased that my brave grandfather did no such thing or I wouldn't be writing this. Brave soldiers of WW1 I salute you.
Capt Fredrick Granger Hall
British Army 13th Btn Cheshire Regiment
(d.7th July 1916)
Sjt. G. W. Hall
Army 2/8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Gnr. George Alexander Hall
British Army 110th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
(d.21st June 1917)
George Hall was born in Fulham and enlisted initially into the 10th (Service) Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment. He transferred to the Royal Field Artillery and went to France on 26th of September 1915. He was serving with D Battery when he died of wounds.
Pte. George Hall
British Army 10th Btn. West Yorkshire Rgt. (Prince of Wales's Own)
from:16 Lee Street, Fulwell, Sunderland
(d.1st July 1916)
George Hall was the son of Robert and Dorothy Hall of Fulwell, Sunderland. He was the brother of Robert Hall. He is buried in row D1 of the Fricourt New Military Cemetery.
Dvr. George Henry Hall
British Army D Battery Royal Field Artilery
from:Merrion Pembrokeshire
(d.14th September 1918)
Apparently, George Hall was killed only six weeks before the end of the War.
His brother, James Hall, was with him when he was killed. Born in 1890 and 28 when he died. He was my father's oldest brother by 10 years. I understand that his body is buried in France, but I have just received a letter from a lady living in Pembrokeshire informing me that there is a memorial plaque/stone in Castlemartin Church honouring him with two other men.
This memorial was originally in Warren Church (very close to Merrion his home village) and transfered around 1968 to Castlemartin. My father was Stanley John Valentine Hall and I am his only son, James. I wrote a letter to "Pembrokeshire Life Magazine" many months ago asking for any information on the Hall family from Merrion Village and the above arrived today July 2nd 2016.
2nd Lt. George William Hall MiD.
British Army 23rd Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Newbury, Berkshire
George Hall was Mentioned in Despatches twice, he served with 23rd Heavy Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.
Pte Gordon Hall
British Army 1/5th Btn The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
from:Penzance
(d.11 April 1918)
Pte. Henry Arthur Hall
British Army 23rd Battalion Duke of Cambridge's Own (Middlesex)
from:Edmonton, London
(d.5th November 1916)
Pte. Henry Hall
British Army 8th Battalion Kings own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:7 Lindley Road, Firth Park, Sheffield
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Pte, Henry Hall
British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Stratford Upon Avon
(d.31st October 1914)
There is little known about Henry Hall. He joined up as a regular late 1909 or 1910.
Pte. Herbert Hall
British Army 5th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Millers Dale, Derbyshire
Bert Hall was my grandfather. He died in Droylesdon, Manchester in 1963. I don't know much about his war service, I am still looking into the history of his time as a soldier. He enlisted on the 7th of January 1915 and fought in France. I remember he suffered the rest of his life from the effects of Mustard Gas used during WW1.
Bert was mustered from Tunnelers Mate to Platelayer Proficient on 5th March 1917. He was a quarryman before enlisting.
Pte. Issac Hall
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Houghton-le-Spring
(d.1st July 1916)
Issac Hall is named on the Thiepval Memorial
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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