Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookon in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =HALL, GERALD PERCY=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Highland Light Infantry, 2nd _s._ of Robert Hall, of Glen Mervyn, Glanmire, co. Cork, by his wife, Isabel Travers, dau. of the Very Rev. R. W. Forrest, D.D., Dean of Worcester; _b._ Glanmire, 11 Feb. 1894; educ. Clifton College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 4th (Extra Reserve Battn.), 23 Aug. 1913, and promoted Lieut. 21 Aug. 1914; went to France on the outbreak of war, and was killed in action at Ypres, 13 Nov. 1914; _unm._ [Illustration: =Gerald Percy Hall.=] =HALL, HARRY FRANK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5034), 180634, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =HALL, HENRY=, A.B., 223106, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =HALL, HENRY JOSEPH=, Private, No. 81347, 30th Battn. Canadian Expeditionary Force, _s._ of James Hall, of 146, Maynard Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia; _b._ Halifax, N.S., 1889; educ. there: joined the Canadian Militia about 1913, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, volunteered for service overseas; left Canada with the first contingent, and was killed in action, 22 Nov. 1915; _unm._ =HALL, JOHN FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11551, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =HALL, SYDNEY ALBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 4056), S.S. 103873. H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov 1914. =HALL, THOMAS ALLISON=, Armourer's Crew, M. 3951, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =HALL, THOMAS HOWARD=, Private, No. 10798, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, eldest _s._ of Thomas Hall, of 47, Broadwell Road, Oldbury, Worcester, Blacksmith, by his wife, Annie, dau. of Dixon Parsons; _b._ Cradley Heath, co. Stafford, 19 July, 1894; educ. Oldbury National Schools; enlisted 16 July, 1914; went to France, 24 Oct. and was killed in the heavy fighting at Guivenchy Brickfields, 6 Feb. 1915; _unm._ =HALL, WALTER CHARLES NELSON=, Leading Cook's Mate, M. 922, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =HALL, WILLIAM=, Rifleman, No. 5312, 2nd Battn. The Rifle Brigade, 3rd _s._ of the late Charles Hall, of Macclesfield, by his wife, Jane (28, Bridge Street, Macclesfield), dau. of George Lane, of Bollington Cross, co. Cheshire; _b._ Macclesfield, co. Cheshire, 9 Nov. 1895: educ. Hurdsfield Boys' School there; enlisted Jan. 1914; went to France in Nov. and was killed in action, near Neuve Chapelle, 9 May, 1915, while bomb throwing; _unm._ A comrade wrote: "Although he was but a youngster, he was a little hero all through and knew no fear." =HALL, WILLIAM FREDERICK=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9080), 294862, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =HALLAM, WALTER, D.C.M.=, Private, No. 7540, 2nd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Samuel Hallam, Private Estate Steward; _b._ Horsham, co. Sussex, 11 May, 1886; enlisted 25 Nov. 1907; killed in action at Rentel Woods, 11 Nov. 1914. The officer to whom he acted as servant wrote: "We were holding the trenches in front of Ypres in a wood just by a place called Rentel. There was a German attack in progress, and they were firing hard at that part of the line. Hallam, with his accustomed fearlessness, was firing, with his head well above the parapet, and was most unfortunately shot right through the head." He was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal, 17 Dec. 1914, the official record [London Gazette, 17 Dec. 1914], stating that he "always volunteered and carried out successfully duties of an extraordinary dangerous character, such as sniping and patrol work. Has shown great qualities of nerve and resource in difficult situations." He _m._ at Paddington, 13 Dec. 1913, Harriette Matilda, dau. of Henry George Shore, and had a dau., Lily Edith Walter Jessie, _b._ 12 Aug. 1914. [Illustration: =Walter Hallam.=] =HALLAN, ROWLAND=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11413 (Ports), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =HALLER, JOHN HENRY LYLE=, Lieut. and posthumous Capt., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 2nd, Battn. East Surrey Regt., elder _s._ of George Haller, of Langham House, 197, Albany Street, Regent's Park, N.W., and 52, Leadenhall Street, E.C., Chemical Merchant, by his wife, Agnes Mary, dau. of the late David Watts, of 17, Albert Road, Regent's Park; _b._ Regent's Park, London, N.W., 21 Dec., 1894; educ. Merchant Taylors' School, and Lancing College, and afterwards in France and Germany. Intended for a commercial career in connection with applied science, he worked for some time in the laboratory of Dr. Danysz at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, and attended a full course of lectures in the same institution, besides doing practical work in a manufacturing laboratory. At Lancing he had joined the O.T.C., and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 3rd East Surreys, 11 May, 1912. and served for six months in Ireland with the 1st Battn. of that Regt.; gazetted Lieut. to the Special Reserve of the 3rd Battn 3 May, 1913, he rejoined the 1st Battn. on the outbreak of war and went to France in Sept. 1914. There he was transferred to the 2nd Battn. and was killed in action near Lindenhock, Flanders, 12 March, 1915; _unm._ Capt. S. P. White, 1st East Surreys wrote: "I had known Lyle before the war, and for a time he was my subaltern out here. I never had a better officer serving with me or a braver comrade. Soon after our 2nd Battn. came out, they had great losses in officers, and needing experienced officers to help them tide over their temporary difficulties. Lyle was ordered by name by the Corps Headquarters to be transferred. This battn. lost a good officer then, and one of the cheeriest and best of companions, and now the regt. is the poorer." Capt I. L. Le Fleming, temporarily commanding 2nd East Surreys, wrote: "Lieut. Haller was shot through the head by a German bullet, whilst himself firing over the parapet at the Germans. His death was instantaneous. Lieut. Haller had just been recommended by me for promotion to the rank of Capt. and the letter was in my pocket-book when he was shot. I valued his services immensely, and in him I have lost a most gallant and competent officer. He was also my subaltern in the 1st Battn. at the end of Oct. last year. Lieut. Haller was buried in Kemmel Churchyard, Belgium [Grave No. 12]," and Lieut. Gudon, 2nd East Surreys: "I was within a few yards of your son when he died. He was killed about 4.20 p.m. on March 12, whilst actually firing at a German from over the parapet. The exact place was about 120 yards south of Lindenhoek and about 150 yards N.E. of a hamlet called Sparnbrook." He was gazetted Capt. 9 April, 1915, to rank as from 2 Feb. and was mentioned in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French's Despatch of 31 May, 1915, for gallantry in the field. _COPY._ TEMP. CAPT. (ACTING MAJOR) CECIL CHARLES HATFIELD HALL, D.S.O. On the afternoon of the 26th April, orders were received that all |