Company Sergeant Major FREDERICK WILLIAM HALL
Canadian Infantry
8th Bn.
Died 25 April 1915
Age 28 years old
- Country of Service Canadian
- Awards Victoria Cross
- Additional Info Son of Mary Hall, of 43, Union Rd., Leytonstone, London, and the late Bmdr. F. Hall.
- Additional Citation note
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 Serjeant-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 Serjeant-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."
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