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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."
