F/O Don Hall . RCAF from Okotoks
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F/O Don Hall . Royal Canadian Air Force 158 Squadron Flying Officer Don Hall served with the Royal Canadian Air Force during WW2.
He was posted to 158 Squadron and was later shot down over Holland and spent the rest of the war in various POW Camps initially Stalag XIIIB.
The external link connects to a very detailed website relating his full story.
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Flt.Sgt. Donald McNeill Hall . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 40 Squadron from Cheshire (d.11th June 1943) On the day that Donald Hall died, he had volunteered to stand in for the rear gunner who was unable to go, as he was injured. His 'plane was shot down over Tunisia.
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E Hall . British Army E Hall served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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E Hall . British Army Durham Light Infantry E Hall served with the Durham Light Infantry British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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E Hall . British Army E Hall served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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E Hall . British Army E Hall served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Edith Lilian Hall . Women's Land Army from Manchester
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Pte. Edmund Robert Hall . British Army Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders from Chorley, Shropshire My Father, Pte Edmund Robert Hall, known as Eddie, served with the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders in North Africa and Italy. He didn't tell me very much about it, I think the memories were too painful but he was immensely proud to have served with this regiment. I have a newspaper cutting from the Shrewsbury News dated 5th May (1945?) towards the end of the war where he had been one of the first group of Eighth Army troops to cross the Senio and had captured a German prisoner. He did tell me, in tears, of an occasion where the piper leading them into battle had been shot and killed. He was also very bitter about being named a 'D-Day Dodger' and I found a flimsy, typed, copy of the words of this song with his papers after he died. I would love to find out more about his history with the Regiment.
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Pte. Edward Lawrence "Barney" Hall . British Army 2nd Btn. Seaforth Highlanders from Langley Park, Durham Edward Lawrence Hall was born in 1904 in Durham and joined up aged 21 after a bit of family trouble. I already knew he had served from 1925 to 1933, in India and Palestine, and was recalled for service in 1939.
Today I read in his army records that he was in France from 13 Sept 1939 to 16 June 1940, and started Googling the 2nd Seaforth Highlanders for June 1940 as it felt a bit late for Dunkirk.I found various pages including yours and a lot of information about how most of the Battalion surrendered in the face of overwhelming force.
My grandad must have escaped however as he was back in England from 17 June 1940 and was sent to Fort George in Scotland where he worked as a Carpenter and Joiner until 1944 when he transferred to the Military Police. He did not serve overseas again.
I suppose I'll never know how he escaped from France, but if anyone can suggest further avenues of research I would be very grateful.
Editor's Note:
The 2nd Battalion was part of 152 Brigade, itself part of 51st Highland Division.
The Division was further inland along with the French and not encircled at Dunkirk.
The 154th Brigade suffered losses but were able to withdraw through central France. The other Brigades 152 and 153 were obliged to surrender along with the Divisional Commander at St Valery.
Quite a few escaped on marches to POW Camps and it is recorded that 134 of the escapees who made it back to the UK by June 1941 were Seaforth Highlanders.
Fort George near Inverness in Scotland was the Divisional Depot and a new Division formed and trained therefrom the 9th Division and survivors from France was formed and trained there being finally ready for action and embarking for Egypt in June 1942.
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L/Cpl. Edward Hall . British Army 9th Btn. Royal Northumberland Fusiliers from Sunderland Grandad, Edward Hall was with the 9th Royal Northumberland Fusiliers from 16th of October 1940. He was captured in Malaya on 15th of Feb 1941 and held until 2nd of Sep 1945.
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Cpl. Eric Hall . 97 Squadron
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FA Hall . British Army FA Hall served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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FE Hall . British Army FE Hall served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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FJ Hall . British Army FJ Hall served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Gnr. Fred Hall . Royal Air Force 76 Squadron from Eccles I have my Dad Fred Hall's Flying Log Book as a air gunner from 29th December 1943 to 18th March 1944 stationed at Stormy Down. He flew in Ansons, Wellingtons, and Halifax's. His final unit from 16th October 1944 was with 76 Squadron.
The amazing thing about the crew he was with - Dad, Kit, Jim, Willie, Jock, Norman and Johnny was that they all survived the war.
One of the crew was writing a book and was in correspondence with my Dad, but he died in 2000 and I have no information about which member it was.
I would love to hear from anyone who can provide me with details.
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Pte. Frederick Hall . British Army 8th Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders from Bury Lancashire (d.23rd Apr 1943) Private Fred Hall 3715083, was my grandma's dearly loved brother. Uncle Fred was 27 when he was killed in action in Medjez de Bab in Tunisia where he is laid to rest, grave ref 4.E.15 in the war cemetery.
I have the original telegram reporting his death. I would love to find out more about his service records.
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FW Hall . British Army FW Hall served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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G Hall . British Army York and Lancaster Regiment G Hall served with the York and Lancaster Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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G Hall . British Army G Hall served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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GA Hall . British Army GA Hall served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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GAW Hall . British Army GAW Hall served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Geoff Hall . Royal Air Force 78 Sqd.
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LSA(TY) George Hall . Royal Navy Drake HMS Dipper from Bolton, Lancs George Hall was my father. I have recently found his Certificate of History and found he served on HMS Dipper from 17 June 1946 to 15 September 1946. He served in the Navy from 24 September 1942 until 15 September 1946 when he was "Released in Class 'A'. He also served on HMS Colossus from 29 October 1945 to 26 April 1946 when it took part in the evacuation of Japanese prisoners of war, converting the flight deck into a playground for the children. He said he used to make up a crew if a ship came in needing someone. He worked on convoy protection as a depth charge setter.
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Pte. George William Hall . British Army 2nd Battalion Royal West Kent Regiment from West Hoathly, Sussex George Hall was posted to Malta in 1939 where he was defending Luqa Airfield till November 1942.
The 2nd Battalion Royal west Kent Regiment was then posted to North Africa. Records are not clear as to when he was captured but family members have told of capture in Malta. George was then marched and moved by train to Stalag IVf Hartmansdorf Chemnitz. Records first list George as missing, however, was reported on 16th of November 1943 as Prisoner in German hands. George was later set free and left the forces in 1946. Not much is know of his time in the battalion but if anyone knows of George please add your stories and comments.
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Pte. George Henry Hall . British Army 5th Btn. Royal Norfolk Regiment from Dereham, Norfolk My great uncle, George Hall, was born in Cwmbran, South Wales and was one of 9 or 10 siblings who were serving in the forces during WW2. He enlisted in 1929, and was posted/stationed in Dereham, Norfolk, where he married Ivy E Ashman in 1935.
When war broke out, he was with the 5th Battalion, Royal Norfolk Regiment and, after the Japanese entered the war in December 1941, they were transported overseas to Singapore to defend the Island. Unfortunately, it was overrun and after it fell in February 1942 he became a POW in Thailand, where he spent the rest of the war until liberated in late August 1945.
Within that time, he was first a prisoner at the infamous Changi Jail POW camp, then at various others, whilst being forced to work on the Death Railway in terrible conditions.
From his liberation, the family are unsure of what become of him, and I would like find out more about him and his life before, during and after the war, if possible, so if anybody knew him, the Battalion, where he lived etc., or could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it. Unfortunately, I haven't got a photo of him or the Battalion. Thanks in advance.
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Gdsm. George Henry Hall . British Army 2nd Btn. Coldstream Guards from Lincolnshire George Hall served with the 2nd Coldstream Guards. He was captured and became
POW No.7111 held at Stalag XVIIIA at Wolfsberg, Austria.
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GJ Hall . British Army GJ Hall served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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