William Edward Hall, VC Memorial Plaque

WILLIAM EDWARD HALL VC

THE FIRST NOVA SCOTIAN AND THE FIRST MAN OF COLOUR
TO WIN THE EMPIRE'S HIGHEST AWARD "FOR VALOUR"
BORN AT HORTON, NS APRIL 20TH, 1821
DIED AT AVONPORT, NS AUGUST 27TH, 1904
ON NOVEMBER 18TH 1857, WHILE SERVING ON HMS SHANNON
HALL WAS PART OF A CREW UNDER THE COMMAND OF A LIEUTENANT
WHICH PLACED A 24 POUNDER GUN NEAR THE AMOLE OF THE
SHAH MUJJIFF AT LUCKNOW. WHEN ALL BUT THE LIEUTENANT
AND HALL WERE EITHER KILLED OR WOUNDED, HALL WITH UTTER
DISREGARD FOR LIFE KEPT LOADING AND FIRING THE GUN
UNTIL THE WALL HAD BEEN BREACHED AND THE RELIEF OF
LUCKNOW HAD BEEN ASSURED.

HIS GREAT PRIDE WAS HIS BRITISH HERITAGE.