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Burial/memorial information
Son of Bombardier F. Hall and Mary Hall, of 43 Union Road, Leytonstone, London, United Kingdom.
Fred Hall, Leo Clarke and Robert Shankland all lived on Pine Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. It is believed to be the only street in the world to have three Victoria Cross recipients living on the same street.
The city of Winnipeg later renamed it Valour Road in honour of the men. A bronze plaque is mounted on a street lamp at the corner of Portage Avenue and Valour Road to tell this story.
An extract from The London Gazette," No. 29202, dated June 23, 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.
Digital gallery of Company Sergeant Major Frederick William Hall
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Photo of Frederick Hall
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Attestation Paper (front)
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Attestation Paper (back)
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Photograph
Sergeant-Major F.W. Hall -
Award Citation
Personal Information Sheet -
Service Records
Casualty Form - Active Service -
Pay Records
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Personal Letter
Anonymous, c.a. 1915 -
Magazine clipping
This account published in 1917 in Canada in Khaki magazine honours the heroism of Frederick William Hall, V.C. The magazine was published for the Canadian War Records Office by the Montreal Star Publishing Co. Ltd., with net profits going to the Canadian War Memorials Fund. -
Letter
This letter was published in a collection of Allied Veterans' short stories entitled "What the 'Boys' Did Over There by 'Themselves'. This 186 page book was edited by Henry L. Fox and published in New York in 1918. -
Inscription
Menin Gate Memorial 8th Bn Canadian Infantry panel -
Newspaper Clipping
In memory of the men and women memorialized on the pages of the Winnipeg Evening Tribune during World War One. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Family Memorial
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Inscription
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Valour Road plaque
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Cenotaph
Barrie Military Park, Canadian Victoria Cross Recipients, Cenotaph -
Memorial
Inscription on the Menin Gate … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Inscription
Menin Gate -
Inscription
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Honour roll
Memorial plaque in front of the United Kingdom High Commission in Ottawa to commemorate Canadians who have been awarded the Victoria Cross. -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Free Press Prairie Farmer newspaper c.1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Manitoba Free Press newspaper c.1915. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Frederick William Hall
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Frederick William Hall
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Frederick William Hall
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Frederick William Hall
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Frederick William Hall
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Frederick William Hall
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Frederick William Hall
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Frederick William Hall
Digital gallery of
Company Sergeant Major Frederick William Hall
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Commemorated on:
Page 17 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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