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James Hall
Informationen zu Geburt
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Geburtsdatum: 25/12/1875 |
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Geburtsort: Woking, Surrey, England, Vereinigtes Königreich |
Allgemeine Informationen
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Letzter bekannter Wohnsitz: Cobham, Surrey, England, Vereinigtes Königreich |
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Beruf: Gärtner |
Informationen zum Armeedienst
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Land: England, Vereinigtes Königreich |
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Truppe: British Expeditionary Force |
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Rang: Private |
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Dienstnummer: G/15741 |
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Einberufung datum: 16/07/1916 |
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Einberufung ort: Guildford, Surrey, England, Vereinigtes Königreich |
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Einheiten: — Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), 7th Bn. (Letzte bekannte Einheit) |
Informationen zu Tod
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Sterbedatum: 10/08/1917 |
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Sterbeort: Stirling Castle, Zillebeke, Belgien |
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Todesursache: Im Kampf gefallen |
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Alter: 41 |
Begräbnisplatz
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Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm) Grabstelle: II Reihe: C Grab: 1 |
Auszeichnungen und Orden 2
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British War Medal Medaille |
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Victory Medal Medaille |
Punkte von Interesse 4
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| #2 | Letzter bekannter Wohnort | ||
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| #4 | Ort des Todes (ungefähr) |
Meine Geschichte
James Hall was a was a 41-year-old cowman from Woking, Surrey. He joined the 7th Queen’s (Royal West Surrey Regiment), part of the 55th Brigade, of the 18th Division.
On the 10 August 1917 the 18th Division participated in the Capture of Westhoek. The 7th Queens were to from a defensive flank along the southern edge of Inverness Copse. While moving into position at the jump-off line, they were spotted by the Germans. A green flare went up and an artillery barrage came down on the 7th Queens at 2.28 a.m., causing heavy casualties. The surviving Queens moved up along the eastern edge of Inverness Copse and were pinned down by rife and machine gun fire from Jasper Avenue.
Private Hall was one of the 272 casualties that day. After the war his body was recovered between Clapham Junction and Stirling Castle (28.J.13.d.4.50), the jump-off line on the 10th of August. James Hall is commemorated at Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), plot 2, row C, grave 1.
On the 10 August 1917 the 18th Division participated in the Capture of Westhoek. The 7th Queens were to from a defensive flank along the southern edge of Inverness Copse. While moving into position at the jump-off line, they were spotted by the Germans. A green flare went up and an artillery barrage came down on the 7th Queens at 2.28 a.m., causing heavy casualties. The surviving Queens moved up along the eastern edge of Inverness Copse and were pinned down by rife and machine gun fire from Jasper Avenue.
Private Hall was one of the 272 casualties that day. After the war his body was recovered between Clapham Junction and Stirling Castle (28.J.13.d.4.50), the jump-off line on the 10th of August. James Hall is commemorated at Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), plot 2, row C, grave 1.
Quellen 5
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55 Infantry Brigade: Headquarters (The National Archives, Kew (TNA), WO 95/2047/3). https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Verwendete Quellen |
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7 Battalion Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment) (The National Archives, Kew (TNA), WO 95/2051/1). https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Verwendete Quellen |
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Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911 (The National Archives, Kew (TNA), RG14). https://www.ancestry.com/ Verwendete Quellen |
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Margaret E Macculloch & David J Hall Family History Research https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~macculloch/genealogy/index.htm Verwendete Quellen |
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McCarthy Chris, Passchendaele: The Day-by-Day Account (Londen, Unicorn Publishing Group, 2018), 50-51. Verwendete Quellen |
Weitere Informationen 3
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Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=185bd1fd-6528-4df7-ae56-8878e2d73059 |
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/489776 |
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Lives of the First World War (Imperial War Museum) https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org.uk/lifestory/5349996 |