2nd Ltn.
John Martindale Hall
Military Details
Regiment & Unit / Ship
attch. 8th Border Regiment
Enlisted
October 1915
Awards and Medals
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
October 1915
Place of Enlistment
Whitehaven
Residence at Enlistment
7 Inkerman Terrace , Whitehaven
Rank at Enlistment
2nd Lieutenant
Battalion at Enlistment
3rd
Service History
Battalion War Diary Extract
TRENCHES 26th August 1916 A & C companies moved at 1.15pm to QUARRY POST and were joined by B & D companies. The whole Battalion then relieved the 1st Battn Wiltshire Regt. in the front line trenches, B Coy took over Hindenburg trench C & D in support and A in reserve. 27th The front line was heavily shelled throughout the day also the support companies. Many casualties. 28th 2 Lt. Hall killed[3] and again many casualties. B Coy relieved by D Coy.
Transfer Details
Battalion Transferred To
Attch 8th
Personal Details
Date of Birth
7th March 1897
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Religion
C of E
Address
7 Inkerman Terrace , Whitehaven
Residence (Census)
7 Inkerman Terrace , Whitehaven
Residence (Roll of Honour)
7 Inkerman Terrace , Whitehaven
Parents
James T & Elizabeth Hall
Siblings
Sydney , Marjorie Agnes ,Edith Marie
Education and Occupation
School
St Bees School
Occupation
Bank Worker
Work Address
Bank of Whitehaven
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
28th August 1916
Age at Death
19
Circumstances of Death
Killed in Action
Place of Death
Somme
Theater of Action
France
Battle
Battle of the Somme
Regiment at Death
Border Regiment
Battalion/Vessel at Death
attch. 8th
Rank at Death
2nd Ltn.
Notes
John Martindale Hall was born in Cleator Moor, Cumberland, in 1897, the son of James Thomas Hall, a musical instrument seller, and his wife Elizabeth. In May 1913 he went to work for Bank of Whitehaven as an apprentice at its Cleator Moor branch. In 1916 that bank was acquired by Manchester & Liverpool District Banking Co. By that date, however, Hall was already away on military service. He was commissioned into the Border Regiment in November 1915, having previously been a Cadet in its Officer Training Corps. Second Lieutenant John Martindale Hall died on 28 August 1916 of wounds received in action on the Somme. He was 19 years old.
Buried or Commemorated at
BLIGHTY VALLEY CEMETERY, AUTHUILLE WOOD
France
Grave Position: Special Memorial 4
Private Memorial: St Johns War Memorial
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