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|Date of birth=Research suggests Pte Hall was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1918, father George, mother Elizabeth Helen (nee Shepherd).
 
|Date of birth=Research suggests Pte Hall was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1918, father George, mother Elizabeth Helen (nee Shepherd).
 
|Age=22
 
|Age=22
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no Enlistment Date as yet.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Category "B", Authority Casualty L.
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|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no Enlistment Date as yet.  Posted ? 12th Bn DLI.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority - Category "B", Authority Casualty L.
|Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed.
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|Joined Brigade=Date not yet confirmed but possibly 1/9/1939.
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
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|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row I, Grave 1, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
|Home address=Resident of Newcastle upon Tyne.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row I, Grave 1, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
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|Home address=Resident of Newcastle upon Tyne.  Lived at 7, Helen Street, Newcastle.  Husband of Mrs I Hall.  
 
|Image Name=Hall_G_D_4459374.JPG
 
|Image Name=Hall_G_D_4459374.JPG
 
|Image Title=Pte G D Hall's CWGC headstone.
 
|Image Title=Pte G D Hall's CWGC headstone.
 
|Source table=1TS
 
|Source table=1TS
 
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Revision as of 16:05, 20 June 2019

Personnel Entry

Pte G D Hall's CWGC headstone.
Pte G D Hall's CWGC headstone.

Name Hall George Douglas
Army number 4459374
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth Research suggests Pte Hall was born in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1918, father George, mother Elizabeth Helen (nee Shepherd).
Age 22
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, no Enlistment Date as yet. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS. Served BEF. KILLED in ACTION 20/5/40, Authority - Category "B", Authority Casualty L.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Date not yet confirmed but possibly 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 20-May-40. Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row I, Grave 1, BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Ficheux.
Home address Resident of Newcastle upon Tyne. Lived at 7, Helen Street, Newcastle. Husband of Mrs I Hall.
Source table 1TS