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VC589 Frederick William Hall
BORN 21 February 1885
DIED 24 April 1915 AGE 30
VC Won 24 April 1915 AGE 30
Place VC Won Near Poelcappelle, Belgium
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name Frederick William Hall No. 1539 POSTHUMOUS
VC Issue No. 589 Awards VC
Regiment Canadian Expeditionary Force, Manitoba Regiment, 8th (90th Winnipeg Rifles) Battalion, C Company
Later
Now Disbanded
Rank VC Won Company Sergeant-Major
Rank End Of Career Company Sergeant-Major
Place Of Birth Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny, Ireland
Place Of Death Near Poelcappelle, Belgium
Buried/Location Ashes Named on Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing, Ypres, Belgium (location unknown)
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Plot/Grave no. Panel 24, Column 5
Gazetted 23 June 1915
VC Presented Registered post to his mother, Mrs Mary Hall, Winnipeg, Canada on 5 August 1916
Memorials
P Named on the Menin Gate ,Ypres ,Belgium
P Victoria Cross Commemorative Plaque, British High Commission, 80 Elgin Street, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Bronze plaque on lamp-post at Portage Avenue, Valour Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
By The Way…
One of three men to have lived on Pine Street (later named Valour Road), Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to be awarded the VC
VC Held By
Winnipeg Rifles Museum, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
