Ref ID: 3413
Name
Francis Henry Hall.
Description
Belfast Telegraph Newspaper Photograph of Second Lieutenant Francis Henry Hall.
Life Story
Name: Francis Henry Hall.
Service Number:
Rank: Second Lieutenant.
Battalion: 1st Battalion Attached to 9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion.
Regiment: Royal Irish Fusiliers.
Born: 23rd August 1893, County Armagh.
Died: 30th September 1918.
Address: 13 Lonsdale Street, Shankill Road, Belfast
.
Francis Henry Hall, son of John and Margaret Hall, lived at 13 Lonsdale Street, Shankill Road, Belfast
.
The 1901 Ireland Census has Francis living at house 25, Glenanne, Markethill, County Armagh with his mother, his father, occupation, Foreman Lapper, and three sisters, Margaret Isobel, 18 years, Sarah Nettie, 14 years, Annie M L, 11 years, and Francis, 7 years
.
The 1911 Ireland Census has Francis living at 27 Fleetwood Street, Belfast with his father, Linen Measurer, and three sisters, Margaret Isabel, 28 years, N.S Teacher, Sarah Nettie, 24 years, Annie Mary Lyttle, 20 years, N.S Teacher
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Francis signed the Ulster Covenant on the 28th of September 1912, Ulster Day
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Francis joined the Royal Irish Fusiliers.
He was posted as part of the British Expeditionary Force to France on the 20th of June 1917.
Francis Henry was a Second Lieutenant in 1st Battalion, Attached to 9th (North Irish Horse) Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers when he was Killed In Action on the 30th September 1918 aged 25 years
.
A local newspaper states.
SECOND LIEUT. FRANCIS HENRY HALL, Royal Irish Fusliers, killed in action on the 30th September, was a son of Mr John Hall, 13 Lonsdale Street, Belfast, and a graduate of Queens University. A teacher by profession, he enlisted in the Ulster Division, and obtained a commission in the Fusiliers on the 26th June 1918, promoted from the rank of sergeant in the Royal Irish Rifles
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Another states.
HALL - Second-Lieut Francis Henry Hall, Royal Irish Fusiliers, killed in action on the 30th September, served in the ranks of the Ulster Division, and after cadet training was gazetted to the Fusiliers in June, 1918. He was a son of Mr John Hall, 13 Lonsdale Street, Belfast
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Francis Soldiers Effects were left to his father John and his sister Sarah Nettie
.
He received the British War Medal and Victory Medal
.
He is Remembered at Dadizeele New British Cemetery, Belgium.
To Remember Is To Honour
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Theme
Shankill Roll of Honour
Date
1918
Classification
Newspaper, Photograph, Photograph - Belfast Telegraph
