. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. rvice and dis-tinguished himself. He received the MilitaryCross, 13 November 1916, for great bravery inleading his men after all the other officers wereeither killed or wounded, and in capturing 170Germans. He was killed in action at Arras, 7April 1917. His loss was a very severe one tohis Battalion, for he had the soldiering instinctsin a marked degree and was certain of promo-tion. HALL, HERBERT JOHN: 2nd Lieu-tenant, 5th Battalion Gordon Highland-ers ; son of JamesHall; born St. Fergus,25 October 1886;educated St. FergusPublic School andPeterhe
. Roll of service in the Great War, 1914-1919. rvice and dis-tinguished himself. He received the MilitaryCross, 13 November 1916, for great bravery inleading his men after all the other officers wereeither killed or wounded, and in capturing 170Germans. He was killed in action at Arras, 7April 1917. His loss was a very severe one tohis Battalion, for he had the soldiering instinctsin a marked degree and was certain of promo-tion. HALL, HERBERT JOHN: 2nd Lieu-tenant, 5th Battalion Gordon Highland-ers ; son of JamesHall; born St. Fergus,25 October 1886;educated St. FergusPublic School andPeterhead leaving schoolhe spent five yearsin the Pitfour Es-tates Office. He en-tered the AgriculturalDepartment in 1907, butafter one session at Col-lege returned to help his widowed mother with the farm, which hecontinued to manage till the outbreak of war. Before the war Hall had served for severalyears in the 5 th Gordons, and re-enlisted afterthe outbreak of hostilities serving for two yearsat home as a Quartermaster-Sergeant. He. IN ME MORI AM.
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