Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Memorial Plaque (Edward Lawrence Hall) very fine £60-£80

Edward Lawrence Hall was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire in June 1897. He was employed as a Shell Inspector, and resided in Hespeler, Ontario, Canada. Hall initially served during the Great War as a Private with the 111th Battalion (South Waterloo), Canadian Infantry, before being commissioned Second Lieutenant and being attached to 1/5th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. He served with the latter in the French theatre of war from 3 October 1917.

Second Lieutenant Hall was killed in action on the Western Front, 30 November 1917, and is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, France.