Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

A Great War M.M. and Bar to Sergeant J. H. W. Hall, Seaforth Highlanders

Military Medal, G.V.R. and Second Award Bar (S.9204 Cpl., 7/Sea. Hdrs.) good very fine £600-700

M.M. London Gazette 14 September 1916. (Attached 26th Trench Mortar Battery).

M.M. Bar London Gazette 22 January 1917.

James Henry Hall was born in Beckenham, Kent and enlisted at Kingston-on-Thames, Surrey. Serving with the 7th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, he was awarded the Military Medal and Bar for bravery in action. As a Sergeant, he was killed in action, France/Flanders on 3 May 1917, aged just 19 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.