G. F. Hall.

. G. F. Hall - He was one of sixteen selected men of the 1/1st to be transferred to the 3rd Line East Anglian Divisional Cyclists on Tuesday < 16/10/1915  had gone to France. The day of their departure they were accorded a hearty send-off when they were paraded on the Battalion Parade Ground, and  headed by the Regimental Band, were marched to the station. On the station the Band played appropriate music, while Col. Herbert the Captain chaplain ( Rev K. D. Knowles), the Adjutant (Capt. Myers) and other officers said " good-bye ", and a tremendous cheer was the good-bye of the home battalion as the train steamed out of the station.

Private  G. F. Hall Under Battalion orders 242, issued by Lieut. Col. M.D. Barkley, officer commanding 2/1st Huntingdonshire Cyclist Battalion issued at Vine cottage, Chapel St. Leonards, Alford, Lincs. on 12th October 1917 at 6:30 p.m., and signed by W. J. Satchell (Captain and Adjutant), orders being for the following day i.e. 13th October 1917 (Ref: 153), records indicate that he was admitted to the Winthorpe Auxillary Hospital, Skegness on 11-10-1917.
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