Frederick Hall, 1896 - 1917

These are the memorials to Frederick Hall, in the Church and Churchyard of the Parish Church of St James in Brassington, Derbyshire.

30733 Private Frederick Hall of 20th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers was born in Brassington on 24th March 1896. He enlisted at Grainthorpe, Lincolnshire and was killed in action on 23rd October 1917 at the Battle of Passchendaele (also known as the Third Battle of Ypres).

He died aged 21 years old

He has no known grave; but is commemorated on Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Laanderen, Belgium. Panel 54-60 and 163A.

Frederick was my second cousin, once removed - or put another way, his great grandfather was my great great grandfather. So we are related and I feel a great empathy with this person who is part of a bigger and perhaps sadder tale that ought to have been written by Catherine Cookson.