- Reaction score
- 1,279
- Points
- 1,160
The depiction in the vignette for Hall is wrong. Hall went back to try and save the wounded.
The 8th was relieving the 15th Bn in the front line on 23/24 Apr 15. To get to the fire trench the Rifles had to pass over a high embankment 15 yards behind the fire trench (you know: never go to ground on a forward slope).
The slope was completely exposed to observation and fire. Hall rescued two men under cover of darkness. At 0900 of the 24th, groaning was heard. Hall, Cpl Payne and Pte Rogerson went out. Payne and Rogerson were wounded and Hall returned with them. Only a few minutes later Hall went out alone. He crawled out, reached the wounded man, got him on his back. Glancing up, Hall got a bullet in his brain, and the wounded man was also killed. Deliberate aimed fire a contemporary report stated.
The 8th was relieving the 15th Bn in the front line on 23/24 Apr 15. To get to the fire trench the Rifles had to pass over a high embankment 15 yards behind the fire trench (you know: never go to ground on a forward slope).
The slope was completely exposed to observation and fire. Hall rescued two men under cover of darkness. At 0900 of the 24th, groaning was heard. Hall, Cpl Payne and Pte Rogerson went out. Payne and Rogerson were wounded and Hall returned with them. Only a few minutes later Hall went out alone. He crawled out, reached the wounded man, got him on his back. Glancing up, Hall got a bullet in his brain, and the wounded man was also killed. Deliberate aimed fire a contemporary report stated.