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Hi All,

In the Canadian Virtual War Memorial and in Find a Grave is an article on this airman, lost October 31 - November 1, 1941, that noted he left behind a wife and two children residing in Edmonton, but no further details.

As I am trying to include background of the wives of RCAF lost in the update to They Shall Grow Not Old, does anyone have this ladies name on file?

I also suspect his given age in TSGNO (21) may be in error. No age or mention of his family is on the CWGC site.

Of note Sgt Hall was a newspaper reporter in Alberta and Ontario, and was the son of a former vice-president of the CPR, Grant Hall.

Loss details:

31-1 77 Sqn. Whitley V Z6953 lost without trace, P/O R.J.A. Cleverdon RCAF, Sgt W.T. Hall RCAF, Sgt A.F.C. Couch RAF, P/O F. Simpson RAF and Sgt W. Lowe RAF missing.

All the Best,

Paul Squires
Wetaskiwin

Went a little overboard on this…….info requested

Temujin, you are AMAZING!

I don't know how you do it so fast (and I envy your access to info), but this is Great!

Many Thanks, and be assured I only post a request when I am fully stumped, and run out of avenues to explore.

All the Very Best today, and again Thank-You!

Paul
Wetaskiwin

Hi Temujin,

Information added.

I use colour to identify changes and updates, but this is what the entry for Sgt Hall looks like now, using < > to indicate errors, underlines to show added or changed text, Italics to indicate further information, and sources identifed by [] brackets. Looks better in colour.

HALL, WILLIAM TEMPLE SGT(AG) R54012. From Edmonton, Alberta. Killed in Action Oct. 31/41 age <21> 30 [Temujin at wartimes.ca]. #77 Squadron (Esse Potius Quam Videri), Leeming. Whitley aircraft #Z6953 was carrying 1 x 1,000 lb., 1 x 500 lb. general purpose bombs, and 120 4 lb. incendiary bombs when it went missing during night operations over enemy territory. P/O R.J.A. Cleverdon (RCAF), Sgt.s A.F.C. Couch (RAF), W. Lowe (RAF), and F/O F. Simpson (RAF) were also <killed> missing [TSGNO Addendum #1, detail from "Some of the Many" by Roy Walker, Kent, England]. Sergeant Air Gunner Hall has no known grave, his name is inscribed on the Runnymede Memorial, Englefield Green, Egham, Surrey, England. Husband of Elsie Elizabeth Hall, of Edmonton, Alberta [Temujin at wartimes.ca]. Sgt Hall had worked at several newspapers as a reporter, and was the son of a Vice President of Canadian Pacific Railways [www.veterans.gc.ca].

Once I complete 1942 I will take a break to update and post the next edition of the Chronology, and the Errata to that date will be available on request.

All the Best,

Paul
Wetaskiwin

Thank you Paul. I would rather you just quote (Wartimes.ca) if you don’t mind. All our membership helps in these search’s so I’d rather you cite the website


Thank you

Hi Temujin,

Just saw this. Noted and will do.

Paul

Thank you