SUDAN POW BOER WAR WW1 MEDALS 4024 EDWARD HALL NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS ARMY

Offered is a Queens Sudan Medal (1896 – 98), impressed named 4026. PTE E. HALL. 1/NORTH^D FUS:; Queens South Africa Medal (1899 – 1902), 3 clasps CAPE COLONY, ORANGE FREE STATE, impressed named 4024 P^TE E. HALL. NORTH’D: FUS:; Kings South Africa Medal (1902), with 2 clasps SOUTH AFRICA 1901, SOUTH AFRICA 1902, impressed named 4029 PTE E. HALL. NORTH’D: FUS: British War Medal & bilingual Victory Medal, impressed named SJT E.A. HALL. S.A.S.C.; Khedives Sudan Medal (1896 – 1908), with clasp KHARTOUM, period engraved 4024 PTE E.A. HALL. 5^TH FUSERS. Court mounted for display. Comes with copies of: service records, medal rolls, POW list, marriage certificate and newspaper articles.

Sergeant Edward Albert Hall was born in August 1875, at Newcastle, Northumberland. A labourer by trade he was serving with the 3^rd Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (Militia) when he enlisted into the Regular Army, Northumberland Fusiliers on 19/12/1893. After training at the depot, he was posted to the 1^st Battalion 12/4/1894, promoted to Lance Corporal 14/10/95. Posted to the 2^nd Battalion 15/10/94, busted to Private 2/11/96. Posted back to the 1^st Battalion 1/1/1897 promoted to L/Cpl and reverted twice. Posted 2^nd Battalion 6/12/1898. Discharged to Army Reserve 25/8/02 – 18/12/05. Married 28/7/1902 at Ladybrand, South Africa. Served Home 19/12/1893 – 14/10/95. Singapore 15/10/95 – 1/1/97. Gibraltar 2/1/97 – 16/1/98. Egypt & Sudan 17/1/98 – 1/11/98. Home 2/11/98 – 3/11/99. South Africa 4/11/99 – 24/08/1902.

Taken Prisoner of War: As a member of the 18^th Company (Northumberland Fusiliers) Mounted Infantry, Hall was captured at Mostert's Hoek on 4 April 1900, Gazetteer refers:

'A farm in the Orange Free State (Reddersburg district; Free State), six km east of Reddersburg*. Three companies of the 2nd The Royal Irish Rifles (424 men) and two companies of mounted infantry (167 men, Capt W.P. Dimsdale, Royal Irish Rifles) left Dewetsdorp* on 2 April 1900 for Reddersburg under Capt W.J. McWhinnie, Royal Irish Rifles. In heavy rain the column made slow progress, the horses were not fit and needed resting. The column halted at 5:45 p.m. Early the next morning the column started out, at about 10 a.m. the advance scouts reached a ridge on the farm Mostert's Hoek (Mostertshoek) and came under fire. McWhinnie occupied three kopjes, a front of 3/4 mile which was too long for his force. Immediately, Chief-Cmdt C.R. de Wet called on McWhinnie to surrender because he was seriously outnumbered; this was turned down. Four guns were brought into action to shell the British troops.'

Surrounded and without water, the British positions were rushed on the morning of 4 April, the Boers had crept to within 30 yards of the Mounted Infantry. As McWhinnie consulted with his officers one infantry Company on a kopje waved white handkerchiefs and two men near McWhinnie also waved white handkerchiefs. McWhinnie was compelled to surrender; losses were ten killed, 35 wounded and 540 taken prisoner. Hall was released from the Waterval Camp on 6 June 1900.

When the British troops entered Pretoria on 5 June 1900, 129 officers and 36 other ranks overpowered their guards just prior to the arrival of the troops.  On 6 June, 3,187 non-commissioned officers and men were released at Waterval.

 WW1 Hall later in the South African Service Corps as a Sergeant and died in Durban on 13/7/1942.