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Auction: 21002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 194

Five: Chief Petty Officer J. P. Hall, Royal Navy

1914-15 Star (J.22913, J. P. Hall. Ord., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (J.22913 J. P. Hall. L.S. R.N.); Coronation 1937; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (J.22913 J. P. Hall, P.O, H.M.S. Pembroke.), polished overall, nearly very fine (5)

John Park Hall was born at Norwich on 18 May 1897 and was a gardener upon his joining the Royal Navy on 18 May 1913. During the Great War Hall saw service aboard Implacable from 26 August 1914-18 April 1916. She played a key role in the actions on Gallipoli and off X Beach late on 24 April. Having crept in, she started sending men ashore at 0400hrs, under cover of a bombardment. In the course of the bombardment, she fired 20 x 12" shells and 368 x 6" shells. It is no surprise the landing beach was named 'Implacable Beach.'

Over the course of the following days, Implacable continued to bombard Ottoman positions around the landing beaches. As Ottoman forces began to gather at Krithia to launch a counterattack against Y Beach on 26 April, Implacable opened a heavy bombardment that completely dispersed the enemy. Two days later, she was again off X Beach, bombarding troop concentrations during the First Battle of Krithia. She helped to break up an Ottoman attack on Y Beach on the night of 1 May and supported an unsuccessful British and ANZAC attack on Krithia five days later, the Second Battle of Krithia.

Hall joined Courageous from 16 November 1916-29 May 1918, which included served at the Second Battle of Heligoland Bight, firing 92 x 15" shells and 180 x 4" shells. Remaining in the Royal Navy, he was awarded his L.S. & G.C. Medal on 22 May 1930 and the 1937 Coronation Medal, before being pensioned on 17 May 1937. Recalled for the Second World War, he served at Cochrane (MTE) from 24 January 1940-13 April 1941 and was invalided on 4 December 1943.

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