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22770   Private Robert Hall
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Dated added: 30/12/2015   Last updated: 27/04/2021
Personal Details
Regiment/Service: 9th Battalion, Royal Irish Fusiliers (British Army)
Date Of Birth: 08/06/1892
Died: 16/08/1917 (Killed in Action)
Age: 25
Summary      
Robert Hall was the second son of Samuel and Eliza Ann Hall. He was born on 8th June 1892 between Brookeborough and Fivemiletown. The family lived at Aughavoory, Corrylongford, Fermanagh. His father Samuel was a farmer. By 1911, Robert Hall was 19 years old. He was working as a grocer’s assistant. Private Robert Hall was serving with the 9th Battalion of the Royal Irish Fusiliers when he was killed in action in France on 16th August 1917, age 25.
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Cemetery Details
Grave
Cemetery: Tyne Cot Memorial
  Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, 
Grave Ref: Panel 140-141
CWGC Casualty 838104
Summary      
The Tyne Cot Memorial to the Missing forms the north-eastern boundary of Tyne Cot Cemetery, which is located 9 kilometres north east of Ieper town centre, on the Tynecotstraat, a road leading from the Zonnebeekseweg (N332). The names of those from United Kingdom units are inscribed on Panels arranged by Regiment under their respective Ranks. The names of those from New Zealand units are inscribed on panels within the New Zealand Memorial Apse located at the centre of the Memorial.
Local Memorial Details

No Memorial Name Townland
1 Fivemiletown War Memorial WW1 - Panel 2 Fivemiletown
Local Institute / Local Book Details

No Name Page
1 Fivemiletown War Dead Book 48
References and Links
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1 1901 Census lists Hall family Lists Robert as age 8 living with the family at house 2 in Aughavoory, Corrylongford, Fermanagh
2 1911 Census lists Hall family Lists Robert as age 19 living with the family at house 3 in Aughavoory, Corrylongford, Fermanagh
3 FindAGrave.com Photo of Private Robert Hall's inscription
4 National Archives UK Medal Card can be purchased here
Dungannon District's War Dead Acknowledgements 2015-2023