Name
Burton Howard Hall
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
04/11/1914
32
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Captain
98th Indian Infantry
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
TANGA MEMORIAL CEMETERY
Tanzania
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 10 Jan 1882 in Chesham, Buckinghamshire son of Rev Samuel Howard and Helen Hamilton (Kendell) Hall. Educated at Twyford School, Haileybury College 1896-1899 and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Gazetted 2nd Lieutenant Yorkshire Regiment on 8 Jan 1901 and promoted Lieutenant on 19 Feb 1904. He transferred to the Indian Army the same year and was promoted to Captain on 8 Jan 1910. He married Lucie Gertrude Grainger in Chiswick, London on 11 Jul 1907 and had two daughters.
Wartime Service
The battalion landed in German East Africa on 1 Nov 1914 and attacked the Port of Tanga over the following three days but were beaten off with heavy casualties.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
