HALL Cecil

  • First Name(s):
    Cecil 
  • Surname:
    HALL
  • Service Number:
    PJX226140
  • Rank:

    Able Seaman

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Navy
  • Naval Service:
    Royal Navy
  • Ship:
    HMS Beverley
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    11th April 1943
  • Age At Death:
    23
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire, England, Panel 74, Column 3.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Samuel and Edith Hall; husband of Beatrice Jessie Hall, of Buckland, Hampshire

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HALL Cecil Is Named On These Memorials

Netherton St Andrew’s Church Roll of Honour
Netherton St Andrew’s Church WW2

Further Information About HALL Cecil

A memorial book to the fallen of WW2 can be found in St Andrew’s Church, Netherton. Information on Cecil Hall states that he was killed in action whilst serving with the Royal Navy. Home Address: 25 Marriott Rd.

HMS Beverley was a Town Class Destroyer. On 9th April 1943 she was part of a convoy in the North Atlantic when she collided with the British steam merchant ship Cairnvalona. The ship sustained serious damage, including the loss of anti-submarine equipment, and was placed at the rear of the convoy. At 05.49 on 11th April the convoy was 530 miles south of Greenland when it was sighted and attacked by German torpedoes fired from U-188, resulting in the sinking of HMS Beverley with the loss of 151 men from her crew of 155.

Cecil Hall has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Portsmouth Naval Memorial.

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