James Hall

Lieutenant James Grantley Hall was an American officer of the Royal Air Force who died during the First World War.
He was born on 8 January 1896, in West Dennis, Massachusetts, the son of Charles Edwin and Edith Jane Hall (née Walker), of Canada, and England, respectively.Report of the Commission on Massachusetts' Part in the World War, (Volume v.1), p. 302 Hall received his education at Medford and Malden High Schools, and Burdett Business College. After America's entry into the war, Hall abandoned his studies with the object of enlisting in the military, but their height criteria precluded that. Spurred by that rejection, Hall subsequently elected to join the Royal Flying Corps, in July 1917, at Boston.New England aviators, 1914-1918: their portraits and their records - Page 270
Hall proceeded to Toronto, where he commenced a period of training that took him to various camps in Canada and Texas. He was commissioned in November 1917, as a second lieutenant, and departed for Britain in December. Hall was first assigned, in March 1918, to the 92nd Squadron before joining the S.E.5-equipped 60th. He arrived on the Western Front on 11 June and died on 8 August 1918, reportedly shot down in an engagement with German aircraft. Prior to the war, in 1913, Hall had been awarded a silver medal by the Humane Society for attempting to save the life of a friend who had been involved in a skating accident.
He is buried in Somme American Cemetery.
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==References==
*Hall, James Grantley, cwgc.org. Retrieved 12 August 2013.
Category:1896 births
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Category:American military personnel
Category:Royal Air Force
Category:Buried in France
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