Brothers killed a year apart in World War Two
Died: 22nd August 1941 & 4th December 1942
Commemorated at: Crantock churchyard.
Lionel Douglas Hall was in service with the Royal Artillery when he was killed in August 1941, while attached to the Royal Air Force. He had been born during the First World War in Essex, and his parents were living in Surrey at the time of his death. He was 25 years old. See also: www.cornwallswarhistory.co.uk
Frederick Claude Hall was a Lieutenant in the Artists Rifle brigade, and the brother of Lionel Douglas Hall in the Royal Artillery. Frederick was seconded to the 1st Battalion of the East Sussex Regiment when he was killed, age 27, early December 1942, just over a year after his brother was killed. In addition to his name on the grave here, he is additionally commemorated on the war memorial at Medjez-al-Bab, in Tunisia. His wife, Pamela Mavis Hall, was from Sevenoaks in Kent.
Lionel and Frederick are remembered here alongside their mother, Dorothea, who moved from Sussex sometime after 1963. She passed away at St Elmore, West Pentire Road, on 9th May 1978. Understandably, she wanted her sons to be remembered on her headstone, alongside her own name.