World War Two Casualty Medal Group to 909137 Gunner Ronald Hubert Hall of 426 Battery, 107 (The South Notts Hussars) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery who was killed in action during the defence of Tobruck on 4th December 1941. Gunner Hall was born in Derby and lived in West Bridgford in Nottingham. Casualty Medal Slip confirming name and the award of 4 medal. Original medal box sent to Mrs F. Hall (Florence Mabel Hall his mother). Gunner Hall was serving with the 426 battery of the 107th Regiment S. A who were an anti aircraft battery. This testimonial is from another soldier who was serving with the regiment at the same time and recalls his experiences at around the time of Gunner Hall’s death. After a spell defending the Suez Canal, the Regiment moved to be part of the Trobruk defences in April 1941. I believe the following events took place during late November and early December 1941. We tried to break out but we got hammered. The German 88s fired airburst and, I dont know, the gun I was on must have been one of the unlucky guns. We had four guns, number one, I was number two, three and four. Everything there was firing just where we were and we started off firing, all of a sudden there was an airburst and I was putting the switches on doing a level with all the bubbles when I saw Bill sat on my right. I said are you alright, he replied that hed been hit in the knee. I looked at him , it was a lot more than a hit in the knee and I got out of the seat to see what I could do and he just went out. We didnt have stretcher bearers, there was nobody there when it came to medical attention. I just dragged him out, laid him down, fetched one of the few medical blokes that were. Then the next round came up, put the switch on and put the range on, old Bill would normally have done that. Then another shell came over and I thought thats close, then I looked round to my left to the two of them that were there, they didnt move. I got up to look at them and both of them had been hit pretty bad , both of them had been killed. All the other guns more or less got away with it. The next round that came over, I was putting the range on, the switch , loading it, I was the only one left and there was no sign of anyone coming, reinforcements or anything, and another round came over and lifted me out of the seat! I went flat on my back and the next thing I knew I was moved out. I finished up in one of the field hospitals that we had but I wasnt actually wounded, only knocked unconscious. A complete and interesting group worthy of more research. Please let me know if you need any additional photos or details. Please see my other listings of British and foreign Medals and Militaria. Thanks and kind regards. The item “WW2 Medal Group Casualty South Notts Hussars Killed in Action at Tobruck” is in sale since Friday, August 31, 2018. This item is in the category “Collectables\Militaria\World War II (1939-1945)\Medals/ Ribbons”. The seller is “harrypitt69″ and is located in Nottingham. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Featured Refinements: British WW2 Medal
- Modified Item: No
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
- Country/ Organization: Great Britain
- Issued/ Not-Issued: Issued
- Type: Medals & Ribbons
- Conflict: World War II (1939-1945)
- Service: Army
- Era: 1914-1945