William hall

William Hall

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  • War of 1812

    http://biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?id_nbr=6760 William Hall grew up on the banks of the Avon River. His father, one of the black refugees brought to Nova Scotia during the War of 1812, became a sailor and worked at the shipbuilding yards at Half-Way River (Hantsport).

  • Birth of William Hall

    Birth of William Hall
    William Hall was born on April 28 in 1827 in Horton, Nova Scotia.
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  • Crimean War

    When William Hall was a teenager, he sighned up to become a merchant marine as a deck hand on the HMS Rodey and enlisted in the Royal Navy but he deserted and re- listed that same year, this time on the HMS Shannon. William Hall became a marine and in the Crimean War earned two medals, where one from Britain and one from Turkey.

  • Wooden Ships

    http://museum.gov.ns.ca/infos/william-hall-info.pdf William Hall was the son of former american slaves.
    As a young man, William Hall worked in shipyards at Hantsport for several years. He would build wooden ships for the merchant marine.

  • University

    William Hall went to The University of British Columbia, The University of Alberta and The University of New Brunswick.

  • Victoria Cross

    Victoria Cross
    http://museum.gov.ns.ca/infos/william-hall-info.pdf William Hall was the first black person, the first Nova Scotian, one of the first canadians and the first Canadian sailor to recieve the empires highest award for bravery, the Victoria Cross.

  • Why did William Hall recieve the Victoria cross

    Why did William Hall recieve the Victoria cross
    William Hall received the Victoria Cross for his actions in the Siege of Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny while representing Canada.

  • Passing of William Hall

    Passing of William Hall
    William Hall passed away on August 25 in 1904 in Avonport, Nova Scotia.

  • William Hall is honoured through a stamp

    William Hall is honoured through a stamp
    http://blackhistorycanada.ca/profiles.php?themeid=20&id=6 In February 2010 Canada Post released a stamp to celebrate the remarkable story of William Hall, the first Black to be honoured with the Victoria Cross.

  • HMS

    http://museum.gov.ns.ca/infos/william-hall-info.pdf After the Crimean War, William Hall was assigned to the receiving ship for his Vctory at Portsmouth, England. William Hall then joined the crew of HMS Shannon as captain of the Foretop. It was his service with the Shannon that led to the Victoria Cross.