| Surname: | Hall |
| Initials: | T P R |
| Rank: | Lance Corporal |
| Army Number: | P/3628 |
| Notes: | MMP. Awarded the Victory and War Medals. First served abroad (1) France, 15/4/17. He was born in Fulham, Middlesex and enlisted 8/10/00 in the 11 Hussars, No. 4588 as a boy soldier age 14.5 years, age 14.5 years, discharged 7/10/12 time expired. 31/3/03 Certificate "very moderate" Clarinet, Kneller Hall, School of Army Music, born Fulham, 29/12/08 married Isabella White in Dublin. He re enlisted 5/12/15 in the Royal Berkshire Regiment, No. 27364 age 28.9 years, occupation Theatrical Manager, home address: 11 Old Compton Street, London SW and 18 The Grove, Aldershot. Transferred to MMP 17/7/16. Enlisted 5/12/15, Army Reserve 6/12/15, Mobilised 19/6/16 to 14/4/17, BEF 15/4/17 to 11/4/18, Home 12/4/18 to 3/5/18 to discharge no longer physically fit for war service, Neuritis. 1/5/17, 17 Division. Info from Pension Index Card:- Hall. Thos. Paul Riche, VV.5.0.T238, 3628, A/Cpl. MMP. 24/7/1917 he was recommended for commission by Brigadier General T F Pitman, commander 4 Cavalry Brigade. Info from Pension Index Card:- Hall, Thomas Paul, Riche, P/3628, MMP, A/L/Cpl, VV.50.1238. Also:- Hall, Riche Thomas, MMP, p/3628, Royal Berkshire Regt, Army Reserve, 3/5/18 to discharge, 18 The Grove, Aldershot, SFJ.707, Stamp: Ad 24/4/18 at £55 gratuity, Code VV50.1238, received 6/5/18l. Thomas Paul Riche Hall. Extract from The Stage 14 June 1917. Corporal Paul R Hall, Military Mounted Police, is now doing duty somewhere in France. Prior to leaving England, Corpl. Hall played the lead in a five-reel military drama entitles "The Making of a Man," which will shortly be released. (A story of life in the British army: suggested by Capt. Cecil A. Shaw. Drunkard enlists and returns home a hero in time to save wife from cad.) Every man in khaki who took part in it is a serving soldier. In the hospital scene the visitors were Misses Violet Loraine and Ella Retford and Messrs. Tom Foy and Willie Bard. Corpl. Hall served in the 11th hussars from 1900 to 1912 and was acting manager for Mr. Oswald Stoll. Extract from The Stage 16 August 1917. During a recent Royal visit to Aldershot the King and Queen, accompanied by Princess Mary, paid a visit to the Camp Cinema to witness and interesting military drama, entitled "The Man the Army Made." Every man in khaki who took part in the making of the picture play is a serving soldier; the lead was played by Corporal Paul R. Hall (who, prior to re enlisting, was a manager for Mr. Oswald Stoll at the Bedminster Hippodrome, Bristol. The leading lady is Miss Queenie Thomas. The film should shortly be seen on the market. Corp. Paul R. Hall completed twelve years with the 11th Hussars in 1912 and re enlisted into the Military Mounted Police and is at present somewhere in France. Extract from The Bioscope 8 August 1918. Popular South Wales and West of England Manager. The Stoll Picture Theatre under the auspices of Mr. Paul. R. Hall has become a very popular hall in Bristol. Mr. Hall was discharged from the Army on April 12th and Mr. Oswald Stoll immediately handed him over again the control of his theatre in Bristol. Mr. Hall being manager there prior to re-enlisting in 1916. Soldiering was no novelty to him, as he served twelve years in the 11th Hussars, which is not su5rprising considering he comes from a fighting stock. His great grandfather fought as Waterloo, his grandfather in the Crimea and his father in the 11th Hussars, his son's regiment. On Mr. hall leaving the Service in1912 he took over the management of the Palace, West Houghton. The following February saw him at the Palace, Aldershot, where he was most popular with civilian and military patrons. he did a lot for charities in this town and claims to be the first to collect cigarettes for wounded soldiers, when he started in August 5th 1914. I believe he entertained wounded Belgian soldiers here before the British Expeditionary Force had left England. On his leaving to join the Still Company in 1915 he was presented with a handsome gold hunter and curb chain from the townsmen and his staff. Prior to going to France he was employed as a drill instructor to the Military Mounted Police at Aldershot and one week in his spare time raised £524 for the War Seal Foundation Fund. At Aldershot he played the leading part in the Pathe production entitled "A man the Army Made," which the King and Queen went to see during one of their visits to the military centre. Mr. Hall before he left the service went through the severe fighting at Arras, Passchendaele, and Cambrai, battles. Strange to say, in his admission to hospital in Blighty he was sent to Farnborough Court; he had entertained patients from the front in this hospital in 1914; as a patient he raised £42 for the hospital. A Fine record, and one to be proud of. (The article has a picture of Mr Hall in Service Dress.) Sir Oswald Stoll, 20/1/1866 to 9/1/1942 was an Australian born British theatre manager and the co-founder of the Stoll Moss Theatre Company. He was also the owner of Cricklewood Studios and film production company which was one of the leading British studios of the silent era. In 1912 he founded the Royal Variety Performance. Now an annual charity show which benefits Entertainment Artists Benevolent Fund. The Film "A Man the Army Made." is a 1917 British silent War drama film directed by Bertram Phillips, written by Cecil Shaw & F. Martin Thornton and starring Queenie Thomas, Paul R. Hall and H. Agar Lyons, produced by Holmfirth Films, distributed by Pathe Pictures International, released 1917, running time 4,1000 feet, silent with English intertitles. |
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| Decoration: | Silver War Badge (London Gazette: WO 329/3243 Page: List MPC/60 April 18, 1818) |
| Citation: | Badge No. 405653. Enlisted 19/6/1916 discharged 3/5/1918. Army order 265 of 1917, Sec B. Age 31years 2months. Served abroad. |