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- Born April 25 1829
- Born in Horton's bluff
- Was born one of seven children
- Died August 25 1904
- Died unmarried in Avon port Nova Scotia
- No children
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- Hall worked at a shipyard for several years.
- He joined a trading vessel, before he were eighteen he visited most of
the world
- He enlisted in the royal navy in Liverpool
- England
- Sailed HMS Rodney, Shannon and Victory
- In London he received the
Victoria cross date he received
it is unknown
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- Hall served in the royal navy until 1876,when he retired
to live in a small farmhouse at Horton's bluff
- He was buried without military honors in a small churchyard
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- William Hall fought in the
Crimean war and the Indian mutiny
- He and Lieutenant Thomas young
were the only to survivors of the Indian mutiny
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- Was the first black Canadian to receive the Victoria cross
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- Lea, I think he disserved the Victoria cross
- Chase ,I think William hall was cool and brave
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- The Canadian encyclopedia
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