Four: Major W. G. C. Hall, 19th (County of London) Battalion (St. Pancras), London Regiment

British War and Victory Medals (Major W. G. C. Hall.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (Major. W. G. C. Hall. 19. Lond. R.); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1919, with integral top slide brooch bar, mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine (4) £500-£700

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The David Laban Collection of Territorial Force War Medal Groups.

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Wilfred George Carlton Hall was born at Brighton, Sussex in 1874 and was educated at Worcester College, Oxford. He was commissioned Lieutenant the 1st Volunteer Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment on 2 January 1897, and was promoted Captain on 18 July 1900. Transferring to the 19th Battalion, London Regiment he was promoted Major on 1 March 1909, and in 1914 was a member of the London Territorial Force Association. He landed in France on 12 October 1916 and was one of only six officers of the 19th London Regiment to receive the T.F.W.M. He was examined by a Medical Board at Etaples on 6 March 1918, at the age of 43, and was found to be suffering from debility and cardiac irritability, brought on by active service. He was disembodied on 14 October 1919. Awarded the Territorial Decoration, he resigned his commission on 1 February 1921, and died in Kew on 4 January 1948.