The son of Jesse and Sarah Hall, of 54, Durham Rd., Blackhill, Co. Durham.
Paul Heatherington has submitted the following:-
Lindsay was born early in 1897 in Blackhill and was baptised on the 24th March 1897 at the Primitive Methodist Chapel, Shotley Bridge. His father was local man Jesse Hall, a grocer, and his mother was Sarah Jane (Sadie) Hall (née Robson) from Medomsley. Lindsay had an older sister, Vera, and a younger sister, Mona.
In 1901, the family were living at 22 Belle Vue Terrace in Blackhill. Jesse was working as a grocery manager.
In 1911, when Lindsay was still at school, the family were living at 54 Durham Road and Jesse was a manager at the Co-operative Store.
Lindsay served initially with the 3rd Durham Light Infantry (31394), then in the London Regiment (45341) and as a Private in the Duke of Cambridge’s Own Regiment. He was killed in action at Bullicourt on the 31st August 1918 at the age of twenty-one.
Lindsay John Jesse Hall is remembered at Consett on C101.13 and at Shotley Bridge on S27.03
