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William Hall (VC)
William Edward Hall〔Hall's middle name is sometimes given as "Edward" but Parks Canada historian David States located his baptismal certificate which records his middle name as "Nelson", sometimes misspelled as Nielson. States, David W. "William Hall VC of Horton Bluff, Nova Scotia Nineteenth Century Naval Hero", ''Collections of the Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society'' Vol. 44 (1996), p. 71〕 VC (28 April 1827 – 27 August 1904) was the first black person, first Nova Scotian, and third Canadian to receive the Victoria Cross. He received the medal for his actions in the Siege of Lucknow during the Indian Rebellion. Hall and an officer from his ship continued to load and fire a 24-pounder gun at the walls after the rest of the party had been killed or injured by the defenders
==Early life==
William Edward Hall was born at Horton, Nova Scotia, in 1827〔Hall's date of birth is sometimes given as 1829 or 1826 but based on his birth certificate and military records, the Nova Scotia Museum concluded he was born in 1827. ("William Hall VC'', Biography from the Nova Scotia Museum )〕 as the son of Jacob and Lucy Hall, who had escaped American slave owners in Maryland during the War of 1812 and were brought to freedom in Nova Scotia by the British Royal Navy as part of the Black Refugee movement.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Lucy Hall )〕 The Halls first lived in Summerville, Nova Scotia where Jacob worked in a shipyard operated by Abraham Cunard until they bought a farm across the Avon River at Horton Bluff.〔States, p. 71-72〕 Hall first worked in shipyards at nearby Hantsport, Nova Scotia,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=William Hall VC Biography ) 〕 before going to sea at the age of seventeen. He sailed first on merchant ships based out of the Minas Basin including the barque ''Kent'' of Kentville, Nova Scotia.〔Ferguson, Charles Bruce, Nova Scotia ''Journal of Education (Fifth Series)'' , Vol. 17, No.2, December 1967, p. 2〕
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