VISITORS' PHOTOS OF SYRACUSE WAR CEMETERY by 1°ITIS M. Bartolo

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In memory of
HALL, MAYNARD WARDLE, M W
10602082 , Seaforth Highlanders
Who died age 21
on 14/07/1943

Posted by Audrey Fletcher at 21/01/2014, 00:36:04

Maynard Wardle Hall fought in the Battle of El Alamein and recorded a first hand account in the form of a poem \"El Alamein: The Night of October 23rd 1942\".

Maynard Wardle Hall, born 1922, was the third son of John Davison HALL (1891-1985) and May WARDLE (1898-1968). He attended Eighton Banks School, which was along Galloping Green, and opposite St. Thomas\'s Church. The family moved from Blackims Hill, Eighton Banks to Vale House, Eighton Banks, which was only a matter of a couple of hundred yards along the road. It was just down from The Lambton Arms. Uncle Maynard was a talented artist, especially with the pen and ink drawings. He also wrote poetry. My grandparents always had his War Poem and pen and ink drawings on display in their living room. Uncle Maynard was a clerk in the local council. His parents were so proud that he did not work down the pit. Ironically, if he had worked down the pit he would not have needed to go to War, as being a coal miner was a reserved occupation. Before he went overseas Maynard recorded a message to his parents on a silver coloured record. It was given to my dad, and I played it many times when I was young. On the reverse side was the song \"Open Up Them Pearly Gates\". Uncle Maynard served in North Africa and Italy. His parents, my grandparents, had a colourful wooden plaque made commemorating the various battles he fought in and this always hung on the wall in the living room. Sadly Maynard was killed in action when he was fighting in Sicily on 14th July 1943. He was only 21. My grandad told my dad (Maynard\'s brother) that he had been killed instantly by a clean shot from a sniper. However before he died in 1985 my Grandad Hall told my dad that Maynard had been blown to bits, there was nothing left. This was the first time he was able to speak of it. Following upon his death my Grandma and Grandad Hall received their son Maynard\'s War Medals. They arrived at Vale House in a small brown cardboard box, 3.25 inches by 2.25 inches, that\'s about 8 by 6 cms. After the War Grandma and Grandad Hall went to visit Maynard\'s grave at Syracuse War Cemetery 3. Plot: VII. G. 15, Sicily in Italy. They were devastated when they returned home, and were like lost souls. Grandma Hall was never too well afterwards. Maynard Hall was dearly loved and greatly missed by his family. Always remembered. In God\'s Care.

Posted by Audrey Fletcher at 20/01/2014, 23:14:11

Maynard Hall, born 1922, was the third son of John Davison HALL (1891-1985) and May WARDLE (1898-1968). He attended Eighton Banks School, which was along Galloping Green, and opposite St. Thomas\'s Church. The family moved from Blackims Hill, Eighton Banks to Vale House, Eighton Banks, which was only a matter of a couple of hundred yards along the road. It was just down from The Lambton Arms. Uncle Maynard was a talented artist, especially with the pen and ink drawings. He also wrote poetry. My grandparents always had his War Poem of his first hand account of El Alamein and pen and ink drawings on display in their living room. Uncle Maynard was a clerk in the local council. His parents were so proud that he did not work down the pit. Ironically, if he had worked down the pit he would not have needed to go to War, as being a coal miner was a reserved occupation. Before he went overseas Maynard recorded a message to his parents on a silver coloured record. It was given to my dad, and I played it many times when I was young. On the reverse side was the song \"Open Up Them Pearly Gates\". Uncle Maynard served in North Africa and Italy. His parents, my grandparents, had a colourful wooden plaque made commemorating the various battles he fought in and this always hung on the wall in the living room. Sadly Maynard was killed in action when he was fighting in Sicily on 14th July 1943. He was only 21. My grandad told my dad (Maynard\'s brother Joe) that he had been killed instantly by a clean shot from a sniper. However before he died in 1985 my Grandad Hall told my dad that Maynard had been blown to bits, there was nothing left. This was the first time he was able to speak of it. Following upon his death my Grandma and Grandad Hall received their son Maynard\'s War Medals. They arrived at Vale House in a small brown cardboard box, 3.25 inches by 2.25 inches, that\'s about 8 by 6 cms. After the War Grandma and Grandad Hall went to visit Maynard\'s grave at Syracuse War Cemetery 3. Plot: VII. G. 15, Sicily in Italy. They were devastated when they returned home, and were like lost souls. Grandma Hall was never too well afterwards. Maynard Hall was dearly loved and greatly missed by his family. Always remembered. In God\'s Care.

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