Richard Neville Hall Dartmouth Class of 1915 Memorial Stone
Details:
In the entrance hall of the museum.
PlaqueA brass inscribed plaque attached to the front of a field stone from near Dartmouth College.
The memorial remembers Richard N. Hall who was killed nearby while seriving with the American Ambulance Field Service during WW1. Hall was killed in December 1915 and his Dartmouth Class placed this memorial next to his grave at the Moosch French Military Cemetery. The memorial sat next to Hall's grave for decades before it was removed. It then sat in the front garden of a local family for many years before finally being moved where is rests today in the Gen. Serret Museum.
Source of photos and information: Thomas William Fife, author of The Harvard Section - The History of American Field Service Section Three Volume One 1914-1915.
Monument Text:
RICHARD NELVILLE HALL
MAY 18,1894 DECEMBER 25, 1915
GRADUATE OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE
IN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
IN THE CLASS OF 1915
MEMBER OF SECTION THREE OF THE AMERICAN AMBULANCE FIELD SERVICE
KILLED BY THE EXPLOSION OF A SHELL
WHILE IN THE PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTY
AN AMERICAN WHO DIED FOR FRANCE
AND MANKIND
"CHEVALIER DE LA BIENFAISANCE"
THIS GRANITE STONE, TAKEN FROM THE HILLS
SURROUNDING THE COLLEGE OF HIS GRADUATION
AND TYPIFYING THE SIMPLICITY AND STRENGTH OF
ITS SPIRIT, IS PLACED AS A TRIBUTE OF AFFECTION
AND HONOR BY THE MEMBERS OF HIS CLASS
English translation:
"Chevalier de la Bienfaisance" = "Charitable Knight"
Commemorates:
People:
Units:
Ambulance Corps
American Ambulance Field Service, Section 3
American Field Service
American Volunteer Group
French Army
Wars:
WWI
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