🌺 “Killed by a sniper at Ypres — a captain who never flinched under fire” — Captain Arthur Gordon Hall 🌺 Arthur Gordon Hall was born on 20 November 1879 in Shimoga, Mysore, India — the son of Edward and Anna Hall, and part of a family shaped by imperial service and duty. Educated at Brailfield College, his path toward soldiering began early, and by 1899 he had joined the Bedfordshire Regiment. A professional soldier in every sense, Arthur served in the South African War from 1899 to 1902, figh