17 Facts About Ronald Hall

Ronald Hall was decorated with the Military Cross and Bar, and rose to the rank of major.

Ronald Hall was born on 22 July 1895 in Newcastle, England.

Ronald Hall was the second child of an Anglican clergyman, Cecil Gallopine Hall, who was then Curate of St Andrew's Newcastle, and his wife Constance Gertrude.

Ronald Hall was commissioned as a second lieutenant on 10 December 1914 for service with the 18th Battalion, one of the "Pals battalions" raised as part of Lord Kitchener's New Armies.

Ronald Hall was promoted to temporary captain on 1 April 1915.

Ronald Hall was transferred to 15th Battalion, Sherwood Foresters on 9 July 1915, and subsequently to the General List with the same date, having been appointed a staff captain.

Ronald Hall was appointed General Staff Officer, 2nd Grade, with the temporary rank of major, on 14 October 1918.

Ronald Hall was awarded the Military Cross in the 1918 New Year Honours, and a Bar to the medal in the 1919 New Year Honours.

Ronald Hall became a leader of the British Student Christian Movement and was appointed to the national staff in 1920.

Ronald Hall attended the World's Student Christian Federation conference in Peking in 1922.

Ronald Hall was described as a "legendary figure" with a "burning compassion for the less privileged".

Ronald Hall emphasised the needs of ordinary people, especially victims of social upheaval.

Ronald Hall was instrumental in the setting up of the Hong Kong Housing Society.

Florence Li Tim-Oi had already been made a deaconess in Macau by Ronald Hall and had been authorised by him and his assistant to give the sacraments to the Anglicans in these extenuating circumstances.

At the provincial synod of the Chung Hua Sheng Kung Hui in Shanghai in 1947, Ronald Hall tried but failed to receive retroactive approval in canon law for Li's ordination.

In 1948, Ronald Hall was awarded the Order of Brilliant Star with Plaque by Chiang Kai-shek.

Ronald Hall retired in 1966 and was succeeded as bishop by Gilbert Baker.