Nova Scotia Archives
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Letter from E. K. Timings, Public Records Office, London to Pullen
Advising that Admiralty records contain a full report of the proceedings on the presentation of the Victoria Cross to William Hall on board H.M.S. Donegal at Queenstown by Rear Admiral Charles Talbot.
Date: 5 October 1966
Reference Rear Admiral Hugh F. Pullen Nova Scotia Archives 2023-020/001-45.2
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