Clarence Hall was born at Huddersfield on 11 February 1894, the son of James Hall, a grocer’s warehouseman, and his wife Isabelle. He had four sisters, two older, and two younger.

He joined the Navy as a Boy 2nd Class on 21 November 1909 at HMS GANGES and went on to IMPREGNABLE where he was rated Boy Telegraphist.  He served in the battlecruiser HMS INFLEXIBLE from November 1910 to April 1912, being rated Ordinary Telegraphist on his 18th birthday, and Telegraphist six months later.  He also served in the destroyer depot ships HMS TYNE and HMS AQUARIUS.  

On 5 December 1913 he was drafted to HMS BONAVENTURE (Sixth Submarine Flotilla) and his record indicates that he served in HMS C9 during this period. In May 1915 he was transferred to HMS MAIDSTONE (Eighth Submarine Flotilla based at Harwich).

He was lost overboard from HMS E6 on 22 September 1915. His body was not recovered. He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial.