The hall was a built as a memorial to the fallen of the 1st world war. It was built on land donated by a Mrs Alice Hudson. She was a widow who lived in Ruspidge House and who ran a grocery store in the locality. Her only son was Campbell Hudson. He enlisted in the army in December 1915 and is described as a house painter by trade. He was eventually assigned to the Machine Gun Corps and was sent to France as a machine gunner on 13th September 1916. He died on the 4th October 1917 and he has no known grave. His name is, however, listed on the Tyne Cot Memorial by the town of Leper in Belgium, on the Cinderford Town war memorial and on various plaques in the Memorial Hall. The land donated by Mrs Hudson, with an area of 14.5 square perches subsequently increased by a further 5.5 square perches to accommodate the building (a square perch being an old measure equivalent to 25.25 square metres). A conveyance and Trust deed of December 1921 shows the original gift.
The hall was opened in 1923 and hosted many parties, carnivals and entertainments over the years until recent times.
The management of the hall was finally approved as a charity , by the Charity Commission, on 7th April 1995 and this is the current governance to the present time, with a board of Trustees entrusted with the continuing care and use of the hall for the local community.