BORN KINGS LYNN, NORFOLK, 1891. SON OF WILLIAM DIGBY HALL (1850-1894) AND MARIANNE HALL (1852-1936), OF 7 WOODHOUSE AVENUE, WOODHOUSE STREET, HULL. HE MARRIED AT ST ANDREW’S CHURCH, HULL, ON 04/07/1915. HIS WIFE ETHEL (APPLEGATE) & DAUGHTER DORA DIGBY, (BORN 3/4/1917), LIVED 21 ABBEY STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS) & LATER WITHERNSEA.
HE WORKED AS A BARMAN. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT 5 INCHES TALL, 150LBS WEIGHT, 38 INCH CHEST. ENLISTED 08/04/1916. SENT TO FRANCE 07/09/1916. SERVED IN THE 8TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 25. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW ETHEL. SHE WAS WARDED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 18/9 SHILLINGS.
HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE GARDENER SOCIETY WW1 MEMORIAL, AT HULL MINSTER.
HIS BROTHER IN LAW, PTE. ROBERT APPLEGATE, EYR, WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 10/11/1916. (HDM 15/12/1916.)
Serre, 13th November 1916 | Kingston upon Hull War Memorial 1914 – 1918 (ww1hull.com)
