BORN HULL 09/12/1879. SON OF SEPTIMUS EDWARD HALL (1853-1911) & MARY ANN ALICE MILLS (1861-1924), OF 247, ANLABY ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS). SON OF A MECHANIC. HE HAD THREE BROTHERS AND SIX SISTERS.
HE MARRIED AT HULL, IN 1908. HUSBAND OF BERTHA SMITH (1883-1977) & TWO CHILDREN, FREDERICK AND FREDA, LIVING AT 321, BOULEVARD, HULL (1911 CENSUS).
A MARINE ENGINEER. HE SERVED IN THE ROYAL NAVY (In 1915, on HMS Carnarvon, a Devonshire class armoured cruiser of 10,850 tons displacement. Launched in 1903. Served in the South Atlantic then in the West Indies.Broken up in 1921)
HE DIED OF PNEUMONIA, AT ALVERSTOKE, ROYAL NAVAL HOSPITAL, GOSPORT, ON 22/10/1918, AGED 38. BURIED GOSPORT, HAMPSHIRE. HE LEFT £80 IN HIS WILL, TO HIS WIDOW, BERTHA, AT 321, BOULEVARD, HULL (PROBATE ADDRESS).
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 24/10/1918.