BORN HULL 1891. SON OF RICHARD BARNARD HALL & EMMA FOWLER WRIGHT, OF 38, CAROLINE PLACE, HULL (1911 CENSUS); 13, NORWOOD STREET, HULL (ARMY ADDRESS) AND BARTON. SON OF A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER. HE WORKED AS A WHOLESALE DRYSALTER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7.5 INCHES TALL, 33-35 INCH CHEST.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 10/12/1915. CALLED UP ON 20/06/1916. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 25858, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 19TH DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 26/03/1918, AGED 27. BURIED IN DERNANCOURT, FRANCE.
HIS WAR PENSION WENT TO HIS MOTHER, EMMA, WHO MOVED TO 27 MARSH LANE, BARTON UPON HUMBER.
| Name | Ernest Aitken Hall |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hull |
| Death Date | 26 Mar 1918 |
| Death Place | France and Flanders |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Durham Light Infantry |
| Battalion | 19th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 375925 |
| Type of Casualty | Died of wounds |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
| Comments | Formerly 25858, East Yorks Regt. |
First name:
ERNEST AITKIN
Military Number:
375925
Rank:
Private
Date Died
26/03/1918
Place died:
Dernancourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France
Age:
27
13, NORWOOD STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
