BORN HULL 1882. SON OF WILLIAM HALL (1842-1921) & SARAH ANN COLE (1842-1920), OF 5, CHILTERN STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). EMPLOYED AS A TANNER. HE MARRIED MARTHA ANN SIMS (1886-1962), AT HULL, IN 1903.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 14/09/1914. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 6.5 INCHES TALL, 153 LBS WEIGHT, 38 INC CHEST., BLUE EYES, BROWN HAIR, “RUDDY” COMPLEXION, CHURCH OF ENGLAND RELIGION. SERVED WITH THE 12TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT (HULL PALS) IN EGYPT AND FRANCE. KILLED IN ACTION, 27/05/1916, AGED 33. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, WILLIAM.
HE LEFT A WIDOW AND THREE CHILDREN. SISTERS CLARA, ALICE & ADA AND BROTHER THOMAS HALL.
HIS NAME WAS RECORDED ON HULL’S CHILTERN STREET ROLL OF HONOUR.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH MEMORIAL, NEWINGTON, HULL.
