BORN HULL 1891. SON OF JOHN WILLIAM HALL, OF 47, SPENCER STREET HULL AND 4, WINDSOR PLACE, COLONIAL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES). HIS MOTHER, ELIZABETH RUSSELL, SEPARATED FROM HER HUSBAND, & LIVED AT 94, CLIFTON TERRACE, GOODWIN STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
BEFORE THE WAR, HE WORKED AS A GENERAL LABOURER, LIVING AT 12, RICHARDSON’S BUILDINGS, SYKES STREET, HULL.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A DRIVER, IN THE 251ST ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. DIED OF WOUNDS ON 26/11/1917, AGED 26.
HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE MENIN GATE MEMORIAL, YPRES, BELGIUM,
HIS NAME WAS RECORDED ON THE WAR MEMORIAL AT ST THOMAS CHURCH, CAMPBELL STREET, WHICH WAS DESTROYED IN AN AIR RAID DURING WW2.
| Name | John Hall |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hull, 1891 |
| Death Date | 26 Nov 1917 |
| Death Place | Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Driver |
| Regiment | Royal Field Artillery 251st Brigade, D Battery |
| Battalion | Territorial Force |
| Regimental Number | 755629 |
| Type of Casualty | Died of wounds |
| Theatre of War | Western European Theatre |
First name:
JOHN
Military Number:
755629
Rank:
Driver
Date Died
26/11/1917
Place died:
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
26
12, RICHARDSON'S BUILDINGS, SYKES STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
