BORN HULL 1897. ONLY SON OF JOHN HENRY HALL (1856-1916) & ALICE HALL OF 16 RODNEY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 80 GRAFTON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD TWO SISTERS, ETHEL AND ALICE. A LITHOGRAPHER. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 19/01/1816. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7.5 INCHES TALL, 35.5 INCH CHEST SIZE, 120 LBS WEIGHT. SERVED IN THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY, HULL’S 125TH HEAVY BRIGADE. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 11/09/1917. DIED OF INFLUENZA, ON 25/02/1919, AGED 21, AT 25TH CASUALTY CLEARING STATION, FRANCE. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 3 YEARS AND 38 DAYS. UNMARRIED. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOWED MOTHER.
HE IS BURIED AT DENAIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “ONE OF GOD’S CHOSEN ONES”
First name:
WILFRED
Military Number:
155010
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
25/02/1919
Place died:
DENAIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY, NORD, FRANCE
Age:
21
