BORN HULL 1898. SECOND SON OF MARY GREENWOOD (1863-1942) & THE LATE THOMAS WALL (1859-1927), OF 347, ANLABY ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF FOUR CHILDREN. HE HAD TWO BROTHERS, TOM AND VICTOR, AND ONE SISTER, ENID MARY WALL. HIS FATHER WAS A RETAIL CHEMIST. HE WAS A STUDENT.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 50322, WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 18TH NORTHUMBERLAND (TYNESIDE) FUSILIERS. KILLED IN ACTION, 17/04/1918, AGED 20.
BURIED: Mont Noir Military Cemetery, St. Jans-Cappel, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, THOMAS.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ST MATTHEWS CHURCH WW1 MEMORIAL, HULL AND THE HULL GRAMMAR SCHOOL MEMORIAL
HIS OLDER BROTHER, TOM HAROLD WALL, SERVED IN THE IMPERIAL CAMEL CORPS, STAFFORDSHIRE YEOMANRY & ROYAL ENGINNERS, AT THIS SAME ADDRESS (TOM COMMITTED SUICIDE ON 05/10/1929, AGED 33.)
