The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J H Hall

Photograph by "International Wargraves Photography Project"

Private James Henry HALL, G/19992, 1st Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action or died of wounds, Flanders France, death assumed on or since, 26th October 1917.

Born Harby, Leicestershire.

8th February 1915, Clifton, Nottinghamshire, married Ellen Lane, spinster.

Child - Rose Ellen Hall, born 23rd June 1915, Bingham, Nottinghamshire.

Enlisted Ilkeston, Derbyshire, age 23 years & 1 month, height 5ft 6½ inches, weight 133lbs, slight flat foot. Resided Edwalton, Nottinghamshire. Formerly cowman & dairyman.

Home 24th June 1916 to 11th October 1917; BEF 12th October 1917 to 26th October 1917.

24th June 1916, deemed to have enlisted; 8th March 1917, medically examined & declared fit for General Service; 3rd April 1917, called up for Service; 4th April 1917, No.3. Depot, Reserve Cavalry Regiment; 5th April 1917, posted to 3rd Reserve Cavalry Regiment, Service No.83218 / 33633; 1st September 1917, transferred to 5th Reserve Battalion, Royal Fusiliers, Service No.G/59146; 12th October 1917, posted BEF & 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers; 14th October 1917, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment & posted 1st Battalion; 16th October 1917, joined Battalion In the Field; 26th October 1917, posted missing.

Buried at Hooge Crater Cemetery, VIII. L. 1., Belgium.

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