The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W E Hall

Photograph by "International Wargraves Photography Project"

Private William Ernest HALL, G/23197, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 9th April 1917.

Born Sittingbourne, Kent, son of Alfred & Francis J Hall, London Road, Newington nr Sittingbourne, Kent.

1911 Census - Gillingham?? - Alfred Hall, head, age 54, married, general farm labourer, worker born Borden, Kent; Frances Hall, wife, age 51, married 30 years, 15 children, 11 still alive, born Iwade, Kent; George Hall, son, age 23, single, Army RFA, Government, worker, born Newington, Kent; William Hall, son, age 21, single, general farm labourer, born Bredgar, Kent; Frank Hall, son, age 20, single, Army RFA, Government, worker, born Borden, Kent; Gladys Hall, daughter, age 15, single, general servant, worker, born Gillingham, Kent; Dorothy Hall, daughter, age 13, single, school, born Gillingham, Kent; John Hall, son, age 10, school, born Chatham, Kent; Reginald Hall, son, age 9, school, born Chatham, Kent; Ivy Hall, daughter, age 5, school, born Gillingham, Kent; William Ralph, boarder, age 67, widower, general farm labourer, worker born Ospringe, Kent.

Enlisted Chatham, Kent, age 26 years & 26 days, height 5ft 4½ inches. Resided 367 Luton Road, Chatham, Kent. Formerly labourer.

Home, 11th December 1915 to 31st December 1916; BEF, 1st January 1917 to 9th April 1917.

11th December 1915, enlisted; 12th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 17th October 1916, mobilized; 19th October 1916,posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st January 1917, posted BEF; 2nd January 1917, embarked / disembarked; 22nd January 1917, joined Battalion, "B" Company.

5th November 1917, date when Separation Allowance of 3/10 a week and Allotment of Pay of 3/6 a week to mother will cease.

13th March 1918, Probate - William Ernest Hall of 367 Luton Road, Chatham, Kent, died 9th April 1917 in France. Administration London 13th March to Alfred Hall, farm labourer, Effects £57 12s 2d.

Buried at Feuchy Chapel British Cemetery, III. J. 3., Wancourt, France.

External Link to Roll of Honour - Ifield, Kent

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