The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private W Hall

Private Walter HALL, G/5466, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, died on or since, 26th September 1915.

Born Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire.

23rd September 1905, Parish Church, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire married Alice Moores, spinster.

Children - Herbert Hall, born 11th March 1906, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire; William Hall, born 19th November 1908, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire; Hannah Hall, born 23rd July 1910, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire.

1911 Census - 23 Brookside Street, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire - Walter Hall, head, age 25, married, coal miner, hewer, worker, born Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire; Alice Hall, wife, age 25, married 5 years, 3 children, all still alive, cotton weaver, worker, born Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire; Herbert Hall, son, age 5, school, born Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire; William Hall, son, age 2, born Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire; Hannah Hall, daughter, age 8 months, born Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire.

Enlisted Accrington, Lancashire, age 29 years & 7 months, height 5ft 6½ inches, weight 147lbs. Resided 23 Brookside Street, Oswaldtwistle, Lancashire. Formerly miner.

Home 15th January 1915 to 29th August 1915; BEF 30th August 1915 to 26th September 1915.

15th January 1915, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th January 1915, posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 30th April 1915, Shoreham, improper remark to an NCO, 7 days confined to Barracks; 30th July 1915, Blackdown Camp, overstaying his pass from 11.00pm until 11.00am 3rd inst whilst on musketry, deprived of 5 days pay, 5 days confined to Barracks, forfeits 5 days pay; 30th August 1915, posted BEF; 26th September 1915, posted missing.

3rd July 1916, pension of 20/6 a week awarded to widow & three children.

10th November 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow - Mrs Alice Leeming, 18 Burnley Road, Clayton le Moors, near Accrington; Children - Herbert 11th March 1906; Willie 19th November 1908; Hannah 23rd July 1910.

Commemorated at Loos Memorial, Panel 95 to 97, France.

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