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JOHN HALL

  • Died: 21 Apr 1918
  • Rank: Lance Corporal
  • Service no at death: 12893
  • Died: 21 Apr 1918
  • Rank: Lance Corporal
  • Service no at death: 12893
Personal
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  • Surname: HALL
  • Forename: JOHN
  • Initials:
  • Date of Birth: 1884
  • Place of Birth: Spetisbury
  • Place of Birth Source: 1911 Census
  • Address: Dean End, Woodcutts, Sixpenny Handley
  • Schools attended:
  • Employment / trade: Farm carter
  • Place of work:
  • Family (parents and grandparents): Father Daniel Hall. Mother Mary Dennis Grandparents John and Dinah (nee Barnes) Hall and John and Sarah (nee Hiscock) Dennis)
  • Spouse Name: Emily Harris m. 7 Oct 1905
  • Notes:
Military
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  • Regiment at call-up: Dorsetshire Regiment
  • Regiment at discharge:
  • Rank at call-up:
  • Service no at call-up: 12893
  • Date of attestation: 03 Feb 1915
  • Date of call-up:
  • Area reported to: Dorchester
  • Source: 1911 Census
  • Naval vessels served:
  • Decorations and awards:
  • Other service details: Attached to 7th Batt Royal Munster Fusiliers with Mediterranean Force from 1 Oct 1915. Mar 1915 in Weymouth Hospital with pleurisy and pneumonia. Dec 1915 Suffering from frostbite in Salonica. Returned to England. 9 Aug 1916 to Rouen Apr 1918 In hospital suffering from effects of gas
  • Other rank:
  • Other service no:
  • Service facts:
Death and Memorial
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  • Age at death: 34
  • Date of death: 21 Apr 1918
  • Regiment at death: Devonshire Regiment
  • Battalion at death: 1st Bn.
  • Rank at death: Lance Corporal
  • Circumstances of death: Gunshot wound, died in hospital near Rouen
  • Service no at death: 12893
  • Field of action at death:
  • Place of death: France
  • Location of grave: St Sever Cemetery extension, Rouen
  • Position: P.VII.A.6A
  • Other memorials: Sixpenny Handley War Memorial
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