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JOHN HALL

Died : 21 Apr 1918
Rank : Lance Corporal
Service no at death: 12893
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Surname: HALL
Forename: JOHN
Initials:
Date of Birth 1884
Place of BirthSpetisbury
Place of Birth Source1911 Census
Address Dean End, Woodcutts, Sixpenny Handley
Schools attended
Employment / tradeFarm 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
Regiment at call-upDorsetshire Regiment
Regiment at discharge
Rank at call-up
Service no at call-up12893
Date of attestation 03 Feb 1915
Date of call-up -
Area reported toDorchester
Source
Naval vessels served
Decorations and awards
Other service detailsAttached 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
Age at death34
Date of death 21 Apr 1918
Regiment at deathDevonshire Regiment
Battalion at death1st Bn.
Rank at deathLance Corporal
Circumstances of deathGunshot wound, died in hospital near Rouen
Service no at death12893
Field of action at death
Place of deathFrance
Location of graveSt Sever Cemetery extension, Rouen
PositionP.VII.A.6A
Other memorialsSixpenny Handley War Memorial
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