Name
Henry Arthur Hall
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
25/07/1916
36
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Corporal
R/18406
King's Royal Rifle Corps
20th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
British War and Victory medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
MERICOURT-L'ABBE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Plot II, Row D, Grave 16.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Watford Borough Roll of Honour,
Christ Church Memorial, Watford
Pre War
Husband of Florence Ellen (nee ALLEN) HALL of Watford.
His parents are unknown (mother’s maiden name possibly SAWYER).
Henry was born 1880 in Watford, and married 1 October 1904 at Watford Registry Office; they had three children. He resided in Watford.
On the 1881 and 1891 Census, he is proving elusive. On the 1901 Census, a Sapper with the Royal Engineers aged 21 he was stationed at Brompton Barracks, Gillingham, Kent. On the 1911 Census, a gas engine driver aged 29 he lived in Watford, with his wife and three children.
Wartime Service
His attestation was for Short Service (For the Duration of the War): an engineer’s fitter aged 39 of Watford.
He enlisted in Woolwich, was entitled to the Victory and British War medals, and was killed or died of wounds received in action.
Additional Information
Has a entry in the National Roll of the Great War.
Acknowledgments
Sue Carter (Research) and Watford Museum (ROH on line via www.ourwatfordhistory.org.uk)
