The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private E R Hall

Private Edward Richard HALL, G/12837, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 15th June 1917.

Born Chatham, Kent, son of Edward & Susana / Sarah Hall.

1911 Census - 84 Coleman Street, (GPO), Chatham, Kent - Edward Richard Hall, head, age 33, single, bottling foreman, Brewing, worker, born Rochester, Kent; Sarah Susana Hall, mother, age 69, widow, Coleman St., Chatham, Kent; Edith Louisa Hall, sister, age 34, single, drier laundry, Laundry Company, worker, born Rochester, Kent.

Enlisted Chatham, Kent, age 39 years 10 months, height 5ft 6 inches, weight 182lbs (obese). Resided 24 Coleman Street, Chatham, Kent . Formerly Bottling Foreman.

Home, 12th December 1915 to 13th July 1916; BEF, 14th July 1916 to 9th October 1916; Home, 10th October 1916 to 2nd March 1917; BEF, 3rd March 1917 to 15th June 1917.

12th December 1915, enlisted; 13th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 26th March 1916, mobilized; 27th March 1916, posted 9th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 14th July 1916, posted BEF & embarked; 15th July 1916, Etaples 40 Infantry Base Depot; 21st July 1916, posted 6th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 23rd July 1916, joined Battalion In the Field; 16th August 1916, sick, to Field Ambulance; 17th August 1916, Wimereux, 2nd Australian General Hospital, sprained foot; 20th September 1916, Boulogne, No.1. Convalescent Depot; 23rd September 1916, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 1st October 1916, rejoined Battalion; 7th October 1916, Etaples, 23 General Hospital, wounded gun shot wound, left forearm; 10th October 1916, to England; 10th October 1916, posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 11th October 1916 to 28th October 1916, Hospital; 29th October 1916 to 20th December 1916, Blackpool Convalescent Hospital; 30th December 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 3rd March 1917, posted BEF & 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment & embarked.

2nd September 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, dead, Mother, dead; Sisters - Mrs. Edith. L. Sparks, age 43, 84, Coleman St., Chatham, Kent; Lucy F? Young, age 40, 93, Coleman St., Chatham, Kent;

Commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Panel 45 and 47., Belgium.

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