World War 1
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William John Thomas Hall
Forename(s):
William John Thomas
Surname:
Hall
Initial(s):
W J T
Service Number:
35159
Rank:
Private
Regiment:
King's Own (Yorkshire Light Infantry) 7th Battalion
Died:
31/10/1916
Aged:
28
Buried:
Thiepval Memorial
Service History:
Appears to have enlisted at Wokingham, Berkshire.
Formerly 2003, Durham Light Infantry.
Background:
Born in 1887, at Whittingham, Northumberland, the son of William & Margaret Jane Hall (née Cleghorn) who were married in 1874. William Snr. died in 1886, a few months before his son was born.
In 1891 Hall was living with his widowed mother, & siblings Roger (16), Mary E. (12), & George (6) at Prendwick Cottage, Whittingham.
By 1901 he was living at Abberwick, Edlingham, with his mother. Both were Farm Workers.
His mother died in 1907.
In 1911 Hall was working as an Under Gamekeeper, boarding in the home of William R. Weatherburn, Head Gamekeeper, & his wife Mary Ann at Wolsington, Darlington, County Durham.
Hall married Ethel M. Stobbs in 1915, in Weardale. They had a daughter, Ethel M. Hall, born the same year at Lanchester, County Durham.
Local Memorial:
Unknown