E.+W.+HALL

Hall, Ernest William, Lance Corporal, 4767, 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers Born Wyaston, Derbyshire Enlisted Rocester, Staffordshire Resided Ashbourne, Derbyshire Killed in action 23rd October 1918 aged 23 Buried in Villers-Pol Communal Cemetery Extension, K, 6

1911 Census No occupation stated Son of Joseph, a domestic coachman, and Eliza Ellen Hall, of Wyaston, Derbyshire

Ashbourne News, 29th November 1918 "Mr. and Mrs. Hall, of Wyaston, near Ashbourne, have been notified by the War Office of the death of their eldest son, Lance-Cpl. E. Hall, of the Royal Fusiliers, who was killed in action on October 23rd. He enlisted in August 1914, and after training at Shoreham Camp he went to France in September, 1915, serving in the machine gun section until May, 1918, when he was transferred to the Infantry. The deceased soldier, who was 23 years of age, was home on leave last February, and before joining the army he was employed as a gardener at Snelston Hall. Another of Mr. and Mrs. Hall's sons was taken prisoner last May. Lieut. Robbins, of the 8th Royal Fusiliers, has sent the following letter to Mr. and Mrs. Hall:- 'In reply to your letter I am able to inform you that your son was killed whilst in charge of a reconnoitering patrol, which he bravely volunteered to take out. The place of his death was at Flagnies, near St. Amand. He was shot through the head with a machine gun bullet, and death was absolutely instantaneous. He was buried by the 12th Divisional Burying Party. I should like to take this opportunity of saying how very much he was missed in his platoon, in fact, the company lost one of its most promising N.C.O.'s by his death'."


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