W. A. Hall
Service no. 302230
Rifleman, London Regiment (London Rifle Brigade), 1st/5th Battalion
Died age 21 on 9 October 1916
CWGC: “Son of Henry Charles and Priscilla Amelia Hall, of 27 Cavendish Grove, South Lambeth, London.”
Remembered at Thiepval Memorial, France
Information from the 1911 Census
In 1911 the Hall family were living at 19 Cavendish Grove, where they occupied 6 rooms. Henry Charles Hall, 44, who was born in Lambeth, worked in the building trade as a painter. Priscilla Amelia Hall, 46, was born in Pimlico. They had had 13 children, 9 of whom survived in 1911. Eight were on the census return for this address:
Amelia Annie Hall, 24, was a waitress
Lucy Charlotte Hall, 20, was a “counter hand”
Daisy Maud Hall, 17, was a blouse machinist
William Arthur Hall, 15, was an office boy
Ethel Victoria Hall, at 13, was still at school,
Herbert Sydney Hall, 11, at school
Walter Edward Hall, 7, at school
Elsie Doris Hall, 4
All were born in Lambeth.
