William’s birth was registered Q2 1893 in Hoo District, vol 2a page 562. He was Christened at St Mary Hoo on 18th June 1893, the eldest of six boys born to William Hall and Rhoda Hoare who were married at St Marys on 27 February 1892.
William and Rhoda had six sons, all born at St Mary’s:
William Jame:s born 21 May 1893, bapt 18 June 1893, St Mary Hoo
Arthur Rowland: born 11 Nov 1894, bapt 09 Dec 1894 St Mary Hoo
Benjamin Bentley: born 30 Aug 1896, bapt 29 Nov 1896,died Q1 1897, St Mary Hoo buried 07 Feb 1897 St Mary Hoo
Sidney Edward: born 04 Sep 1901, bapt 29 Sept 1901, St Mary Hoo
Albert Ernest: born 19 Aug 1906,bapt 05 Oct 1906, Grayne buried 09 June 1910 St Mary Hoo
Henry Charles: born Q2 1908, bapt 15 Mar 1908, Grayne
The family first lived in St Mary Hoo, then moved to the Isle of Grain for a few years and then to Dagnam Farm Cottage, Allhallows sometime between 1908-1911.
In 1911 Arthur, Sidney and Henry were still at home, but 18 year old William had moved out. He was enumerated as William Hall, aged 20, born Hoo Kent who was a private soldier in the East York Regiment at Salamanca Barracks, Wellington Lines, Aldershot.
William appears to be amongst the soldiers whose papers were lost (burned) during WW2, and so the next record for him is his death on 29 August 1916.
William’s mother Rhoda was born in Allhallows, the youngest of nine children born to Edward Hoare and MaryAnn Baker who were married at Stoke on 25 November 1848. Over the years they moved from Lower Stoke to St Mary’s, Clinch Street High Halstow, Grain, Allhallows and Cliffe. MaryAnn died between 1901-1911. Edward spent his last years as a widower in Cobham College Almshouses but died in Hoo Registration district in 1914.
William’s father, also William was born in Mayfield, Sussex, and he had an elder brother Henry; they were younger sons of James and Eliza. Both Henry and William moved to St Mary’s as young men. In 1881 Henry was lodging with Edward and MaryAnn Hoare who were William’s future in-laws. Henry married Ann Giggins in October 1889 and they had several children baptised at St Mary Hoo; cousins to William James.
The 6th Battalion of East Yorks Regiment were part of the 11th Division. They were in Egypt during early 1916 defending the Suez canal. In June orders were received for a move to France and by July they were at The Somme and took part in the capture of Wundt-Werh, the battle of Flers-Courcelette and the battle of Thiepval Ridge. It was at Thiepval that William perished.
http://www.historyofwar.org/articles/battles_thiepval_ridge.html
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