WOODSTOCK REMEMBERS

SERVICE RECORD

Names
Surname
HALL
Forname(s)
William John
Birthplace
Woodstock; Baptised 15th April 1894 Parish register
Family
Parents
Edwin, Inn Keeper, Oxford Road Kidlington (1901 Census) and Beatrice of Woodstock.
Siblings
Herbert E and Sydney G born in Kidlington (1901 Census) Frank Eric b 1903, half-brother Frederick b 1916 Headington Oxford.
Address(es)
Oxford Street, Woodstock (1911 Census) Edwin Hall of Bridge Street, Osney Oxford CWGC.1917
Occupation
Groom (1911 Census)
Service

Rank: Private

Number: 8598

Regiment: 7th Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry

Death
Reported at the front April 1915 Parish register Died May 9th 1917 Salonica aged 22
Burial
Commonwealth War Grave/Memorial Dorian Memorial, Greece. Total identified casualties 2176

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Researched by: Isabel Wheeler
http://www.roll-of-honour.com/Oxfordshire/Woodstock.html
Ancestry, 'Photos credit of CWGC'. Commonwealth War Grave Commission, the image of William is from Jackson's Oxford Journal a microfilm copy and is out of copyright credit Oxfordshire History Centre, with thanks. It is also on Ancestry's Family Trees and used with permission of Sally Tarbox
Local collection, Woodstock (Parish magazine) Oxfordshire County Museum, Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Woodstock,
Local Historian Patricia Crutch.