Royal Army Service Corps
No Army Service or Pension Record appears to have survived for Private Hall and little biographical information has been discovered about him. It would appear likely that, although he ended up in Gloucester and died there, he was not originally form Gloucestershire. Fortunately, there are some records available which do give some insight into his army service.
What we do know, from the CWGC Register, is his number and the fact that he served with the (Royal) Army Service Corps. The pre-fix ‘R4’ indicates that he served with one of the remount units connected with horse transport. According to the register he was the son of Charles Hall MRVS of Burton-onTrent, Staffordshire and the husband of Emma Hall, 76 Cecil Road, Gloucester.
There is a Medal Index Card for him held at the National Archives and this states that he served abroad, going to the Western Front on 1 November 1915. A Silver War Badge was allocated to him upon discharge from the army on 10 March 1916 and this also gives his enlistment date of 3 May 1915. His recently released Pension Record Card confirms his discharge date, the fact that he was born in 1875 and was married and that he was discharged due to osteoarthritis (stated to be non-attributable to war service).
A death notice in the Gloucester Journal of 26 June 1920 states that he died on 20 June at 76 Cecil Road, Gloucester, aged 54.
Notwithstanding the lack of evidence of any pension or army service beyond the date of discharge Private Hall must have been deemed qualified for entry in the CWGC register and burial, in Gloucester Old Cemetery, with a standard CWGC headstone marking his grave.
Researched by Graham Adams 10 June 2019