1883 - 1967 (84 years)
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Name |
Harry Frank William HALL |
Birth |
28 Jan 1883 |
Pownall Road, Haggerston, Shoreditch, London [1, 2] |
Gender |
Male |
_UID |
A47733B7660949ACA2FFB4A1F0890EC0A6FC |
Death |
9 Aug 1967 |
Chelsea Pensioner's Home, Chelsea, London [2, 3] |
Notes |
- Janet Webb has provided the following information about her grandfather:
1898
Harry, 15, enlisted in the Queen's Bays Regiment, a Cavalry Regiment of the
2nd Dragoons Guards and went to fight in the 2nd Boer War in South Africa. He
didn't return to England until his discharge in 1905 when he found work as a
Railway Plate Layer. He had 4 sisters, Sonia Louisa born in 1885, Nellie born
in 1890, Ida born in 1892 and Jinny born in 1895.
1912
Harry and Bessie were married on 6th July, 19l2 at Shoreditch Register Office.
Witnesses to their marriage were L. Bassett and Harry Lupson.
Harry and Bessie lived at 29 Bookham Street, Shoreditch. Their only child,
my mother, Ida Louisa was born 2 months after their marriage on 12th October,
1912 at 21 Harman Street, Shoreditch.
1914
Harry was re-called to his Regiment at the outbreak of The Great War ( 1st
World War) and went to fight in the trenches in France and Belgium at the
battles of the Somme, Ypres, Mons and Marne until the war was over when
Harry was honourably discharged having been mildly "gassed" in the trench
warfare and he returned home.
1934
Bessie died on 12th April 1934 aged 53 in The Royal Free Hospital, Pancras, of
(a) Pulmonary Embolus (b) Septic Emboli from Pelvic Abcesses, (c) Radium
Bums of the Uterus after heavy blood loss.
N.B.
Doses of Radium through needles inserted into the Uterus was the new
treatment for Cancer of the Uterus at the time and the strength of the dose had
been miscalculated.
Bessie was buried in East London Cemetery, Wanstead.
At the time of Bessie's death, Harry was living at 22, Chatham Avenue, Nile
Street, Shoreditch. He was a Builder's Labourer. He continued to live there until
1963 when he was admitted to the Royal Chelsea Pensioners Home for old
soldiers.
Harry died on 9th August , 1967 aged 84 of Bronchitis and Pneumonia at the
Chelsea Pensioners Hospital. He was buried there with Military Honours as
befitted one of "The Old Contemptibles" as they were known'. His war medals
were donated to the Hospital Museum.
N.B.
My mother remembered the flat where my Grandfather lived in "The Buildings"
as one room with a curtained-off corner where she slept until she married my
father (who had to pay £50 to marry my mother because she was helping with
the finances by working in the "Box Factory")
I remember it because when my sister and I were little girls we used to make the
journey every Saturday across London to visit. It had a huge wrought iron set of
gates across both ends to stop any through traffic. Concrete stairs went up to
Grandad's flat. There was a toilet and washbasin on each landing for the
residents. The front doors opened onto the street with no gardens anywhere. In
summer people would bring chairs out and sit at the front doors.
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Person ID |
I2550 |
Great Horkesley, Essex |
Last Modified |
18 Aug 2016 |
Father |
William George HALL, b. 26 Oct 1860, 220 Bethnal Green Road, Shoreditch, London d. 14 Mar 1917, 141 De Beauvoir Road, Hackney, London (Age 56 years) |
Mother |
Ellen Sarah Minter, b. 28 Jun 1858, Sir Isaac's Walk, Holy Trinity, Colchester, Essex d. 25 Dec 1928, 230 High Street, Hackney, London (Age 70 years) |
Marriage |
18 Dec 1881 |
St Mary, Haggerston, London [4, 5] |
- Married after banns. William George Hall, full age, bachelor, cabinet maker of 101 Pownall Road, father William Hall, cabinet maker. Ellen Sarah Minter, full age, spinster of 37 Pearson Street, father Harry Minter, carman. Both signed full names. Witnesses George Edward Minter, Annie Louisa Hall.
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Family ID |
F302 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Bessie LUPSON, b. 26 Oct 1880, 19 Newcastle Place, Shoreditch, London d. 12 Apr 1934, Royal Free Hospital, Pancras, London (Age 53 years) |
Marriage |
6 Jul 1912 |
Shoreditch Register Office [2, 6] |
Children |
| 1. Ida Louisa HALL, b. 12 Oct 1912, 26 Harmond Street, Shoreditch, London d. 18 Jan 1996, Leamington Spa, Warwickshire (Age 83 years) |
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Family ID |
F853 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
5 Sep 2013 |
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Sources |
- [S178] BMD index, Q1 1883 Shoreditch 1c/156. (Reliability: 3).
- [S297] Janet Webb, August/September 2013.
- [S178] BMD index, aged 84, Q3 1967 Chelsea 5a/503. Place from Janet Webb, Aug 2013. (Reliability: 3).
- [S149] Marriage Certificate (copy) (Reliability: 3).
Q4 1881 Shoreditch 1c/205
- [S210] London Metropolitan Archives at Ancestry.co.uk, November 2009 and later.
- [S178] BMD index, Q3 1912 Shoreditch 1c/254. Dated from Janet Webb, Aug 2013. (Reliability: 3).
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