Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Esher (Cobham) Cemetery | 357 | |
| 2. Book: | The (1921) Masonic Roll of Honour 1914-1918 | Pg.124 | |
| 3. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 50C GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Family :
Son of Charles George and Mary Anne Hale (nee Webb); husband of Emily Hale (nee Rawlings), of Cranbourne, Cobham.Education & Career :
Stockbroker, 15, Austin Friars, London (1909).
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 2/6 East Surrey Regiment |
| Action : Natural Causes |
Natural causes is attributed those deaths due to causes that were not directly associated with the war. Included in this are wartime deaths resulting from, for example, theSpanish Influenza pandemic and its associated pneumonia problems and other attributions such as age and exhaustion. It also groups those who through Post Traumatic Stress committed suicide as a result of their experiences.
Detail :
LIEUTENANT WILLIAM WEBB HALE, Royal Defence Corps, was the youngest son of Charles George Hale of the Stock Exchange. He was born in 1868 and became a member of the Stock Exchange at the age of twenty-seven, but his activities were by no means confined to the House, for he devoted much of his time to the public affairs of the City of London. He was a Liveryman of the Armourers' and Braziers' Company and represented Broad Street Ward in the Court of Common Council. He took a keen interest, too, in the Orphan School, and at the outbreak of war was Chairman of the Committee. His residence was in Surrey, and he was for many years an enthusiastic member of the West Surrey Beagles, being for a time joint Master. In November 1914 he joined the Surrey National Reserve, which was later attached to the 2/6th East Surrey Regiment and afterwards became the 61st Company of the Royal Defence Corps. During 1914-15 his Company was stationed in the Royal Edward (note; see BROMLEY, Cuthbert) off Southend, guarding German prisoners, until transferred to Dover for guard duty. While at Dover he fell a victim to influenza, and cerebral haemorrhage intervening he died in April 1917, in his fiftieth year. Lieut. Hale left a widow. The Stock Exchange Memorial Book includes a summary of the above and also that he 'was the Inner Guard of his Lodge'.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Guildhall No. 3116 E.C. | London |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
19th October 1909 | 16th November 1909 | 15th February 1910 |
Inner Guard
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley