Name  : William HALLETT.
Rank & Number : Rifleman. 7585.
Service  : 1^st /12^th Bn., London Regiment (The Rangers).
Date of Death : Saturday, 9^th September 1916.
Age  : 29.
Cause of Death : Killed in Action.
No known grave.
Commemorated : Theipval Memorial, Somme, France.
Reference : Pier and Face 9 C.

The Theipval Memorial, the Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, bears the names of more than 72,000 officers and men of the United Kingdom and South African forces who died in the Somme sector before 20^th March 1918 and who have no known grave. Rifleman William Hallett was probably killed in action during the Battle of Ginchy on 9^th September 1916.

William Hallett was born in Dorsetshire, enlisted at Maiden Newton, whilst probably living in the locality. He formerly served in the 3^rd Dorsetshire Regiment (No. 16832).