Herbert SWALES

Main CPGW Record

Surname: SWALES

Forename(s): Herbert

Place of Birth: Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire

Service No: C/12972

Rank: A/L/Corporal

Regiment / Corps / Service: King’s Royal Rifle Corps

Battalion / Unit: 21st (Service) Battalion. (Yeoman Rifles)

Division: 41st Division

Age: 25

Date of Death: 1916-10-07

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 13 A and 13 B.

CWGC Cemetery: ---

CWGC Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial: GREENHOW, YORKSHIRE

Local War Memorial: PATELEY BRIDGE, YORKSHIRE

Additional Information:

Herbert Swale (correct spelling of surname) was the son of Thomas and Isabel Swale, née Barker and brother of Private Leonard Swales (3638) (q.v.). Their father was born at Bewerley and mother at Wath, Yorkshire.

1901 Bewerley, Yorkshire Census: Bents - Herbert Swale, aged 9 years, born Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire, son of Thomas and Isabel Swale.

1911 Huby [near Harrogate], Yorkshire Census: Banks Farm - Herbert Swale, aged 19 years, born Moorhouses [near Pateley Bridge], Yorkshire. [Herbert was working for James Harrison, Farmer.]

The British Army Service Record for Herbert Swales exists but may be incomplete.

Data Source: Local War Memorial

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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