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Surname: HALE
Forename(s): Arthur
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 10863
Rank: Corporal
Regiment / Corps / Service: Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 5th (Service) Battalion
Division: 12th (Eastern) Division
Age: 35
Date of Death: 1916-03-31
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: II. H. 16.
CWGC Cemetery: VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Arthur Hale was the son of Sutton Penman and Mary Hale, née Perks. Sutton was born at Newark, Nottinghamshire and Mary at Okeover, Derbyshire. Mary died in 1893 and Sutton married Catherine Swift in 1895.
1891 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 14, Upper Union Street - Arthur Hale, aged 9 years, born Skipton, son of Sutton P. and Mary Hale. [Surname was written as Hales but the s was crossed out.]
1901 Gargrave, Yorkshire Census: South Street - Arthur Hale, aged 18 years, born Skipton, Yorkshire. [Arthur was boarding with Herbert and Sarah A. Middlebrook.]
Arthur was married to Ada Smith in 1901.
1911 Gargrave, Yorkshire Census: 37, River Place - Arthur Hale, aged 29 years, born Skipton, Yorkshire, husband of Ada Hale.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Cpl Arthur Hale, 10863, 5th Royal Berkshire Regiment. Theatre of War first served in: (1) France. Date of entry therein: 30 May 1915.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
HALE, Cpl. Arthur, son of Mr. S.P. Hale, 25, Pendle Street, [Skipton], killed in action, France, Mar. 31, 1916.
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Corporal Arthur HALE

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire Regiment)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 12th (Eastern) Division
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