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Surname: DALE
Forename(s): Collins
Place of Birth: Glusburn, Yorkshire
Service No: 3001
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: South African Infantry, 2nd Regiment (Natal and O.F.S.)
Battalion / Unit: ---
Division: 9th (Scottish) Division
Age: 28
Date of Death: 1916-07-18
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Pier and Face 4 C.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)
Additional Information:
Benjamin Collins Dale (born 18 May 1889) was the son of Thomas and Ellen Dale, née Warner. Thomas was born at Glusburn, Yorkshire and Ellen in Co. Cork, Ireland.
1891 Glusburn, Yorkshire Census: Green Lane - Benjamin Dale, aged 1 year, born Glusburn, son of Ellen Dale (married).
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) for Collins not found.
Collins was listed as missing in action during the Battles of the Somme, 1916, 1 July-18 November, at the Battle of Delville Wood, 15 July-3 September.
Data Source: West Yorkshire Pioneer Article
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: South African Infantry, 2nd Regiment (Natal and O.F.S.)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 9th (Scottish) Division
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Birth Certificate for Benjamin Collings Dale
Copy (23 September 2014)
Ellen Dale
Ellen Dale, née Warner, the mother of Private Collins Dale
Courtesy of Peter Hodkinson, South Africa
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08 September 1916
GLUSBURN SOLDIER MISSING
Information has been received by Miss E. Dale, of Green Lane, Glusburn, that her nephew, Private Collins Dale, of the South African Force, has been missing since July 18th. Private Dale is the son of Mr. and the late Mrs. Thomas Dale, formerly of Glusburn. Mr. Dale is at present resident in South Africa. Mrs. Dale died some years ago. Private Dale left the village when quite a boy and visited the old home some months ago, on his arrival with the South African contingent. He saw service under General Botha in the recent rebellion. When last heard from he was in France.
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