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Surname: SWALES
Forename(s): Leonard
Place of Birth: Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire
Service No: 3638
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 1/5th Battalion
Division: 49th (West Riding) Division
Age: 20
Date of Death: 1916-08-07
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: 1027.
CWGC Cemetery: PATELEY BRIDGE CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: GREENHOW, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: PATELEY BRIDGE, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Leonard Swale (correct spelling of surname) was the son of Thomas and Isabel Swale, née Barker and brother of A/L/Corporal Herbert Swales (C/12972) (q.v.). Their father was born at Bewerley and mother at Wath, Yorkshire.
1901 Bewerley, Yorkshire Census: Bents - Leonard Swale, aged 4 years, born Pateley Bridge, Yorkshire, son of Thomas and Isabel Swale.
1911 Bewerley, Yorkshire Census: Calf Haugh - Leonard Swales, aged 14 years, born Bewerley. [Leonard was employed by Frederick Summersgill, Farmer.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Leonard Swales, 3638, 1/5th West Yorkshire Regiment.
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 49th (West Riding) Division
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Pateley Bridge Cemetery
CWGC private memorial (to Private Leonard Swales)
Pateley Bridge Cemetery
CWGC private memorial - detail
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