Leonard SWALES

Main CPGW Record

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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