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BENJAMIN SMALES
Kingston upon Hull HU8 7FB
England
BORN HULL 1897. SON OF BENJAMIN SMALES (1859-1937) & SARAH ANN BARNES (1863-1913), OF 15, HOWE STREET, ST MARKS STREET, HULL, 113, LIME STREET, HULL. HE HAD SIX BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS. A FORMER HULL RECKITTS WORKER.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 3/6509, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 01/07/1916, AGED 19. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 26/02/1917.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ST MARKS STREET MEMORIAL WITH HIS BROTHER, SERGEANT, FRED SMALES, 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/09/1916, AGED 28.
Hauts-de-France
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