BORN SCULCOATES, HULL, 1882. SON OF GEORGE DALE (1854-1928) & SARAH LUMLEY (1856-1935), OF 52 PORTLAND STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE HAD FOUR BROTHERS AND FOUR SISTERS.
HE MARRIED SARAH ANN CRAWFORTH (1883-1972) AT HULL, ON 21/09/1903. HIS WIFE SARAH ANN & 4 CHILDREN, LIVED AT 48 NICHOLSON STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WAS FATHER TO HARRY, IVY MAY, GEORGE BERTRAM, AND PHYLLIS.
HE WAS A BLUNDELL & SPENCE, PAINT WORKER, BANKSIDE, HULL.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL, IN 1914. SERVED AS LANCE BOMBARDIER, ROYAL FIELD ARTILLERY. WAS KILLED IN ACTION, AT YPRES, ON 03/12/1917, AGED 36.
HE IS BURIED AT SOLFERINO FARM, BELGIUM.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH, ON 5TH JANUARY 1918.
NOTE: HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE ST MARY CHURCH MEMORIAL, SCULCOATES LANE, BUT SPELT GEORGE HALE.
