BORN BARNSLEY, 1866. SON OF PETER AND EMMA DALE, OF BARNSLEY.
HE MARRIED IN HULL IN JULY 1894. HIS WIFE LUCY BARKER (5/4/1874 -1953) AND SEVEN CHILDREN LIVED AT 4 HAVELOCK TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL, (CWGC ADDRESS). HE HAD BEEN IN THE ARMY AND SERVED IN SUDAN CAMPAIGN. IN CIVILIAN LIFE HE WORKED AS A BOOT REPAIRER (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 3/7468, “F” COMPANY, 3RD EAST YORKSHIRE BATTALION. DIED OF BRONCHITIS, CATARRH, AND DILATED HEART, ON 26/08/1915, AGED 48. HE IS BURIED AT HULL WESTERN CEMETERY. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, LUCY. HE LEFT DEPENDENT CHILDREN – GEORGE, PETER, EMILY, ELSIE AND WILLIAM EDWARD DALE, BORN BETWEEN 1900-1913.