BORN HULL 1889. ONLY SON OF THE LATE THOMAS HENRY DALES (1861-1905). HIS WIDOWED MOTHER ELIZA BORWELL (1860-1918) LIVED AT 7, VICTORIA TERRACE, CAMPBELL STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS HER MAIN SUPPORT. HE HAD THREE SISTERS.
CHARLES HENRY DALES WAS A PROFESSIONAL SOLDIER. HE SERVED SEVEN YEARS WITH THE 1ST LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT REGIMENT, INCLUDING THREE YEARS IN INDIA. HE WAS SENT TO FRANCE WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE, IN AUGUST 1914. HE DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 14/09/1914, AGED 25. HIS SERVICE WAS DUE TO END IN NOVEMBER 1914.
HIS DEATH AND PHOTOGRAPH WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 6TH JANUARY 1915. *
HE IS BURIED AT LA FERTE-SOUS-JOUARRE MEMORIAL, SEINE-ET-MARNE, FRANCE.
HIS SISTER LUCY ANN DABBS ALSO DIED AT CROYDON IN 1914, AGED 27. HE LEFT ANOTHER MARRIED SISTER, CLARA LAVINIA MASON, IN HULL. HIS MOTHER DIED IN 1918.
