BORN HUTTON CRANSWICK 1893. SON OF ARTHUR SMALES (1850-1937) AND MARY SMITHSON. HE HAD FIVE SISTERS AND TWO BROTHERS.
A GENERAL LABOURER. HE LIVED WITH RELATE, EDWARD GILBERT SMALES AT 141 CRAVEN STREET, HOLDERNESS ROAD, HULL (1911 CENSUS).
HE MARRIED IN 1910, AGED 18. HIS WIFE, MRS CASSANDRA NEAL (1890-1956), LIVED AT 8, SANDLEMERE AVENUE, SOMERSET STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION &1918 VOTERS ADDRESS). THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN, GEORGE AND MARGARET.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 6/13462, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. POSTED TO GALLIPOLI, ON 01/12/1915. TRANSFERRED TO THE 10TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 10/10/1918, AGED 25. BURIED AT MONTAY, IN FRANCE. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, CASSANDRA.
COMMEMORATED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL, AT ST JOHN THE BAPTIST CHURCH, NEWINGTON, HULL.
