BORN HULL 1895. ENLISTED GRIMSBY. EX 30129 LINCS. SON OF WILLIAM SWALES & ANNIE ELIZABETH SMART, OF 132 CHURCH LANE, GRIMSBY. HE HAD A YOUNGER BROTHER, DAVID AND FOUR SISTERS. HIS GRANDMOTHER, CHARLOTTE SMART, AND EXTENDED FAMILY, LIVED AT CAMPBELL STREET, HULL.
SON OF AN UNDERTAKER AND CABINET MAKER, IN A WELL ESTABLISHED HULL BUSINESS. GEORGE WORKED AS A FURNITURE SHOP ASSISTANT, IN CLEETHORPES (1911 CENSUS) AND LIVING AT 132 CHURCH LANE, GRIMSBY. HE GAVE HIS OCCUPATION AS A FRENCH POLISHER AND DEALER. DESCRIBED AS 5 FOOT, 7.5 INCHES TALL, 35-37 INCH CHEST, WEIGHT 123 LBS.
HE MARRIED A WASHER WOMAN, ADA BRENETTA HANSON, AT ST PAULS CHURCH, SCULCOATES, HULL, ON 06/09/1914. A DAUGHTER CONSTANCE AMELIA SMALES, WAS BORN ON 08/12/1914. A SON, ALSO CALLED GEORGE FREDERICK SWALES, DIED IN INFANCY (1916-1918).
GEORGE ENLISTED AT GRIMSBY, ON 11/12/1915, AGED 21 AND 44 DAYS. HE WAS CALLED UP FOR SERVICE, ON 17/10/1916 AND LEFT SOUTHAMPTON, TO HAVRE, FRANCE, ON 16/03/1917.
HE SERVED AS LANCE CORPORAL, 83600 “E” COMPANY, 217TH MACHINE GUN CORPS (INFANTRY) AND WAS KILLED AT YPRES, ON 23/09/1917, AGED 22.
HE IS COMMEMORTED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING, BELGIUM.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW ADA, WHO WAS LIVING AT 23 FINSBURY GROVE, FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL.
SHE WAS AWARDED, 22 SHILLINGS AND 11 PENCE, WEEKLY, FOR HERSELF AND TWO CHILDREN, FROM 22/04/1918. ADA LATER MOVED TO 1 BEECH AVENUE, BEECH STREET, HULL (ARMY PAYMENT ADDRESS)
