Private George Richard Francis Bale, 66471
- Batt - 1/4
- Unit - Northumberland Fusiliers
- Section -
- Date of Birth - 1900
- Died - 11/04/1918
- Age - 18
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of Samuel and Emily Bale. The 1911 census records, Samuel Bale, married 12 years and head of the family, a Corset Presser, born 1876 in Little Bowden, Leicestershire, and his wife Emily, born 1877 in Market Harborough, Leicestershire. The children were George Richard Francis, a Schoolboy, born 1900, Cyril Arnold, a Schoolboy, born 1901, Leonard Walter, a Schoolboy, born 1905, all the children were born in Little Bowden, Leics. The family were residing at 64, Caxton Street, Market Harborough, Leics.
Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project. Photograph submitted by B. Garner in August 2021
- Conflict - World War I
- Burial Place - Comines Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium
- Unit - Northumberland Fusiliers
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Commemoration - Ploegsteert Mem., Comines-warneton, Hainaut, Belgium
- Born - Little Bowden, Northants
- Enlisted - Market Harborough, Leics
- Place of Residence - The George Inn, Oxendon, Northamptonshire, England
- Memorial - MARKET HARBOROUGH MEM., LEICS
- Memorial - COTTAGE HOSPITAL WAR MEM., MARKET HARBOROUGH, LEICS
- Memorial - ST. NICHOLAS'S CHYRD. MEM., LITTLE BOWDEN, NORTHANTS
