Personal Profile

a/Sgt. Smale, Richard Henry

Acting Sergeant

Date of Birth: 24/7/1891, Swansea
Enlisted - Date: 1914
Other service: 156877, RFA
Demobilised: 22/10/1919
Awards: BWM. VIC.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 24/7/1891, Swansea. Parents - Richard Henry & Caroline

- Bapt 24 Oct 1897, Christchurch, Swansea. Add-14 Herbert Place. Dads occ-Butcher

1901 -

1911 - Married Anna Thomas Ena Richards, 8 Jan 1911, St Johns, Swansea. Occ-Tally Clerk, Add-36 Richardson St.

1911 - 67 Neath Rd, Hafod. 19yo. Occ-Dock Labourer. Boarding w wife, Ena and son Richard Henry (in will?)

1918 - Elec Reg. 109 Rhyddings Terrace. Abs Voter

1921 - 21 Hanover St, Swansea. 30y3m. Occ-Haulage Contractor. Boarding w wife, RH (1911)

1934 - Married Elsie Foxall, Q3 Swansea

1939 - Shenstone, Lon Cothi, Swansea. DOB 24/7/1891 Occ-Lorry Driver. W wife Elsie and Annie Foxall - MIL?

1960 - Died aged 68, 26 March 1960. Add-Shenstone, Lon Cothi, Cockett, Swansea. Effects to Richard Henry Smale, police inspector

Address:
109 Rhyddings Terrace
Swansea (CENS)

Military Service

No SR or Brigade Service Number

Enlisted Sep-Dec 1914. In photo of 1914 recruits and football photo

Transferred to Regulars, No 156877

Disch 22 Oct 1919, a/Sgt.

Mil Pens - Malaria

Discharged - Reason: Malaria
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)(PENS)

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

  • 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
  • BWM – British War Medal
  • VIC – Victory Medal
  • SWB – Silver War Badge
  • TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
  • TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
  • TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

  • MID – Mention In Dispatches
  • LG – London Gazette
  • MM – Military Medal
  • DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

  • ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
  • COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
  • SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
  • CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
  • RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • NEWS – Newspapers
  • CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
  • FAM – Family Records
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