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Hale, Harold Raymond

Date of birth:
(Beddau, Glamorgan)
Date of death:
October 24th, 1944 ('s-Hertogenbosch, Noord-Brabant)
Buried on:
Commonwealth War Cemetery Uden
Plot: 3. Row: B. Grave: 3.
Service number:
3964436
Nationality:
British
Rang/eenheid:
1/5th Bn.

Biography

Killed in action of stomach wounds in the flour-mill near the Dieze river on 24-10-1944.
L. Cpl. Hale cut through the connecting-wires of the German dynamite-bursting charge of the Dieze bridge during the assault on this bridge in the day-break.
Temporarily buried at the Oude Kerkstraat in Oss near the water-mill. Reburied in the summer of 1946 at the British War Cemetery Uden.

Source: Archive A. Verbakel. - Heemkundekring Uden

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