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Capt. · 4 Middlesex Regiment

Edward Lionel Scales

† 11/11/1918 · aged 27 · Kersal (St. Paul) Churchyard, A.1.3

Personal data

NameScales
InitialsE.L.
Christian nameEdward Lionel
FamilySon of Richard and Susannah Scales, of Newark-on-Trent; husband of Dorothy Ada Scales, of "Farley Hill," Kersal, Manchester.

Military data

RankCapt.
Regiment / Unit4 Middlesex Regiment
Date of death
Age27
Cemetery / MemorialKersal (St. Paul) Churchyard, A.1.3

Other information

Information
Died of sickness
Information 2
His brother, Lt. Edwin Herbert Scales, Royal Army Service Corps, was killed on 11.10.1918 (Tincourt New British Cemetery)
Information 3
'The Captain Scales Lamp' - Twickenham Branch, Middlesex. Endowed on 06.03.1929. First lit on 27.04.1929 at The Great Hall of Church House, Westminster, by H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. "In memory of Edwin (sic) Lionel Scales. 11.11.1918; and of the Officers and Men of the Middlesex Regt., who made the great sacrifice." (Given by his widow)

Sources

Source
Liber Vitae 1928
Source 2
Roll of the Lamps of Maintenance of Toc H, 1922-1936