Private William "Bill" Tales

1893 - 1980  (86 years)

• Name	William "Bill" Tales
  Prefix	Private
  Born	5 Apr 1893	Leeds, Yorkshire, England   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Business	Tales' Shoe Repair
  FindAGrave	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/196264404
  Honoured	received the Military Medal for "conspicuous gallantry" at the battle of Passchendaele on November 10, 1917
  Interesting	military, business
  Military	WW1 - 18th Battalion & 111th Battalion
  Military	1914	WW1   [3]
  	WW1, Private, 111th Battalion
  		William Tales
  Name	Bill Tales
  Occupation	1915	New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [4]
  	farmer
  Residence	, England   [3]
  Residence	Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada   [3]
  Eby ID Number	Waterloo-47704
  Died	10 Jan 1980
  Buried	Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada
  Person ID	I47704	Generations
  Last Modified	7 Nov 2024

  
  

  Father	James Tales,   b. 1869, Thurlby, , Lincolnshire, England ,   d. 4 May 1956, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Phoebe Wright,   b. 1870, Helpston, , Northampton, England ,   d. 17 Dec 1943, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  (Age 73 years)
  Family ID	F12326	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Florence "Florrie" Bee,   b. 1892, Of, Paris, Brant Co., Ontario ,   d. 1972  (Age 80 years)
  Married	21 Jun 1919	Paris, Brant County, Ontario, Canada   [2]
  Children	1. Private James Albert "Jim" Tales,   b. 22 Mar 1920, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 19 Sep 1946, Toronto, York Co., Ontario, Canada  (Age 26 years)   2. Private Lawrence Tales,   b. 15 Feb 1922, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 24 Dec 1943, , Italy  (Age 21 years)   3. Florence Grace Tales,   b. 5 Jul 1925, Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada ,   d. 21 Jan 2018, , Ontario, Canada  (Age 92 years)
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2024
  Family ID	F26678	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  WILLIAM "BILL" TALES, M. M. 1893-1980 Married: Dorothy Barber William Tales was born in Leeds, England on April 5, 1893 and came to Canada in 1913. He settled first in New Hamburg with his family and came to Galt in 1919. Mr. Tales served with both the 18th Battalion and the 111th Battalion during the First World War. He was a veteran of the Canadian victory at Vimy Ridge and received the Military Medal for "conspicuous gallantry" at the battle of Passchendaele on November 10, 1917. Following the war, he established Tales' Shoe Repair which he operated for forty-six years. Known to many as "Mr. Legion", Mr. Tales was a charter member and past president of the Royal Canadian Legion, Galt Branch 121. He was also the Royal Canadian Legion zone commander and was a life member of the sergeant's mess, Highland Fusiliers of Canada. Mr. Tales died on January 10, 1980 and is buried in Mount View Cemetery. Sources: 1. Gerald Wright, "Battle flags in church date to 1868", Kitchener-Waterloo Record Saturday August 14, 1971. 2. Obituary Cambridge Daily Reporter Friday January 11, 1980. Cambridge Mosaic, Jim Quantrell, 1998, City of Cambridge [used with kind permission of Jim Quantrell]

  
  

• Sources

  [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers. William Tales Residence: Wilmot St, New Hamburg, occupaton farmer, Birth Date: 5 Apr 1893 Birth Location: Leeds, Yorkshire, England Relative: Phoebe Tales Relationship: Mother Regiment Number: 730 WWI Attestation Papers pg 1 pg 2 [S721] Vit - ON - Marriage Registration, marriage certificate 8623 (1919), William Tales-Florrie Bee. William Tales shoemaker of Galt, Age: 26 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1893 Father Name: James Tales (shoemaker) Mother Name: Phoebe Wright Spouse Name: Florrie Bee resident of Paris, Spouse's Age: 26 Spouse Estimated Birth Year: abt 1893 Spouse Father Name: Albert Bee (kniiter) Spouse Mother Name: Emma Coleman Marriage Date: 21 Jun 1919 Marriage Place: Brant [S2231] Military - Kitchener Public Library - Soldier Information Card Collection - World War One. [S157] Military - Canada - World War I - Attestation papers. William Tales Residence: Wilmot St, New Hamburg, occupaton farmer, Birth Date: 5 Apr 1893 Birth Location: Leeds, Yorkshire, England Relative: Phoebe Tales Relationship: Mother Regiment Number: 730 WWI Attestation Papers pg 1 pg 2

  
  

• Event Map

  Born - 5 Apr 1893 - Leeds, Yorkshire, England Occupation - farmer - 1915 - New Hamburg, Wilmot Twp., Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Residence - - , England Residence - - Galt (Cambridge), Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada Buried - - Mount View Cemetery, Cambridge, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada  = Link to Google Earth