Lance Corporal 18913 Arthur Edward Leeson
Nuneaton WW1 Memorial
Nuneaton WW1 Memorial
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial
South Lancashire Regiment
South Lancashire Regiment
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Killed in Action, Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendale), France and Flanders, 5th August 1917, aged 20
- Commemorated: Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 37
- Awarded 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
- Son of Albert and Sarah Ann Leeson [nee Ford]
- NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WW1 Other Regiments | Vicarage Street School
Links to Relevant Information
- CWGC Page for L Corp Harrison
- Ypres Memorial
- South Lancashire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Volunteers)
Military, Census and Family History Information
- Born Jul Qtr 1897 and Baptised 7 Nov 1897 at Chilvers Coton
- Attended Vicarage Street School
- Lived at 73 Springdale Cottages, Attleborough [1901 to 1915]
- Employed as an Errand Boy [1911]
- Employed as a Printer [1915]
- Enlisted at Nuneaton 26 Apr 1915. Arrived in France 12 Oct 1915
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