BORN HULL 1900. SON OF GEORGE LEONARD & SARAH ANN I’ANSON, OF 4 ,RUTLAND TERRACE, NORFOLK STREET, HULL AND 9, WORSHIP STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). HE WORKED FOR MESSRS, SEABROOKS, ON HULL’S, HIGH STREET.
HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED IN THE 12TH/13TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE HAD ONLY BEEN IN FRANCE FOR FIVE WEEKS, WHEN HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 05/05/1918, AGED 18. HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 15/05/1918. *
HIS BROTHER, SIDNEY L’ANSON, 18979, WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WAS KILLED AT GALLIPOLI, ON 01/12/1915, AGED 20.
First name:
HAROLD
Military Number:
62135
Rank:
Private
Date Died
05/05/1918
Place died:
Hazebrouck Communal Cemetery, Nord, France
Age:
18
4 RUTLAND TERRACE, NORFOLK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried