BORN HULL 1880. ENLISTED LEEDS. SON OF JOHN LEAKE (1854-1911) & ANNIE ELIZABETH READ (B.1854). A PRINTERS LABOURER (1911 CENSUS). HE MARRIED ALICE ANN DUNNE AT BUSLINGTHORPE, LEEDS, IN 1903. HIS WIFE ALICE ANN (HUGHES) AND THREE CHILDREN, LIVED AT 9 BEESTON STREET, GRIMSBY, AND 21 WILMINGTON TERRACE. MEANWOOD ROAD, LEEDS (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HE WAS POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 03/05/1915. SERVED WITH THE 2ND WEST RIDING REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 29/08/1918, AGED 38.
HIS BROTHER, JOHN WILLIAM LEAKE, SERVED IN THE WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HIS BROTHER, ALFRED HENRY LEAKE, SERVED IN THE ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY.
First name:
HAROLD
Military Number:
11722
Rank:
Private
Date Died
29/08/1918
Place died:
Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
38
9 BEESTON STREET, GRIMSBY, NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
