BORN HULL 29/06/1886. SON OF ERNEST AND ELIZA SAUNDERS, OF THIS ADDRESS. ONE OF SIX CHILDREN. HE WAS A BOOT SHOP MANAGER. HE MARRIED ADA SCOTT (1888-1962), IN HULL IN 1909. HIS WIFE ADA AND DAUGHTER, IRENE, LIVED AT 80 PORTLAND ROAD, HOLLAND PARK. LONDON. HE ENLISTED AT POPLAR, EAST LONDON. FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 8464, 21ST LONDON REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED AS RIFLEMAN, 505113, IN THE 13TH LONDON REGIMENT (PRINCESS LOUISES KENSINGTON RIFLES). DIED OF WOUNDS ON 25/06/1917, AGED 30. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, ADA.
HE IS BURIED AT FAUBOURG D’AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “TOO DEARLY LOVED TO EVER BE FORGOTTEN”.
First name:
LEONARD
Military Number:
505113
Rank:
Rifleman
Date Died
25/06/1917
Place died:
Faubourg-D'Amiens, Arras, Pas de Calais, France,
Age:
30
75 , ALLIANCE AVENUE, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
