BORN HULL 1899. SON OF JOSEPH A. JOHNSON AND GRACE ALICE JOHNSON, OF 168, NEWLAND AVENUE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). HIS GRANDPARENTS LIVED AT 240 SPRING BANK, HULL.
ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED ON THE SOMME, ON 25/09/1916, AGED 17. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL AT ST JOHNS CHURCH, NEWLANDS, HULL.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, GRACE.
HIS BROTHER ROLAND SERVED WITH THE HULL ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY.
First name:
LEONARD
Regiment:
Military Number:
31069
Rank:
Private
Date Died
25/09/1916
Place died:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France
Age:
17
