BORN HULL 21/04/1889. ONLY SON OF JOHN WILLIAM LEAKE (1864-1937) AND ETHEL HARRISON, OF 67 WASSAND STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL. A PAINT GRINDER LIVING WITH HIS MOTHER AT 108 DAY STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS). HE MARRIED KATE BAILEY IN JUNE 1916. THEY HAD A SON NAMED ROYAL (1917-1997). HE ENLISTED IN HULL AND SERVED AS A DECKHAND IN THE ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE. TAKEN ILL SUDDENLY ON THE STREET, WHILE ON DUTY. HE DIED AT THE ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, GRAYS INN, OF A GASTRIC ULCER, ON 02/06/1917, AGED 27 AND IS BURIED AT HULL’S HEDON ROAD CEMETERY.
HIS WIFE KATE GREEN (FORMERLY LEAKE), LIVED AT 18 WAKEFIELD ROAD, COGAN STREET, HULL, (NAVAL RECORDS ADDRESS). PENSION RECORDS SUGGEST THAT SHE MOVED IN WITH IS PARENTS AT 67 WASSAND STREET, HULL.
First name:
ROYAL PARKS
Regiment:
Military Number:
304
Rank:
Deck Hand
Date Died
02/06/1917
Place died:
Hull (Hedon Road) Cemetery, East Yorkshire, UK
Age:
27
