BORN HULL 1894. SON OF HERBERT EDWARD LEASON (1860-1921) & ELIZABETH WALLIS (1858-1941), OF 30, LINK AVENUE, URMSTON, LANCASHIRE (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF A COACH BUILDING BLACKSMITH. HE HAD ONE BROTHER AND ONE SISTER. HE WAS EMPLOYED IN A COTTON WAREHOUSE.
ENLISTED MANCHESTER. EX 4490 MANCHESTER REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 9TH LOYAL LANCS REGIMENT, KIA ON 21/10/1916, AGED 22.
First name:
HERBERT
Military Number:
29752
Rank:
Private
Date Died
21/10/1916
Place died:
Grandcourt War Cemetery, Somme, France
Age:
22
