Leek, John William

BORN SCARBOROUGH 1877. NO CENSUS RECORDS?

ENLISTED SOUTHWARK, SURREY. SERVED WITH THE 9TH ROYAL SUSSEX REGIMENT, DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 16/11/1915, AGED 38. BURIED BELGIUM.

HE MARRIED AT SOUTHWARK, IN JANUARY, 1914. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW. SHE WAS AWARDED A WEEKLY WAR PENSION OF 10 SHILLINGS FROM 29/05/1916. SHE RE-MARRIED IN 1933.

HIS WIFE, GERTRUDE MAUD NELLER (1892-1970), LIVED AT 1, WEST DOCK STREET, HULL AND 12, STRICKLAND TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).


First name:
JOHN WILLIAM
Military Number:
G/5212
Rank:
Private
Date Died
16/11/1915
Place died:
Poperinghe Old Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
38
1, WEST DOCK STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK