BORNHULL 23/01/1897. SON OF ARTHUR AND ISABELLA JANE LEESON, AT 12, WEST DOCK TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. KILLED IN ACTION, 21/08/1918, AGED 21. HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON ST THOMAS CHURCH MEMORIAL, CAMPBELL STREET, WHICH WAS DESTROYED IN WW2.
Enlisted 6/08/1915 ; Draft for MEF 5/12/1915, joined Hawke Bn. at Mudros 7/02/16 – 13/11/16 Gun Shot Wound to Neck, Invalided to UK 28/11/1916 ; Draft for BEF 1/04/1918, joined Hawke Bn. 7/04/1918 – 21/08/1918 (Date Died).
A Labourer ; born.23/1/1897 ; Next-of-Kin & home address: Mother, Bella Jane Leeson., 12 West Dock Terrace, Walker St., Hessle Rd., Hull.
First name:
ROBERT
Military Number:
6476
Rank:
Able Seaman
Date Died
21/08/1918
Place died:
Gommecourt British Cemetery No.2, Hebuterne, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
21
12, WEST DOCK TERRACE, WALKER STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
