BORN HULL, 1891. LIVED SLEAFORD, LINCOLNSHIRE. SON OF HARRY LEFFLEY AND GRACE MARY WARD, OF HALL COTTAGES, CARLTON SCROOP, GRANTHAM. SON OF A COACHMAN. HE HAD A BROTHER, ALBERT AND SISTER, MARY.
EMPLOYED AS A NURSERY GARDENER, LIVING AT 7 FRANCIS STREET, BRACEBRIDGE, LINCOLN (1911 CENSUS).
HE ENLISTED AT BRIGG. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 240738, 5TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 25/09/1918, AGED 28. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS FATHER, HARRY, WHO LATER MOVED TO 127 LONSDALE STREET, BRADFORD. (WAR PENSION ADDRESS)
HE IS BURIED AT BELLICOURT MILITARY CEMETERY, AISNE, FRANCE.
First name:
GEORGE
Military Number:
240738
Rank:
Private
Date Died
25/09/1918
Place died:
Bellicourt British Cemetery, Aisne, France
Age:
28
