Leonard, Frederick William

Frederick William Leonard Killed in Action Citation

BORN HULL 1892. SON OF JOHN THOMAS LEONARD (1857-1934) & SARAH PEACE ARKWELL (1856-1938). ONE OF THREE BROTHERS, THE OTHERS BEING GEORGE THOMAS AND ALBERT EDWARD LEONARD. HE HAD FOUR SISTERS. EMPLOYED AS A SAW MILL LABOURER. HE MARRIED MABEL FITZGERALD (1892-1970), IN HULL, 1915.

HE ENLISTED AT HULL, ON 15/05/1915. REPORTED FOR LATENESS ON PARADE AND LOSING HIS EMERGENCY RATIONS, BY SGT HELLIWELL, ON THREE OCCASIONS. POSTED TO FRANCE ON 28/06/1916. SERVED WITH THE 1ST EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION ON 29/04/1917, AGED 25
HE LEFT EVERYTHING IN HIS WILL TO HIS WIDOW, MRS MABEL LEONARD, AT 1 JOHNS PLACE, WILLIAM STREET, HULL.
NB: PTE. ARTHUR LEONARD, NFUS – 7 MOORHEAD BUILDINGS, WAVERLEY STREET.


First name:
FREDERICK WILLIAM
Military Number:
31032
Rank:
Private
Date Died
29/04/1917
Place died:
Cojeul British Cemetery, St. Martin-Sur-Cojeul , Pas de Calais, France
Age:
25
1 PRINCE OF WALES TERRACE, VAUXHALL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK