BORN HULL 1897. BABTISED HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, ON 01/03/1897. ONLY SON OF THOMAS & KATE ROWE, AT 31 BRIGHTON STREET (1911 CENSUS ADDRESS), AND THIS CWGC ADDRESS. HE HAD FOUR SISTERS, MINNE, FLORENCE, OLIVE AND GLADYS. EMPLOYED AS AN OFFICE BOY AND CLERK. HE ENLISTED IN HULL, ON 0612/1916. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 08/08/1916. WOUNDED IN THE ARM, ON 04/05/1917 AND WOUNDED AGAIN ON 04/12/1917. REPORTED KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/12/1917, AGED 20. HE IS COMMEMORATED AT THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
First name:
LEONARD THOMAS
Military Number:
12985
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Date Died
23/12/1917
Place died:
Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
20
