BORN HULL 1896. SON OF THE LATE CHARLES CHRISTOPHER SCHRIMSHAW. HIS STEP MOTHER MARIANNE GARDNER, LIVED IN BEVERLEY IN 1901. HE LIVED IN WOODBRIDGE, SUFFOLK. HE ENLISTED AT GRANTHAM. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 12639, 7TH LINCOLNSHIRE REGIMENT. HE ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 14/07/1915. WAS KILLED AT YPRES, ON 20/08/1915, AGED 20. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS SISTERS, MARY E SCHRIMSHAW, AND DORIS JOHNSON. HE IS BURIED IN BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “THY WILL BE DONE”
First name:
LEONARD
Regiment:
Military Number:
7/12639
Rank:
Private
Date Died
20/08/1915
Place died:
Voormezeele Enclosure No.3, West Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
20
