BORN ST MARY’S, BEVERLEY. LIVED IN HULL. ENLISTED IN BEVERLEY. REAL SURNAME WAS ‘BRIGGS.
SERVED AS A GUNNER, WITH THE 1ST EAST RIDING ,ROYAL GARRISON ARTILLERY. DIED IN BASRA, THE PERSIAN GULF, ON 27/04/1916. (SOLDIERS DIED RECORDS). HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MOTHER, MARY BRIGGS.
First name:
LEONARD JAMES
Military Number:
58481
Rank:
Gunner
Date Died
27/04/1916
Place died:
Basra War Memorial, Iraq
