2nd Lieutenant Alexander William Leslie

  • Batt - 1/4
  • Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
  • Section -
  • Date of Birth -
  • Died - 23/04/1917
  • Age - 24

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Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Walter William and Harriet Leslie. The War Diary for the 21st April 1917 records. C Coy attacked enemy trench COOPER with two platoons numbers 9 and 12 commanded by 2nd Lt’s H. J. A. Parkinson and E C. -?-. Objective gained without loss. Two enemy prisoners taken of 93rd REGT. Trench now N.1.d to N.7.b on edge of CITE ST LAURENT. 2nd Lt A. W. LESLIE (D Coy) killed whilst carrying -?- ammunition to the line. Other sources show Alexander died of wounds two days after the entry in the War Diary showing he was killed during an action on the 21st April.

Leicestershire Project Findings
  • Conflict - World War I
  • Burial Place - Ii A 4, Barlin Communal Cemetery Extension
  • Other Memorials - Loughborough Carillon, War Memorial Bell Tower
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
  • Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
  • Cause of death - DIED OF WOUNDS
  • Burial Commemoration - Barlin Com. Cem. Ext., France
  • Place of Residence - Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
  • Memorial - CARILLON TOWER MEM., LOUGHBOROUGH, LEICS
  • Memorial - HOLY TRINITY CHURCH, LOUGHBOROUGH, LEICS
  • Memorial - LOUGHBOROUGH GRAMMAR SCHOOL MEM., LEICS
  • Memorial - WESTMINSTER BANK LIMITED MEM., LEICESTER

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