Private Leonard Smith, 40595
- Batt - 1
- Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Section -
- Date of Birth -
- Died - 08/05/1917
- Age - 21
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. He was the son of William Edwin and Alice Gertrude Smith. The War Diary for today records that the Battalion were in the Front Line trenches at St. Elie and that there was the usual trench routine, Lieutenant Acting Captain C. H. V. Cox awarded the Military Cross, C.R.O. 657 6th May 1917. Operational Order number 178 re relief received from Brigade. Casualties, other ranks B Company 2 killed and 1 wounded.
Leicestershire Project Findings
- Conflict - World War I
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
- Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
- Burial Commemoration - St. Mary's A.D.S. Cemetery, Haisnes, France
- Enlisted - Leicester
- Place of Residence - 35 Orange Street, South Wigston, Leicestershire, England
- Memorial - South Wigston & Glen Parva Memorial, Leicestershire
- Memorial - Wigston Council Offices Memorial, Leicestershire
