We remember Ernest Cecil Leach

We remember Ernest Cecil Leach

Timeline

Timeline

1886
sibling Florence Source:2333394 1886
1888
sibling Hilda Leach Source:2333394 1888
1890
birth United Kingdom Source:2333394 Source:7265552 1890
1893
sibling Wilfred Leach Source:2333394 1893
1896
sibling Horace Leach Source:2333394 1896
1915
dates Age 23 Source:2333394 28th January 1915
1915
enlistment Holborn, London United Kingdom Source:2333394 28th January 1915
service British Army Lance Corporal F/428 Middlesex Regiment Source:2333394
service British Army Private F/428 Middlesex Regiment Source:2333394
service British Army Lance Corporal F/428 Middlesex Regiment 17th "Footballers" battalion Source:2333394
service British Army Lance Corporal F/428 MIddlesex 17th (1st Footballers) Source:2333394
1916
death Died of wounds wounded in action in area of Delville Wood and was initially posted as missing. But was later buried at Delville Wood, the Somme longueval France Source:7265552 Source:2333394 8th August 1916
burial Delville Wood Cemetery, Longueval CWGC Cemetery/Memorial Somme France Source:7265552
sibling Wilfred Leach Source:2333394

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Ernest Cecil
Initials EC
Last Name Leach
Source 2333394
Gender
GenderSource
Male
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
British Army F/428 Middlesex Regiment Lance Corporal
British Army F/428 Middlesex Regiment Private
British Army F/428 Middlesex Regiment 17th "Footballers" battalion Lance Corporal
British Army F/428 MIddlesex 17th (1st Footballers) Lance Corporal
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Frank Leach father
Siblings
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Wilfred Leach brother
Wilfred Leach brother 1893
Horace Leach brother 1896
Hilda Leach sister 1888
Florence sister 1886
Physical
ComplexionEyesHairSource
DateHeightSource
1915-01-28 5'9"
Religion
DateReligionSource
Other Non-conformist

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Official Records

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Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Imperial1

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We remember Ernest Cecil Leach