Life story: Elliot Angus Leybourne | Lives of the First World War

Type	Name
First Names	Elliot Angus
Initials	EA
Last Name	Leybourne
Source	2656308

Gender	Source
Male

Address	Country	Type	Date
13 Oxford Terrace, Gateshead, Co Durham	United Kingdom	parents address	known 5th April 1891
Sedbergh School, Sedbergh, Cumbria	United Kingdom	school/college address	May 1904 - July 1907
The Mount House, Springwell, Co Durham	United Kingdom	their own address	known 22nd April 1938
Three Tuns Hotel, New Elvet, Durham	United Kingdom	away from home address	known 29th September 1939

Service	Unit	Section	Rank
British Army	Durham Light Infantry	8th Battalion	Captain
British Army	Durham Light Infantry	8th Battalion	Lieutenant
British Army	Durham Light Infantry	8th (D.F.) Battalion	temp. Captain
British Army	Durham Light Infantry	8th Battalion	Major
British Army	Durham Light Infantry	8th Battalion	Lieutenant Colonel

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
John A Leybourne	son	1919
Dorothy K Leybourne	daughter	1923

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Maud Annie S Leybourne	mother
Samuel John Leybourne	father

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Helen Mary Leybourne	step-sister	1885
Muriel Maud Leybourne	sister	1899

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Constance Dora Kirkup	wife	16th October 1918

Title	Connected by	More information
Medal Index Card
Prisoners of War 1914-1920 Transcription	Jean36823
Prisoners of War 1715-1945 Transcription	Jean36823
School & university registers Image	Jean36823
Britain Absent voters lists 1918-1921 Image	Jean36823
Britain Absent voters lists 1918-1921 Image	Jean36823
England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription	Jean36823
1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Gordon760
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Gordon760
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription	Gordon760
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription	Gordon760
England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription	Alison32908

Reference	Connected by	More information
Durham at War	Janet2378
British Officer Prisoners of War	Gordon760
UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920	Gordon760
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966	Gordon760
The London Gazette 2 May 1919	Gordon760
The letters of Angus Leybourne and Connie Kirkup, 1915-1917	Gordon760
The London Gazette 22 April 1938	Gordon760
The London Gazette 27 April 1921	Gordon760
The London Gazette 1 April 1930	Gordon760
The London Gazette 1 Feb 1938	Gordon760
The London Gazette 15 Aug 1950	Gordon760
1939 Register	Gordon760

Title	Connected by	More information
Action at Boetleer Farm 25th and 26th April 1915	Gordon760

ID: 2656308

Reference: WO372/12

Title: Medal Index Card

Description: Medal index cards were created by the Army Medal Office towards the end of the First World War. They record the medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim.

UPP: GBM/MCI/2659133

Credit: © The National Archives

ID: 8817402

Name: see URL

Title: Durham at War

Description: Mentioned in a story about Constance Kirkup , who became the matron at Birtley Munitions Factory c 1916. The story of their budding relationship and eventual marriage can be found at the website.

Connected by: Janet2378

URL: http://www.durhamatwar.org.uk/story/12522/
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Additional: Also identifies Constance

ID: 8817516

Name: E A Leybourne

Title: British Officer Prisoners of War

Description: Brief details of officer prisoners of war

Connected by: Gordon760

URL: http://search.ancestry.co.uk/cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc=DQC1519&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&gss=angs-c&new=1&rank=1&msT=1&gsfn=Elliot%20Angus&gsfn_x=0&gsln=Leybourne&gsln_x=0&cpxt=1&cp=4&MSAV=1&uidh=a83&pcat=39&h=4027&recoff=6%207%208&dbid=4722&indiv=1&ml_rpos=17
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Additional: Record of E A Leybourne, Lieutenant 8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry

ID: 8818641

Name: WO 329; Piece Number: 2951

Title: UK, WWI Service Medal and Award Rolls, 1914-1920

Description: Medal roll list of Officers from the DLI

Connected by: Gordon760

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/5119/41804_625537_9997-00435/4442879?backurl=%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.co.uk%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fgst%3d-6&ssrc=&backlabel=ReturnSearchResults
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Additional: Record for E A Leybourne Lieutenant DLI

ID: 8820532

Name: 1950 Leybourne Elliot Angus

Title: England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966

Description: Entry for estate of Elliot Angus Leybourne

Connected by: Gordon760

URL: http://interactive.ancestry.co.uk/1904/32858_611411_1964-00188?pid=18028779&backurl=//search.ancestry.co.uk//cgi-bin/sse.dll?_phsrc%3DDQC1534%26_phstart%3DsuccessSource%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26gss%3Dangs-g%26new%3D1%26rank%3D1%26msT%3D1%26gsfn%3DElliot%2520Angus%26gsfn_x%3DNP_NN_NIC%26gsln%3DLeybourne%26gsln_x%3D0%26MSAV%3D1%26_83004003-n_xcl%3Df%26cpxt%3D1%26cp%3D4%26catbucket%3Drstp%26uidh%3Da83%26pcat%3DROOT_CATEGORY%26h%3D18028779%26dbid%3D1904%26indiv%3D1%26ml_rpos%3D2&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&_phsrc=DQC1534&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true
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ID: 8820800

Name: Supplement: 31326 Page: 5645

Title: The London Gazette 2 May 1919

Description: 8th Bn., Divrham L.I. — :Capt. E. A. Ley bourne relinquishes his commission on account of ill health caused by wounds, 5th- May 1919, and retains the rank of Capt.

Connected by: Gordon760

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/31326/supplement/5645
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ID: 8820904

Reference: gbm_pow_gallip

Title: Prisoners of War 1914-1920 Transcription

Connected by: Jean36823

UPP: GBM/POW-GALIP/01051618/XE

Additional: matches other information

Credit: © The National Archives

ID: 8820905

Reference: gbm_bopow_1914

Title: Prisoners of War 1715-1945 Transcription

Connected by: Jean36823

UPP: GMB/BOPOW/4027

Additional: matches other information

Credit: © The National Archives

ID: 8820906

Reference: anguline_school_ImageUppId

Title: School & university registers Image

Connected by: Jean36823

UPP: ANGUL/ARA072/0609

Additional: matches other records

Credit: Courtesy of Findmypast

ID: 8820912

Reference: bl_ers_avl_ImageUppId

Title: Britain Absent voters lists 1918-1921 Image

Connected by: Jean36823

UPP: BL/ER/D22/FMP000001723/0171

Additional: matches other records

Credit: © British Library

ID: 8820915

Reference: bl_ers_avl_ImageUppId

Title: Britain Absent voters lists 1918-1921 Image

Connected by: Jean36823

UPP: BL/ER/D22/FMP000001723/0433

Additional: matches other records

Credit: © British Library

ID: 8820917

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription

Connected by: Jean36823

UPP: BMD/M/1918/4/AZ/000692/070

Additional: matches information on Durham at War website

Credit: © General Register Office

ID: 8821426

Name: © The Leybourne family and Durham County Record Office.

Title: The letters of Angus Leybourne and Connie Kirkup, 1915-1917

Description: Letters between Angus Leybourne as a prisoner of war and his future wife Connie Kirkup.

Connected by: Gordon760

URL: http://www.durhamatwar.org.uk/material/593/
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ID: 8824092

Title: Action at Boetleer Farm 25th and 26th April 1915

Description: From Veitch E "8th Battalion The Durham Light Infantry 1793-1926", a map showing the DLI positions and direction of German attcks.

Connected by: Gordon760

Additional: Illustrates the position of his Battalion when he was wounded.

Action at Boetleer Farm 25th and 26th April 1915

ID: 8824851

Reference: 1891gbc

Title: 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Gordon760

UPP: GBC/1891/0028674939

Additional: 1891 record for Elliot A Le.... age 1, born in Gateshead the son of Samuel J Le.... The family surname has been transcribed as Lewerne but the image shows Leybourne in awful handwriting.

Credit: © General Register Office

ID: 8826102

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Gordon760

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/30475/0591/1

Additional: The 1911 census record for Samuel John Leybourne and Maud Annie Sarah Leybourne, Elliot Leybourne's parents and including data on his siblings.

Credit: © The National Archives

ID: 8826195

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Gordon760

UPP: BMD/B/1919/3/AZ/000774/118

Additional: Birth registration for John A Leybourne, son of Leybourne and wife Kirkup, birth registered in Gateshead.

Credit: © General Register Office

ID: 8826200

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Gordon760

UPP: BMD/B/1923/3/AZ/000836/014

Additional: Birth registration for Dorothy K Leybourne in Chester-le=street, mother's maiden name Kirkup.

ID: 8826348

Name: Issue: 34504 Page: 2632

Title: The London Gazette 22 April 1938

Description: List of Additional Commissioners for executing the Acts granting a land task.

Connected by: Gordon760

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34504/page/2632
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Additional: Appointment of Elliott Angus Leybourne of Mount House, Springwell, near Gateshead

ID: 8826380

Name: Supplement: 32305 Page: 3366

Title: The London Gazette 27 April 1921

Description: List of officers appointed to the DLI 8th (D.F.) Battalion

Connected by: Gordon760

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32305/supplement/3366
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Additional: Record for Elliott Angus Leybourne

ID: 8826412

Name: Issue: 33593 Page: 2065

Title: The London Gazette 1 April 1930

Description: List of officer appointments.

Connected by: Gordon760

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/33593/page/2065
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Additional: 8th Battalion Durham LI Capt E A Leybourne to be a Major, 1 April 1930

ID: 8826441

Name: Issue: 34478 Page: 669

Title: The London Gazette 1 Feb 1938

Description: List of officer appoiuntments

Connected by: Gordon760

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/34478/page/669
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Additional: 8th Battalion Durham LI Maj E A Leybourne TD to be Lt Col 23 Dec 1937

ID: 8826480

Name: Supplement: 38992 Page: 4144

Title: The London Gazette 15 Aug 1950

Description: List of territorial army officer appointments

Connected by: Gordon760

URL: https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38992/supplement/4144
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Additional: Durham L.I.Lt.-Col. E. 'A. LEYBOURNE. T.D. (23921), having exceeded the age limit, retires, 1st Sept., 1948, retaining the rank of Lt.-Col.

ID: 8827947

Name: Elliot Leybourne born 1889

Title: 1939 Register

Description: List of civilians registered 29 Sep 1939

Connected by: Gordon760

URL: http://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=tna%2fr39%2f2770%2f2770c%2f005&parentid=tna%2fr39%2f2770%2f2770c%2f005%2f42&highlights=%22%22
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Additional: Record for Elliot A Leybourne born 12 Sep 1889

ID: 8850868

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

Connected by: Alison32908

UPP: BMD/D/1950/1/AZ/000695/045

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