Lance Corporal P/11164 Samuel Leadbetter
Regiment/Unit: Military Police Corps - Military Foot Police
Theatre of War: Mesopotamia
Previous Reg/Num: Formerly 21391 S Lancs R.
Age at death: 39
Date of death: 28th of March 1918
(Thursday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Basra War Cemetery - I. H. 23.
BMD details:
Marriage:
26/02/1903 Samuel LEADBETTER to Mary MILLER at St Helens Parish Church
Census details:
1881 - 2 years old Samuel is living at Tanfield, Durham with parents Henry (35), Mary (32) and four siblings: Caroline (11), John (9), Ann (7), Henry (4).
1891 - 12 years old schoolboy Samuel is living at 172 Boundary Road, St Helens with parents Henry (45), Mary (44) and eight siblings: Caroline (21), John (19), Annie (17), Henry (14), Richard (10), [cas=2957]Robert Leadbetter[/cas] (7), William (5), Albert (3).
1901 - 22 years old 'Engine Minder' Samuel is living at 34, Canal Bank West, St Helens with parents Henry (55), Mary (54) and three siblings: Annie (27), [cas=2957]Robert Leadbetter[/cas] (17), Albert (13).
Also at the address is boarder William Birch (60).
1911 - Sees 32 years old 'Fireman' Samuel living at 87 Grafton Street, St Helens with wife Mary (31) and six children: John William Miller (11), Henry Leadbetter (7), Walter Leadbetter (6), Frances Leadbetter (5), Samuel Leadbetter (3), Dorothy Leadbetter (2mths).
Notes:
[note=53]Two Leadbetter Brothers who died in The Great War[/note]
[url=lmem.php?lmem=27]Remembered On St Lukes Church WW1 Memorial, Knowsley Road.[/url]
This casualties name on his MIC shows as Leadbitter.
Age taken from headstone.
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[pic]imgs/S1PWHYAOTV/P11164LeadbetterS.jpg[/pic][caption]A dedication for Lance Corporal Samuel Leadbetter at St Helens Cemetery
(Photo courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]
SHROH ref. 1690