Private 25598 John Leonard
The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser
Courtesy Ste M
Regiment/Unit: Highland Light Infantry - 18th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Age at death: 22
Date of death: 9th of September 1916
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: 9 back Bolton Street, Parr, St Helens
Burial / Memorial: Faubourg D`Amiens Cemetery Arras - I. F. 69.
Family details:
Sister & Sole Legatee: Mrs Margaret Connoughton
Census details:
1901 : John 7 is living with his parents Thomas & Ann and siblings Ann 17, Margaret 12, Maria 10 and Rosy 5 at 72 Parr Street, St Helens. 1911 : John 17, a labourer, is boarding with his married sister Annie Higgins and her husband and children at 104 Parr Street St Helens. Also living there as a boarder is John's sister Rose 15
Notes:
Age at death taken from the Census
Age at death taken from the Census
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/25598JohnLeonard.jpg[/pic][caption]Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/LeonardJ.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption]
[pic]imgs/WW1_misc/Leonard_J_25598.png[/pic][caption]The St Helens Newspaper & Advertiser - Courtesy Ste M[/caption]
[pic]imgs/sppics/J_Leonard_HLI.jpg[/pic][caption]The headstone of Private John Leonard at Faubourg D'Amiens Cemetery, Arras
(Photograph courtesy of R Houghton)[/caption]
