Arthur George Leonard
Memorial: Hanham - High Street
Regiment: Wiltshire Regiment
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Silver War Badge, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 25480
Parents: George and Mary Jane Leonard
Home address: 7 Byron Terrace, Hanham Road, Hanham, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Printing factory worker
Date of birth: 1892
Place of birth: Hanham, Bristol
Date of death: 13/11/1916
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at Regina Trench Cemetery, Grandcourt, Somme, France and commemorated on Kingswood Holy Trinity Memorial
Age: 24
Further information:
Arthur was born in Hanham. A middle child and the eldest son of a labourer, he had four older sisters and three younger brothers. Arthur's father joined the army along with Arthur and was killed in action 15 months earlier. Arthur was a member of the Baptist Church Brotherhood and was employed by the printing company Burleigh Ltd in Lewins Mead, Bristol.
Arthur served with "B" Company, 6th Battalion, Wiltshire Regiment.
Arthur's regiment was mobilised to France in July 1915 and was engaged in various actions on the Western Front including the Battle of Loos and the Battles of the Somme. Arthur was killed in action during the Battles of the Somme (Jul 1, 1916 – Nov 18, 1916) which resulted in only a minor territorial gain but at a cost of 620,000 allied casualties. Regina Trench where Arthur is buried, was a German earthwork captured and cleared just 2 days before Arthur's death.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/