Leonard George Holder
Memorial: Frampton Cotterell - St. Peter’s Church
Regiment: Somerset Light Infantry
Medals: 1914–15 Star, British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 14544
Parents: Edward and Elizabeth Ann Holder (nee Davis)
Date of birth: 1896
Place of birth: Frampton Cotterell, Bristol
Date of death: 13/06/1916
Buried/Commemorated at: Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium (Ref III. B. 1.)
Age: 20
Further information:
Leonard George Holder was born in 1895 in Frampton Cotterell to parents, Edward and Elizabeth Ann Holder (nee Davis). He was brother to Wilfred and Harold and his father worked as a coalminer and was born in Frampton Cotterell
Leonard served with the 7th Battalion, Somerset Light Infantry as a private and was Killed in Action on the 13th June 1916 at the age of 20 years
Leonard is buried at the Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium (Ref 111. B, 1). He was awarded the 1914-15 Star and the British War and Victory medals
Leonard George Holder is also remembered on the Frampton Cotterell St Peter’s Church War Memorial and the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, now at Yate and District Heritage Centre, under Frampton Cotterell
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre and Forces War Records