The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal J Leece

Photograph by "Philippe DEGROOTE"

Lance Corporal John LEECE, G/31707, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly Border Regiment, Service No.27666; West Cumberland Yeomanry, Service No.2800), killed in action, Flanders, France, 21st September 1918.

Born Egremont, Cumberland.

1893, March Quarter, Cockermouth Registration District, married Mary Pooley.

1911 Census - Bannock Row, Branthwaite, Cockermouth, Cumberland - John Leece, head, age 43, married, Coal Pit, Deputy Overman, Underground, coal mining, worker, born Beckermet, Cumberland; Mary Leece, wife, age 40, married 18 years, 4 children, all still alive, cow keeper, born Bannock Row, Cumberland; Gorge C Leece, son, age 17, single, pit worker, labourer, coal mining, worker, born Bannock Row, Cumberland; Thomas P Leece, son, age 14, pit worker, labourer, coal mining, worker, born Bannock Row, Cumberland; Annie H E Leece, daughter, age 13, school, born Bannock Row, Cumberland; Joseph W A Leece, son, age 12, school, born Bannock Row, Cumberland; Ann Pooley, wifes mother, age 80, widow, old age pensioner, born Seaton, Camerton, Cumberland.

Enlisted Penrith, Cumberland.

Buried at Epehy Wood Cemetery, VI. E. 11., Epehy, France.

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