Category: Civilian
Rank: Merchant Seaman
Regiment or Ship: Mercantile Marine
Occupation: Merchant Seaman
Date of Birth: 1853
Place of Birth: Leeds
Date of Death: 16 November 1916
Place of Death: English Channel
Place of Burial / Memorials:
Bexhill Cemetery. Grave EF R16
Address: 8, Byron Street, Westcott Street, Hull
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Family Information
Wife: Annie b. 1855 Manchester
Son: Leonard William 1883-1916 Hull
Son: Harry b.1886 Hull
Son: Fred b. 1894- Hull
Daughter: Annie Mary b.1896 Hull
First World War Experience
3rd Engineer, SS Vasco
Additional Information
Washed ashore at Veness Gap on 24 Nov 1916
The service was carried out in the cemetery chapel at the same time as Albert Press for more information see W0043 PRESS Albert Reginald (Second Engineer)
Leonard’s son, Leonard Jnr also perished on the SS Vasco.
For reasons unknown Leonard’s grave – and that of his shipmate Albert PRESS – was left unmarked for 99 years. Following research by Bexhill Museum the Commonwealth War Graves Commission erected a headstone in April 2015.