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Surname: LEALMAN
Forename(s): Fred
Place of Birth: Coxwold, Yorkshire
Service No: 241657
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 1/5th Battalion
Division: 50th (Northumbrian) Division
Age: 29
Date of Death: 1918-04-10
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: I. D. 68.
CWGC Cemetery: MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: CASTLE BOLTON, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: REDMIRE, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Fred Lealman was the son of Henry and Mary Lealman, née Dennis. Henry was born at Kilburn and Mary at Thormanby, Yorkshire.
1891 Oulston, Yorkshire Census: Mount House - Fred Lealman, aged 2 years, born Newburgh, Yorkshire, son of Henry and Mary Lealman.
1901 Downholme, Yorkshire Census: Silver Street - Fred Lealman, aged 12 years, born Coxwold, Yorkshire, son of Henry and Mary Lealman.
1911 Castle Bolton, Yorkshire Census: Fred Lealman, aged 22 years, born Coxwold, Yorkshire, son of Henry and Mary Lealman.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Fred Lealman, 4105 & 241657, Yorkshire Regiment.
A short biography of Fred is included in: ‘Wensleydale Remembered – The Sacrifice made by the Families of a Northern Dale 1914-1918 and 1939-1945’ by Keith Taylor (2004).
Data Source: Local War Memorial
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 50th (Northumbrian) Division
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