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Fred LEALMAN

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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)

Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Alexandra, Princess of Wales’s Own (Yorkshire Regiment)

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 50th (Northumbrian) Division

Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 50th (Northumbrian) Division

Data from Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914 - 1919 Records

Soldiers Died Data for Soldier Records

Surname: LEALMAN

Forename(s): Fred

Born:

Residence: Redmire, S.O.

Enlisted: Layburn [sic]

Number: 241657

Rank: Private

Regiment: Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own (Yorkshire Regiment)

Battalion: 5th Battalion

Decorations:

Died Date: 10/04/18

Died How: Killed in action

Theatre of War: France & Flanders

Notes:

Data from Commonwealth War Graves Commission Records

CWGC Data for Soldier Records

Surname: LEALMAN

Forename(s): Fred

Country of Service: United Kingdom

Service Number: 241657

Rank: Private

Regiment: Yorkshire Regiment

Unit: 5th Bn.

Age: 29

Awards:

Died Date: 10/04/1918

Additional Information: Son of Henry and Mary Lealman, of Castle Bolton, Redmire, Yorks. (CWGC Headstone Personal Inscription: HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR)

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