Leonard Saxon | Service Record


SurnameSaxon
First Name(s)Leonard
Place of BirthStalybridge, Cheshire
Club(s)Stalybridge Celtic
ServiceCanadian Expeditionary Force
RankSapper
Service Number670179
Previous Service Number(s)-
Regiment or CorpsCanadian Engineers
Unit (s)3rd Tunnelling Coy.
Previous Regiment(s) or Corps--
Unit(s)-
Type of Casualty (If applicable)Killed in Action
Theatre of War (If applicable)Western European Theatre
Date of Death (If applicable)21/05/1918
Place of Death (If applicable)France and Flanders
Place of Burial/Commemoration (If applicable)Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery
Grave/Memorial Reference (If applicable)XXVIII. H. 12.
Grave Photograph
Awards and Decorations-
Citation(s)-
Supplementary NotesKilled in action 'working on a trench system near BOESCHEPE on the afternoon of May 21st, 1918, he was killed by enemy shell fire.'
Son of Daniel and Frances Mary Saxon, of Stalybridge, Cheshire, England.