Leonard SMITH

Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1

Leonard SMITH

Lance Corporal 22181 Leonard SMITH of 16th Bn., Cheshire Regiment

Killed in Action Wednesday 19th July 1916, France & Flanders, age 16

Of: Commercial Street, Hyde, Cheshire

Born: 1900, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire

Parents: Mary Ann Smith and Joseph Hadfield Smith of 52 Clarendon Street, Hyde, Cheshire

Marital status: Single

Occupation: School

He enlisted in: Hyde, Cheshire

Remembered on: Thiepval Memorial Somme, France, Pier and Face 3 C and 4 A

Link with Hyde: Lived in Hyde

Notes:

Enlisted and died underage.

Brother to Private 1252 Ernest Mitchell Smith, Private 18923 Herbert Smith, and Private 1592 Harold Smith.

From the Manchester Evening News, 24th August 1916, page 2, column 7:

Private Leonard Smith, Commercial Brow, Hyde, Killed on July 19. His mother is a widow, and had lost two other sons in the war - Private Harold Smith, killed in February, 1915; and Private Ernest Smith, killed in the following August; while another son, Private Herbert Smith, is now fighting in France.

Two days after the above report was published the fourth brother, Private Herbert Smith, died of wounds in Flanders.

Of:	Commercial Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Born:	1900, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire
Parents:	Mary Ann Smith and Joseph Hadfield Smith of 52 Clarendon Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Marital status:	Single
Occupation:	School
He enlisted in:	Hyde, Cheshire
Remembered on:	Thiepval Memorial Somme, France, Pier and Face 3 C and 4 A
Link with Hyde:	Lived in Hyde