Corporal 18488 William LEECH
19th Battalion, Manchester Regiment
Killed in Action, Sunday 9th July 1916, Trones Wood near Montauban, Somme, France, Age 17
Home address:
20 Rochford Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Born:
1899, Hyde, Cheshire
Parents:
Esther Ann Leech and Abraham Leech
9 Rochford Street, Hyde, Cheshire
Marital Status:
Single
Occupation:
Butcher's Assistant
Enlisted:
Manchester, Lancashire
Remembered:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France, pier 13 or 14.
Link to Hyde:
Born in Hyde
Killed on 9th July by sniper fire in the area of Trones Wood near Montauban, Somme.