Lance Corporal 10783 Albert Edward DEAKIN

Lance Corporal 10783 Albert Edward Deakin{gallery}L/Cpl A E Deakin{/gallery}6th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment.
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 25th September 1916, aged 28

• Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France. Bay 5
  
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of [late] Charles and Ann Deakin of Station Road, Polesworth
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Polesworth St Editha
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for L/Cpl Deakin
• NNWFHS Polesworth War Memorial Page
• Arras Memorial
• Leicestershire Regiment

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born c1896 in Polesworth
  
• Employed as a pit pony driver – under ground
  
• Lived at 29 Grendon Road, Polesworth [1911]