Lance Corporal 31493 Leonard ELLSON

Lance Corporal 31493 Leonard ELLSON{gallery}Leonard Ellson{/gallery}9th Battalion, Devonshire Regiment
Killed in action in France and Flanders, 8th October 1918, aged 19

• Buried: Bellicourt British Cemetery, Aisne, France. Grave Ref: VI.1.4.
  
• Awarded British War and Victory Medals.
  
• Husband of Emily Ellson [nee Adcock]. Married July Qtr 1917. Father to a “little son” [Tamworth Herald]
  
• Son of Arthur and Elizabeth Ellson
• Brother of Herbert and John
• NNWFHS Memorial: Wilnecote, Polesworth and George Skey & Co
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for L/Cpl Ellson
• NNWFHS Wilnecote War Memorial Page
• NNWFHS Polesworth St Editha War Memorial
• Bellicourt British Cemetery
• Devonshire Regiment

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born 23 Oct 1898 in Wilnecote. Baptised 20 Nov 1898
  
• Lived at 89 Hockley Road, Wilnecote [1911]
• Employed as a wages and weigh clerk at Tame Valley Colliery [11
• Enlisted March 1916 [Attestation Papers]