Private 12143 Leonard FORD

Private 12143 Leonard Ford{gallery}NuneatonRWR-Thiepval{/gallery}2nd Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Killed in action in the Battle of the Somme, France and Flanders, 11th August 1916, aged 40

• Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 9 A, 9 B and 10 B
  
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Thomas and Sarah Ford [nee Pratt]
  
• Husband of Clara Helen Ford [nee Joyce]. Married Apr Qtr 1897 at Nuneaton
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Nuneaton WWI RWR | Nuneaton Colliery

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Record for Private Ford
• Thiepval Memorial
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Jul Qtr 1876 at Chilvers Coton
• Lived at 19 Court, Abbey Street, Nuneaton [1901 & 1911]
  
• Employed as a coal miner / hewer [1911]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton