Sergeant 397 Herbert LEEDHAM

Sergeant 397 Herbert Leedham{gallery}NuneatonRWR-Thiepval{/gallery}1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Killed in action in the Battle of Le Transloy, Somme, France and Flanders, 25th October 1916, aged 37

• Commemorated: Thiepval Memorial Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 9 A, 9 B and 10 B
  
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
• Son of William and Sarah Leedham
• Husband of Winnifred Leedham [nee Duncan]. Married Oct Qtr 1913 at Dover, Kent
  
• Brother of Guardsman 11328 Frank Leedham
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Chilvers Coton Boys School | Nuneaton WWI RWR

Hyperlink to his brother needs sorting. AND…double-check on CWGC that his brother really is noted as a guardsman. So often, it should be just Private. The rank per se of Guardsman did not come into being until the 1920s.

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Record for Sgt Leedham
• Thiepval Memorial
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born Jul Qtr 1888 at Stockingford. Name recorded as Thomas Herbert Leedham
• Attended Chilvers Cotton Boys School
  
• Lived at Common Gate, Heath End, Chilvers Coton [1901]
  
• Lived in military barracks, India and Ceylon [1911]
• Employed as a regular solider with 1st Battalion RWR [1911]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton