1918-2008: Ninety Years of Remembrance

Soldier Record

Leonard Ford

Contributed by: Karen Ford, on 2008-11-08

Private Leonard Ford
Rank
First Name Leonard
Surname Ford
Year of Birth 1876
Year of Death 1916
Regiment Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers
Place of Wartime Residence Nuneaton, Warwickshire

Leonard's Story

Was killed during the Battle of the Somme on 11th August 1916. His body was never found.

Inscription on Thiepval Memorial France

He was my Great uncle and his photograph has been handed down the family. He joined up because the wages in the army were better than those being paid in the mines and he had a young growing family to feed.

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