Basic Details
Surname
Eastwood
Forenames
L
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Leslie
Served or died
Died
Notes
He enrolled at Worcester College, Oxford in 1904 and the college archive adds: 'Leslie Eastwood joined the College from King William’s College, Isle of Man, in 1904. After taking his degree he became an Assistant Master at Oxford Preparatory School but on the outbreak of war he obtained a commission in the 6th Battalion of the Royal Lancaster Regiment. He went out to Gallipoli where he was wounded by shrapnel on 29 July 1915. Second Lieutenant Leslie Eastwood was then taken to hospital in Alexandria where he died on 19 September 1915 from dysentery from which he had suffered since his arrival on the Peninsula.'
Primary Service
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Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Egypt
Town of death
Alexandria
Year of death
1915
Month of death
September
Day of death
19
Manner of death reference
Died of Disease