Notes
He enrolled in Worcester College, Oxford in 1912 and the college archives add: 'Leonard Birch matriculated in 1912 and was a Cookes scholar, achieving second class honours in classical moderations in 1914. He was a keen rugby player. Leonard Birch received a commission in the Border Regiment in November 1914 and was sent to France the following year. He was wounded in October 1915 and again during the Battle of the Somme in July 1916. Captain Leonard Birch was killed in action at Monchy-le-Preux on 23 April 1917.'