Basic Details
Surname
Dyson
Forenames
Leonard
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was a warper at a mill who enlisted in May 1915 and served as a Lewis Gunner. He is also commemorated on IWM 2130 and 2823 as well as the Arras Memorial. Ewart Dyson was his younger brother and is also commemorated here having died in the same attack 2 days after Leonard: another brother, Willie, survived the war.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Bullecourt, Arras
Year of death
1917
Month of death
May
Day of death
3
Age at death
26
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on this memorial
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action