Basic Details
Surname
Love
Forenames
L R
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Alternative forename
Leonard Ralph
Served or died
Died
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 45 Queen's Road. It wrongly lists his date of death as 26/5/1917.

(CWGC records that Private Leonard Ralph Love. regimental number 32771, died on 25/4/1917 serving in 8th Company of the Machine Gun Corps. He is commemorated on Bay 10 of Arras Memorial in France. Leonard's Army service file records that he was living in Queen's Road when he enlisted on 26/4/1916 in the Machine Gun Corps, having formerly served in the 2/1 Hunts Cyclist Battalion under regimental number 727 since 24/10/1914. In April 1916 he gave his age as 19 years and 7 months, and his next of kin as Annie Beales of 45 Queen's Road, Old Fletton, Peterborough. He disembarked at Boulogne on 17/7/1916, joined the 8th Company in the field on 23/7/1916, and was killed in action 25/4/1917. His parents were recorded on the Army file as Ada and James W Love. When Leonard had been baptised at Eye Church near Peterborough on 28/10/1897, as the son of Ada and James William Love, the baptism register was noted that he had been born on 27/9/1897).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Machine Gun Corps
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
Not Stated on Memorial
Country of burial
Not Stated on Memorial
Cemetery
Not Stated on Memorial
Year of death
1917
Month of death
May
Day of death
26
Manner of death as stated
"Killed in Action 26 May 1917 [sic]"
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action
Personal Details
Address
45 Queens Road
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial