Basic Details
Surname
Barraclough
Forenames
Leonard
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. He was married to Marjorie and they had a daughter: he worked as a stone dresser before he enlisted in 1940. He was captured at Singapore and became a POW of the Japanese: his widow had been told to expect his repatriation, but he died a POW. This was the only Calderdale memorial they found him commemorated on, but he is on the Singapore Memorial.
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Not stated on the memorial
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Year of death
1944
Month of death
October
Day of death
31
Age at death
31
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on memorial