Basic Details
Surname
Leal
Forenames
Ernest Leonard Chambers
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Sapper
ERNEST LEONARD LEAL
Service Number: 22648
Regiment & Unit/Ship
Royal Engineers
11th Field Coy.
Date of Death
Died 09 April 1915
Age 24 years old
Buried or commemorated at
CAMBRIN MILITARY CEMETERY
A. 24.
France
Country of Service
United Kingdom
Additional Info
Son of Ernest John and Hannah Leal, of 61, Carisbrooke Rd., Newport, Isle of Wight.
Personal Inscription
HIS MEMORY IS AS DEAR TO-DAY AS IN THE HOUR HE PASSED AWAY
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
R.E.
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Lce. Corp
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Year of death
1915
Month of death
April
Day of death
5
Age at death
24
Manner of death as stated
Killed
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action