Basic Details
Surname
Morton
Forenames
Leonard
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra detail. He reworked as a salesman for Freeman Hardy and Willis in their shoe shop in Halifax before the war in which he died of gas poisoning. He is also commemorated on IWM 2689.
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
Country of death
France
Town of death
Wimereux
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Wimereux
Cemetery
Terlincthun British Military Cemetery
Year of death
1918
Month of death
September
Day of death
20
Age at death
19
Manner of death as stated
Not stated on memorial
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds