Name
Leslie Edward Ranson
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
29/09/1918
25
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Lieutenant
Worcestershire Regiment
5th Bn., attached 2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
PIGEON RAVINE CEMETERY, EPEHY
I. A. 1.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 10 Oct 1892 in Balham, London son of Edward and Sarah Elizabeth Ranson later of Wakefield, South View, Basingstoke, Hampshire. Educated at Haileybury College 1906-10. He became a pupil farmer.
Wartime Service
Formerly enlisted on 4 Apr 1913 Private 327 9th (Cyclist) Bn. Hampshire Regiment at Southampton. He was discharged to attend the Royal Military College, Sandhurst on 12 May 1915 and obtained a commission in the Worcestershire Regiment. Entered France on 16 Apr 1917 and was killed in action during the successful recapture of Epehy on the Somme.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
