Name
Leonard George Salmon
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
30/10/1918
19
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
27570
Wiltshire Regiment
1st Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
BERLIN SOUTH-WESTERN CEMETERY
XVIII. A. 8
Germany
UK & Other Memorials
St James’ Church Memorial, Thorley
Working Men’s Club / Village Hall, Memorial, Thorley
Pre War
Home address. Thorley Houses.
Wartime Service
Leonard enlisted in 1917 and went to France March 1918. He was taken prisoner on 14th April 1918 during the Great German Spring Offensive. Leonard died in the Prisoners' of War Camp at Friedrichsfeld, Nr Wesel, Rheinland on 30th October 1918.
Additional Information
www.friends-stjames.org
Acknowledgments
John E. I. Procter (Rector of Thorley), Bill Hardy, Philip Hargrave - www.friends-stjames.org, Jonty Wild
