Name
Leonard Sampford
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
25/09/1916
20
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
35879
Machine Gun Corps
15th Coy.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Pier and Face 5 C and 12 C.
France
Headstone Inscription
NA
UK & Other Memorials
Wareside Village Memorial, Holy Trinity Church Memorial, Wareside, Not on the Hertford memorials
Pre War
Son of Frederick and Jane Sampford of Railway Tavern, Wareside, Painter and Decorator.
The Soldiers Died In The Great War database (SDITGW) records Leonard as born in Hertford and was living in Wareside when he enlisted in Hertford.
Wartime Service
Formerly 25343 Beds. Regt.
Killed in Action.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox
