Sapper
Robert William Leeming
Military Details
Service Number: 147947
Regiment & Unit / Ship
255th Tunelling Coy Royal Engineers
Awards and Medals
The 1914-15 Star
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Residence at Enlistment
The Crossings , Mealsgate ,Cumberland
Rank at Enlistment
Private
Service Number at Enlistment
6881
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1888
Place of Birth
Cleator
Religion
C of E
Address
23 King Street , Wath Brow CleatorMoor
Residence (Census)
23 King Street, wath Brow, Cleator Moor
Residence (Roll of Honour)
23 King Street , Wath Brow CleatorMoor
Parents
Son of late Robert & Hannah Leeming (nee Frears)
Siblings
Tom , Nicholas
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Miner
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
8th June 1916
Age at Death
28
Circumstances of Death
Died Of Wounds
Theater of Action
France
Regiment at Death
Royal Engineers
Battalion/Vessel at Death
255th Tunelling Coy
Rank at Death
Sapper
Buried or Commemorated at
ARRAS MEMORIAL
France
Grave Position: Bay 1.
Private Memorial: St Johns War Memorial
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