Pte
John Leary
Military Details
Service Number: 6223
Regiment & Unit / Ship
Ist Cameron Highlanders
Enlisted
10th September 1914
Awards and Medals
The 1914 Star
The Victory Medal
The British War Medal, 1914-18
Enlistment Details
Date of Enlistment
10/9/1914
Place of Enlistment
Dumfries
Residence at Enlistment
Kirconnell , Dumfriesshire
Rank at Enlistment
Pte
Battalion at Enlistment
Ist
Service Number at Enlistment
6223
Service History
John originally enlisted at Wigton on 18 July 1902, re-enlisting at the outbreak of WW1.
Personal Details
Date of Birth
1882
Place of Birth
Cleator Moor
Religion
R.C.
Address
Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire
Residence (Roll of Honour)
Kirkconnel, Dumfriesshire
Parents
James and Catherine Leary
Siblings
James , William
Family Connection
Brother of William and James Leary
Education and Occupation
Occupation
Coalminer
Death and Memorial
Date of Death
4th November 1914
Age at Death
32
Circumstances of Death
Died of Wounds
Place of Death
Bolougne Military Hospital
Theater of Action
Flanders
Regiment at Death
Cameron Highlanders
Battalion/Vessel at Death
Ist
Rank at Death
Pte
Notes
The Leary family had lived at Wigton, Whitehaven ,Cleator Moor (Cleator Moor address 24 Wyndham Row).
Buried or Commemorated at
BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
France
Grave Position: III. B. 28.
Private Memorial: Kirkconnel War Memorial, Dumfriesshire.
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