Long, L
LEONARD LONG
Remembered with honour Zuydcoote Military Cemetery: Plot I, Row D, Grave 21.
He enlisted in London, and was formerly Private 228 London Regiment. He was entitled to the Victory and British War medals, and died of wounds received in action. Unfortunately, Leonard’s Service Record appears to be one that did not survive the World War Two bombing.
There is a brief article about and a Death announcement for Leonard in the West Herts and Watford Observer dated 13 October 1917.
Son of Henry Tom and Agnes Jane (nee POTTS) LONG; husband of Catherine Gertrude LONG.
His parents married 1875 in the Isle of Wight district. Henry died 9 October 1931 in Liverpool aged 78; Agnes maybe died 1936 in the Worthing, Sussex, district aged 85.
Leonard was born 1886 in Eastbourne, Sussex [not Watford], but his marriage is proving elusive.
On the 1891 Census, he lived in Battersea, London, with his parents and two siblings. On the 1901 Census, aged 14 he lived in Watford, with his parents and two siblings. On the 1911 Census, he is proving elusive.
Service number
13627Rank
PrivateUnit
XV Corps, Cyclist BattalionRegiment
Place buried
Date of death
30*/09/1917Age at death
29Place of death
Memorial(s)
Notes
Leonard is recorded as serving in the London Regiment in the Borough Roll of Honour (a former regiment)- 1st S.W. Herts Scout Troop [in St Mary's Parish Church Watford] (4)
- Abbot's Langley Herts War Memorial (17)
- Aldbury Herts War Memorial (1)
- Aldenham Herts War Memorial (located in Letchmore Heath Herts) (8)
- All Saints Church Croxley Green Herts (12)
- All Saints Church Harrow Weald Middx (2)
- All Saints Church Hertford (1)
- All Saints Church King's Langley Herts (1)
- All Saints Church Leavesden Herts (31)
- All Saints Church Witham Essex (3)