Name
Leonard Walter Mayes
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
29/08/1918
24
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Private
33761
Bedfordshire Regiment
2nd Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
COMBLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
VI. F. 17.
France
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Buntingford Town Memorial, St Peter's Church Memorial, Buntingford, Buntingford Boy Scouts Memorial, Town Hall, Buntingford, Not on the Hertford memorials
Pre War
Leonard was born in 1894 to Walter and Lizzie Mayes. In the 1911 census they were shown as living in Newtown, Buntingford and his father was a butcher. Leonard was listed as an apprentice tailor.
Later his parents were recorded at 6, Nelson St., Hertford. Any personal connection to Hertford requires confirmation as the above address was recorded after his death.
The Soldiers Died In The Great War database (SDITGW) records Leonard as born in Buntingford, Herts. and was living there when he enlisted in Bedford.
Wartime Service
Killed in action
Additional Information
Son of Walter and Lizzie Mayes, of 6, Nelson St., Hertford. Native of Buntingford, Herts.
Acknowledgments
Kate Thompson
Jonty Wild, Carol Emery
