Name
Leaman Patterson
1895
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
02/06/1916
22
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Corporal
117468
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Searched but not found
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Panel 30, 32.
Belgium
Headstone Inscription
N/A
UK & Other Memorials
Hemel Hempstead Town Memorial, Berkhamsted School War Memorial, Not on the Kings Langley
Pre War
Leaman Patterson was born 19 August 1893 in Kings Langley, Herts, the son of Leonard and Annie Patterson and baptised on 17 September at St Mary's Church, Apsley End. He was the youngest of six children.
On the 1901 Census the family were living at Bailiff House, Shendish, Kings Langley, Herts, where his father was working as the Farm Bailiff.
Leman was initially educated at Apsley Boys School, followed by Berkhamsted School in 1906. He left in 1909 when the family emigrated to Canada and settled in Red Deer in Alberta. His father went to Canada to farm and by 1911 all four sons were recorded on the Canadian Census as farmers.
His father died in 1913 and his brother Frank took over the running of the farm with Leonard and Leman working for him. On enlistment Leman gave his occupation as Farmer and was living at Leslieville, Alberta.
Wartime Service
He enlisted with the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 11 January 1915 and served with the 2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles Battalion which left Montreal on board Megantic on 12 June 1915 and arrived in England on 21 June. They later proceeded to France and arrived there on 22 September 1915.
He first saw action at the Battle of Mont Sorrel (Battle of Hill 62), an operation on the Ypres Salient, between 2 - 1 June and casualties were high on both sides. Leman was killed in action on 2 June 1916, aged 22, the first day of the battle, and has no known grave but his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, France.
Additional Information
His sister married Frank Holt who was also killed in the war. His brother Leonard also served with the Canadian forces and survived the war.
Acknowledgments
Brenda Palmer
Jonty Wild, www.bac-lac.gc.ca
