Name
Leonard Abel Sell
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
09/04/1918
30
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Gunner
28275
Royal Garrison Artillery
122 Heavy Battery
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
1914 (Mons) Star, British War and Victory Medals
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Cheshunt Cemetery
30 BO
United Kingdom
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Goff's Oak Village Memorial,
Goff's Oak Street Name,
Cheshunt Town Memorial
Pre War
He was born in 1888 in Goffs Oak, son of Abel and Anna, one of 8 children; in 1901 the family were living in Goffs Oak. He enlisted in The Army in London and by 1911 he was a Gunner in The Royal Garrison Artillery living in Stamford Fort Barracks, Turnchapel, Plymstock, Devon.
Wartime Service
He went to France 17th September 1914. At some stage he returned to England as a result of being wounded and later died at home.
Additional Information
In June 1997 Broxbourne Borough Council received a suggestion from the Chairman of Goffs Oak Community Association to name roads to commemorate the men who lost their lives in the two world wars who are displayed on the Goffs Oak War Memorial. It was decided that these names should be used for the large development in Hammond Street Road, this soldier has one of the surnames chosen: "Sell Close" – the reason for the names selected (as opposed to others) is not known.
Acknowledgments
Brian Lodge
