Name
Leonard (Len) Stanley Weeden,
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
Headstone Inscription
Not Researched
UK & Other Memorials
Pirton School Memorial
Biography
Leonard appears on the School War Memorial, confirming that he attended the school. Parish records suggest only one man of this name who could have served, and he was born on March 29th 1899 to George and Ellen Weeden (née Handscombe). He would have been fifteen at the outbreak of war and therefore he is very unlikely to have served until the latter stages. Baptism and census record three children but, by 1911, one had died. At this time only two can be identified with certainty; they are Alice Miriam (b 1896) and Leonard Stanley (b 1899). Norah Lake kindly adds that Leonard (Len) was Albert Weeden’s nephew. Albert also served in the war and survived. Len's sister Alice married Thomas Lake, also listed as a survivor of the war.
The Parish Magazine of October 1918 records Leonard as serving in transport and having been wounded. The Parish Magazine of November 1918 confirms that this was with the Royal Warwickshire Regiment.
Len died on November 26th 1967 aged sixty-seven and his ashes are interred in the St. Mary's Church, Garden of Rest.
Acknowledgments
Text from the book ‘The Pride of Pirton’ by Jonty Wild, Tony French & Chris Ryan used with author's permission
