The roll of honourA biographical record of all members of His Majesty's naval and military forces who have fallen in the war . oliiu-teered to go and find where the 21st Brigadewas when it had got out of touch with his own he took was sprinkled with the dcail bodi,-s of him. to get across ; he managed to do it andreturned with valuable information- He w,->saway seven hours. He nieiitioncd inSir John (now Lord) Frenchs IJespatch of;u .May. 191.). LEDIARD, FRANCIS, Private. Xo. 7948,B 2iid Battn. The Royal Scots, «. ofthe late Henry Lediard. of Birmingham. CabProprietor, formerly a
The roll of honourA biographical record of all members of His Majesty's naval and military forces who have fallen in the war . oliiu-teered to go and find where the 21st Brigadewas when it had got out of touch with his own he took was sprinkled with the dcail bodi,-s of him. to get across ; he managed to do it andreturned with valuable information- He w,->saway seven hours. He nieiitioncd inSir John (now Lord) Frenchs IJespatch of;u .May. 191.). LEDIARD, FRANCIS, Private. Xo. 7948,B 2iid Battn. The Royal Scots, «. ofthe late Henry Lediard. of Birmingham. CabProprietor, formerly a Police Constable in theBirmingham Force. by his wife. .Sarah; 23 Xov. 1867 ; educ. St. Schools there; was a Cab Driver inBirmingham, but enlisted in the Koyal Scotsin 1902; served eight years with the .Coloursand four years with the Reserve, during whichtiim- he held a good position in a motor^garageill Birnungliani ; called up on mobilisation,.i .\ug. 1914; rejoined his old n-gt. ; went toFrance about 18 and was killed in actionon the 26th. during the retreat from Mons ; Charles Xo. 2132, A Co>.. 1 8th Battn. Ihc Middlc-Regt. ), eldest 8. of Alfred Ixe. of16. Waltham Road. Southall. his wife, .n. dau. of Ruben Keinpster;/). Southall. 29 Dec. 1896 ; educ. FeatlierstoneRoail Jtoys School there ; was employed inthe Boxiiiaking Department of .Messrs. Margarine Works, Southall ;joim-,1 the 1 8th Middlesex Territorials in April,1913; mobilised from the training camp onthe outbreak of war in .Aug. 1914 : volunti-eredfor foreign service ; went to Gibraltar with hisregt. in Sept. ; n:tumed to England in ; went to France. 8 .March, ami waskillid in action at Zonnebeki-. 1 .May. );,during the Second Battle of Yprcs; there. Capt. .\. II. Woodbridge.(itllcer Commanding A Coy., wrote : It iswith infinite regret that I write to ti-ll youof vour sons death, which occ
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