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Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Biography -
- Leonard Ernest Butcher -

Name : Leonard Ernest Butcher

Son of : William Butcher and Nellie Butcher (née Stevens), of Sandown, Isle of Wight.

Born : 1898, Sandown.
  Census information :

1901 : William and Nellie Butcher, with their children including Leonard aged 2, are at 3 Fort Mews, Avenue Road, Sandown. William Butcher is a Journeyman Bread Baker.

1911 : William and Nellie Butcher, with their children including Leonard aged 12, are at 3 Fort Mews, Avenue Road, Sandown. William Butcher is a Farm Labourer.

  Service Details :

Private 23411 Leonard Ernest Butcher, 1st Bn., Hampshire Regiment.

Casualty Details :

Died : 28 March 1918 aged 19.

Commemorated at : Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.

CWGC Record
  Commemorated on these Memorials :

Carisbrooke Castle County War Memorial Panel 02
Sandown St John's Church War Memorial
Sandown War Memorial
  Photo Gallery :



[L] Leonard Butcher (sitting) with his brother Henry Butcher.
(Henry's Army Service record is not known).
[R] Leonard Butcher

Click on thumbnail for larger image
  Further information :

Leonard Butcher's cousin, Percy Loben Butcher, also died in WW I.
  Acknowledgments :

John McConkey for photographs and documents. Leonard Butcher was his great uncle.
  Page status :
Page last updated : 7 October 2013 (added further photo)



 
 

 
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