Name |
Leonard James RACKSTRAW |
Rank/Number |
Lance Corporal / 18313 |
Regiment/Unit |
Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry / 2nd Battalion |
Enlisted |
High Wycombe |
Age/Date of death |
23 / 03 Aug 1916 |
How died/Theatre of war |
Killed in action / France & Flanders |
Residence at death |
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Cemetery |
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France |
Grave Reference |
Pier & Face 10A & 10D |
Location of memorial |
High Wycombe Hospital |
Date/Place of birth |
c1893 / High Wycombe |
Date/Place of baptism |
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Occupation of Casualty |
baker and confectioner |
Parents/Occupation |
Joseph & Ellen Rackstraw / chair maker |
Parents' Address |
11 Brook St, High Wycombe |
Wife |
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Wife's Address |
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Notes |
brother of Joseph Rackstraw. Surname on 1901 census is Rackshaw. Also worked for Councillor Turnbull, Temple End. Member of Primitive Methodist Church, Westbourne St. |