| Name |
Leonard James RACKSTRAW |
| Rank/Number |
Lance Corporal 18313 |
| Regiment |
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 |
| Last known address |
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| Cemetery |
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France |
| Grave or Memorial 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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| Pre-war occupation of Casualty |
baker and confectioner |
| Parents |
Joseph & Ellen Rackstraw |
| Parent's occupation |
chair maker |
| Parents' Address (last known) |
11 Brook St, High Wycombe |
| Wife |
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| Wife's Address (last known) |
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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. |