William Leonard – Best – North Eastern Railway – Corporal – 24/11/1917
Title
William Leonard – Best – North Eastern Railway – Corporal – 24/11/1917
Initials / forenames
William Leonard
Surname
Best
Railway company
North Eastern Railway
Military unit
Highland Light Infantry, 14th Battalion, "D" Company
Military rank
Corporal
Military number
28824
Railway department
Passenger Department, Sherburn-in-Elmet
Railway job
Clerk
Date died
24/11/1917
Magazine reference
North Eastern Railway Magazine February 1918, pg 31.
Memorial
Cambrai Memorial, Louverval
Notes
Aged 23, son of Joseph James and Dinah Alexandra Best of Stillingfleet, York. He enlisted in November 1915, and was reported missing from November 28th 1917 in the North Eastern Railway Magazine. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission website notes his death as being 4 days earlier.
Information source
St Paul's Cathedral Order of Service 1919, North Eastern Railway Magazine, Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Date entered
08/02/2016
Last updated
08/02/2016
Citation
“William Leonard – Best – North Eastern Railway – Corporal – 24/11/1917,” Fallen Railwaymen, accessed April 28, 2024, https://fallenrailwaymen.omeka.net/items/show/61179.