ENGLAND, Leslie Frank
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Rank:
Trooper
Unit / Base:
50ME Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Life Guards
Service:
Army
Number:
552907
Died :
Tuesday, February 25, 1941
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
28
Cemetery/Memorial:
Operations:
Trooper Leslie England was reported missing later presumed killed in action during operations on the enemy occupied Greek island of Kastellorizo. He has no known grave. Son of Arthur England and of Mary Ann England, of Cheylesmore, Coventry [1][1a][1b].
26 October 1932 attested into the Royal Tank Corps [2].
5 November 1939 transferred to the Royal Household Cavalry [2].
Sources
[1] CWGC.
[1a] Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/23 and WO417/48.
[1] CWGC.
[1a] Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/23 and WO417/48.
[1b] 50 ME Cdo Casualty List 25th-28th Feb. 1941 in Crete - Ref. GRO2E/1188/69C / National Archives WO361/124.
[2] Royal Tank Corps Enlistment Records, 1919-1934.
[2] Royal Tank Corps Enlistment Records, 1919-1934.
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