1505006 Lance Bombardier Leslie MARKWELL, 33 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery: 10/6/44

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  1. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    Remembering Today

    Casualty
    Lance Bombardier MARKWELL, LESLIE
    Service Number 1505006
    Died 10/06/1944
    Aged 25
    33 Field Regt., Royal Artillery
    Buried at RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
    Location: Calvados, France
    Number of casualties: 2418
    Cemetery/memorial reference: II. A. 3.
     
  2. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

    UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945
    Name: Leslie Markwell
    Given Initials: L
    Rank: Lance Bombardier
    Death Date: 10 Jun 1944
    Number: 1505006
    Birth Place: Sheffield
    Residence: Sheffield
    Regiment at Enlistment: Royal Artillery
    Branch at Enlistment: Royal Artillery
    Theatre of War: Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45
    Regiment at Death: Royal Artillery
    Branch at Death: Royal Artillery

    England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007
    Name: Leslie Markwell
    Registration Date: 1918
    Registration district: Sheffield
    Inferred County: South Yorkshire
    Re-registration Year: 1918
    Mother's Maiden Name: Harrison
    Volume Number: 9c
    Page Number: 1086

    TD
     
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  3. Guy Hudson

    Guy Hudson Looker-upper

    Enlisted in the R.A. in 1938 (interesting to note the militia number on his attestation, I haven't seen that before)
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  4. harkness

    harkness Well-Known Member

    Parents:

    Name: Walter Markwell
    Birth Date: abt 1885
    Birth Place: Stowmarket, Suffolk, England
    Marriage Date: 20 Aug 1912
    Marriage Place: Emmaunel Church Sheffield
    Spouse: Martha Ann Harrison
    Age: 18
    Document Year: 1903
    Regimental Number: 7283
    Rank: Priivate
    Regiment Name: Yorks Lancs Regiment
    Wounded: France 16-2-1915 (GSW, head - "not severe")

    1939 REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION
    Markwell Household (2 People)
    111 Ellesmere Road, Sheffield C.B., Yorkshire (West Riding)
    NAME DOB OCCUPATION
    Walter K Markwell 05 May 1885 Electric Welder - Armaments
    Martha A Markwell 13 Feb 1880 Unpaid Domestic Duties
     
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