Leonard Arthur Plane

Rank 
Private
Regiment 
Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry
Date of death 
19 July 1915
Age of death 
22
Address 
116 Wanstead Park Avenue
Wanstead
RED
E12 5EF
Address source 
1911 Census
Cemetery / Memorial 
Belgium
Biography 

Leonard Arthur Plane was born in Surrey on 7th December 1892 In 1911, Leonard was living with his father George, a tobacco merchant, his mother Emily, and his five siblings at 116 Wanstead Park Avenue.

Leonard was working as a clerk in 1911, but enlisted in the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry in the early months of the war. He was sent to France and died in battle on 19th July 1915, aged 22. Leonard is buried at Bedford House Cemetery, Ypres, West Flanders in Belgium.

Research by Redbridge Museum

Sources:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Ancestry.com