Leonard Kelsey Reeder
Service number
204261
Military unit
2/5th Bn York and Lancaster Regiment
Address
Unknown
Date of birth
Date of death
03 May 1917 (20 years old)
Place of birth
Worksop, Notts
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Family history
John Thomas Reeder and Annie Elizabeth Travis of Worksop married in 1894 Sheffield. They set up home in Worksop living at 2 Bridge Terrace where John Thomas plied his trade as a harness and saddle maker. They had only one son who was born in Worksop in 1897 who they named as Leonard Kelsey Reeder. His middle name of Kelsey derived from the surname of his paternal grandmother.
Military history
Leonard Reeder enlisted at Worksop and was sent to France where he was killed in action and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
Extra information
Research by Colin Dannatt
Photographs
Leonard Kelsey Reeder
photo originally published in the Worksop Guardian and now in the Borough of Worksop Roll of Honour of the Great War 1914-1918 in Worksop Library.