Leonard Adolphus Tebb
Service number
74723
Military unit
'O' Bty Royal Horse Artillery
Address
Lichfield
Date of birth
22 Jul 1897
Date of death
21 Oct 1917 (21 years old)
Place of birth
Nottingham
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
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Family history
Leonard Adolphus Tebb was born on 22nd July 1897 at Nottingham, he was baptised on 10th October 1897 at St Anns, Nottingham, he was the son of John a waiter and Anne Tebb née Paddock of 3 Robin Hood Terrace Victoria Park St Ann's Nottingham.
In the 1911 census he has left the family home, he is living at The Midlands Trust Indistrial School, Beacon Street, Lichfield, he is 13 yrs of age.
Military history
Gunner Leonard Alphonus Tebb enlisted at Lichfield, he served with 'O' Bty, Royal Horse Artillery, He served in France for three years before being killed in action 21st October 1917 (Evening Post Nov. 8, 1917) during the Third Battle of Ypres. He was buried at Cement House Cemetery
Extra information
additional research an information Peter Gillngs
Photographs
Photo of Leonard Adolphus Tebb
Cement House British Cemetery, Belgium courtesy of the cwgc