Joseph Leek
Service Number
87233
Military Unit
17th Bn Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)
Date of birth
Date of Death
23 Oct 1917 (24 years old)
Place of Birth
Stoke on Trent Staffordshire
Employment, Education or Hobbies
He was a railway wagon repairer upon enlistment.
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Family History
Leek's next of kin and sole legatee was his aunt Mary J Cooper of 120 Walnut Street Ayleston Road Leicester.
Military History
Private Joseph Leek attested at Nottingham 29th November 1915 standing 5' 8" and weighing 140 lbs. Giving his age as 22 yrs and 3 months and his occupation as railway waggon repairer. Mobilised on 8th December 1916 and posted with the service number 68191 to the Sherwood Foresters Regiment. He was transferred to the Machine Gun Corps on 2nd March 1917 . He embarked from Folkstone on 25th April 1917 landing the same day at Boulogne. He was killed in action on 23rd October 1917 and was buried at Dochy Farm New British Cemetery, Belgium.
Extra Information
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Photographs
Joseph Leek
Commonwealth War Graves Commission headstone at Dochy Farm New British Cemetery, Belgium. Courtesy of Murray Biddle