Leonard Kinder Wheat
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He was the son of James Charles, a stationer, and Martha Wheat of 20 Ebury Road Sherwood Rise Nottingham. Martha died 29/10/1920 aged 73. He was the brother of Minnie and Elsie Wheat. His effects of £100 were left to his mother Martha (Probate Nottingham 6/5/1919).
He was wounded in 1916 and was killed in action on 1st September 1918. He is buried in Queant Road Cemetery, Buissy.. (grave ref VI.F.7)
Family headstone, Nottingham Church (Rock) Cemetery: '(Martha Wheat) Also of Leonard K, youngest son of the above, killed in action Septr. 1 1918 & buried in France aged 26 years’ Death notice published 17th September 1918 in the Nottingham Evening Post :- WHEAT. – Killed in action, September 1st, 1918, Leonard K., Canadians, youngest and dearly loved son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wheat, Alexandra-street, aged 26.” Above is courtesy of Jim Grundy and his facbook pages Small Town Great War Hucknall 1914-1918
