Cheshire22 Posted 10 August , 2018 Share Posted 10 August , 2018 22354 Private Walter Leach, Loos Memorial 22354 Private W Leech, Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery, Lacouture both died on the 10th August 1918 and with the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Two man, died on the same day with the same Battalion and Regiment, with the same service number with similar sounding surname does it appear to be an error by the CWGC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 10 August , 2018 Share Posted 10 August , 2018 (edited) Appears so - the effects only have one man but date is 1 day out. Craig Edited 10 August , 2018 by ss002d6252 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 10 August , 2018 Share Posted 10 August , 2018 28 minutes ago, Cheshire22 said: 22354 Private Walter Leach, Loos Memorial 22354 Private W Leech, Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery, Lacouture both died on the 10th August 1918 and with the 2nd Battalion Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding Regiment) Two man, died on the same day with the same Battalion and Regiment, with the same service number with similar sounding surname does it appear to be an error by the CWGC Actually, looking at the concentration document raises further issues: Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaySearching Posted 10 August , 2018 Share Posted 10 August , 2018 Soldiers effects as W Leech MIC as W Leech SDGW as Leach His service papers are on Ancestry His body was exhumed from the battlefield after the war reburied in Vieille-Chapelle New Military Cemetery, Lacouture Craig types faster than me Ray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clk Posted 10 August , 2018 Share Posted 10 August , 2018 (edited) Hi, 41 minutes ago, Cheshire22 said: does it appear to be an error by the CWGC It would seem so. The GRO index to overseas army (other ranks) deaths 1914 - 1921 shows: surname = Leach surname = Leech Images sourced from Findmypast 11 minutes ago, ss002d6252 said: Actually, looking at the concentration document raises further issues: Yes. Throughout the service papers the surname is consistently spelt as Leech, and there's a couple of signatures that read that way too. Regards Chris Edited 10 August , 2018 by clk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshire22 Posted 10 August , 2018 Author Share Posted 10 August , 2018 Thank you for your replies. How do I approach the CWGC and explain about the error jamie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss002d6252 Posted 10 August , 2018 Share Posted 10 August , 2018 Just now, Cheshire22 said: Thank you for your replies. How do I approach the CWGC and explain about the error jamie You can email them via their site. I would expect that the fact the grave form says Pte M D Leech may mean that they'll want to look deeper in to it. Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheshire22 Posted 10 August , 2018 Author Share Posted 10 August , 2018 Craig thank you for your reply, I think I may contact them after my holiday next week. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing, when I was playing around the CWGC today. on the 10th August 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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