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Private Leonard Walter Minkley

40869 1st Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment

ex 18706 Northamptonshire Regiment

Pte Minkley
The Argus Newspaper
Son of Mr Walter Robert & Mrs Betsy Maria Minkley

Died 4th October 1917

Aged 18 years

Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial
Panels 90-92 & 162-162a
Born at Kettering, enlisted at Kettering
Lived at Nene Cottages, Marshalls Road, Raunds
Private Minkley died of wounds
Before the war he worked for R. Coggins & Sons
Rushden Echo, 8th February 1918, transcribed by Kay Collins

War Victim—Mr. W. Minkley, of 18 Nene Cottages, has heard officially of the death of his son, Pte. J. Minkley, South Staffords. He was killed in action or died of wounds on or since Oct. 4th 1917.

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