HACKNEY, Leonard George

815634 Lance Bombardier, Royal Artillery, HQ 51st Division

Born 1910 Lincoln

Died 01/11/1940, Age 30, at Leanchoil Hospital in the parish of Forres, Scotland

Buried 05/11/1940

Son of Frank (b 1869) and Ethel Arundel Leonard (b 1881), married 1901, Hemsworth, York

Brother of Bernard (b 1903) and Phyllis (b 1905)

Address at time of death: 67 Coronation Road, Cleethorpes

1911 – family living at 24 Waterloo Street, New Boultham, Lincoln. Frank is a signalman with the Great Central Railway Company

1922 – Frank Hackney is listed at 67 Coronation Road in the local directory, occupation given as guard

Frank died nine months before Leonard (19/02/1940) at Grimsby Hospital, age 71

Scottish death certification shows that Leonard died at 5.40pm in Leanchoil Hospital, cause of death a motor cycle accident in which he collided with a motor lorry. Informant of death was Staff Captain W. Scott of the Royal Artillery. Leonard’s occupation in the RA is listed as a platelayer. Unlike many of the dead, Royal Artillery attestation documents show that he was in the military prior to the war.