This name is on the St Mark's War Memorial, Kennington Oval, London SE11
(Leonard Paddington)
(Paddington, Leonard)
Service no G/11382
Private, Middlesex Regiment, 23rd Battalion
Died of wounds on 18 September 1916, aged 19
Son of Henry Whitehorne Paddington and Isabella Paddington, of 37, Handforth Rd., Clapham Rd., London. Born at Bermondsey, London.
Remembered at Abbeville Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France and at St Mark's Church
Brother of Henry John Paddington
Information from British Army Service History
Joined at Southwark Town Hall on 20 November 1915, aged 19 years and 6 months
Porter with LB and SC Railway
Unmarried
Lived at 37 Handforth Road
5 feet 7 1/4 inches tall
Chest 35 1/2 inches + 2 inches
126 pounds
Physical development "fair"
Served 301 days
Born Bermondsey
Wounded on 15 September 1915 (gunshot wounds both legs); admitted to field hospital
Transferred to Abbeville, where he died.
W.5080 signed by John Darlington at St Mark's
Information from the 1911 census
In 1911 the Paddington family lived at 8 St Mary Street, Lambeth SE. Leonard Paddington was one of nine children of Henry Paddington, 47, a plasterer born in Lambeth and Isabella Paddington (nee Reeves), 45, born in Bermondsey, south-east London. Their children were
Henry Paddington, born 1887, a plasterer, born in Bermondsey
William Paddington, born 1890 a printer's stereotyper, born in Bermondsey
Thomas Paddington, born in 1890, occupation illegible on the census return, born in Southwark
Albert Paddington, born in 1893, a printer's warehouse packer, born in Southwark
Samuel Paddington, born in 1894, an office clerk, born in Southwark
Leonard Paddington, born in 1898, at school, born in Southwark
Anne Paddington, born in 1900, at school, born in Southwark
Edward Paddington, born in 1902, at school, born in Southwark
Florance Paddington, born 1906 in East Ham, east London
The family shared 6 rooms. Isabella had given birth to 10 live babies, with 9 surviving.