Lieutenant Leslie Cyril William Bauchope
Service No: | 4434? |
Regiment: | Royal Air Force |
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Died: | 21 May 1918 |
Age: | 21 |
Memorial Location: | Heaton Cemetery |
Position: | 1B. 12 (C.E.) 49. |
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Notes: | Son of John William and Louisa Bauchope, of “Ilminsterâ€, 47, Rydal Road, Bolton, Lancashire, and formerly of Katanga, Wigan Road, Bolton, Lancashire. An old boy of Bolton Grammar School (1903-1913). Enlisted September 1914. Formerly Private, 3rd Bn., Royal Fusiliers. Wounded in France in July 1916. Commissioned into the Royal Flying Corps 26/08/1917, becoming a flying instructor, and transferred to Royal Air Force on formation 01/04/1918. Killed in an accident at a Royal Air Force aerodrome. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/32503854 Living at 50 Gilnow Road Bolton, Bolton at 1911 census. Born at Ilminster, Somerset. See house name in Rydal Rd. Local newspaper entries Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 24/12/1914 04/08/1916 24/05/1918 Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 7c 5d 6c/f* |