RANN, Leslie Claude

Ploegsteert Memorial, BelgiumCredit: CWGC

Private
14th Battalion
Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Leslie was born 1898 in Newport to Frank Henry & Charlotte Emily (nee CARTWRIGHT) RANN, who were living at 102 Pyle Street, Newport around the time of Leslie’s death.

Herbert, aged 19, was reported as Missing Presumed Killed in Action on the 13th of April 1918, & he is commemorated by the Commission on Panel 2M of the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing in Belgium with more than 11,300 of his First World War comrades who still have no known grave.

Leslie is also remembered on the County & Newport Borough War Memorials.

CWGC Casualty Record

Cemetary

Sons & Daughters Commemorated Far From Home

Those from the Newport & Carisbrooke area who are buried or commemorated by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission outside of the area, both in the UK and in other countries.

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The image is of the Tyne Cot Military Cemetery & Memorial in Belgium.