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Ernest Leggett was Killed in Action during World War I.
Biography
- England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription
- First name(s) ERNEST GEORGE
- Last name LEGGETT
- Birth year 1894
- Birth quarter 4
- District HIGHWORTH
- County Wiltshire
- Country England
- Volume 5A
- Page 10
- Record set England & Wales births 1837-2006
- Category Birth, Marriage, Death & Parish Records
- Record collection Births & baptisms
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- 1901 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
- 18, Granville Street, Swindon, Wiltshire, England
- Household MembersFirst name(s) Last name Relationship Marital status Gender Age Birth year Occupation Birth place
- William Leggett Head Married Male 33 1868 Coach Body Maker (Railway) Ashford, Kent, England
- Isabella Leggett Wife Married Female 32 1869 - Chester, Cheshire, England
- William S Leggett Son - Male 8 1893 - Swindon, Wiltshire, England
- Ernest G Leggett Son - Male 6 1895 - Swindon, Wiltshire, England
- Maud B Leggett Daughter - Female 4 1897 - Swindon, Wiltshire, England
- Mabel F Leggett Daughter - Female 1 1900 - Swindon, Wiltshire, England
- 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription
- 282 Ferdale Road Swindon, Swindon, Wiltshire, England
- Household MembersFirst name(s) Last name Relationship to household head Marital condition Gender Age Birth year Birth place Occupation
- William Leggett Head Married Male 43 1868 Kent Ashford Coach Body Maker GW Railway
- Isabella Leggett Wife Married 20 years (8,7,1) Female 42 1869 Cheshire Saltney -
- William Stephen Leggett Son Single Male 18 1893 Wiltshire Swindon Coach Body Maker GW Railway
- Ernest George Leggett Son Single Male 16 1895 Wiltshire Swindon General Fitter And Turner GW Railway
- Maud Beatrice Leggett Daughter - Female 14 1897 Wiltshire Swindon School
- Mabel Florence Leggett Daughter - Female 11 1900 Wiltshire Swindon School
- Norah Blanche Leggett Daughter - Female 9 1902 Wiltshire Swindon School
- Arthur John Leggett Son - Male 6 1905 Wiltshire Swindon School
- Harold Henry Leggett Son - Male 4 1907 Wiltshire Swindon School
- Medal Index Cards Transcription
- First name(s) Ernest G
- Last name Leggett
- Service number 10982
- Rank Lance Corporal, Private
- Corps Wiltshire Regiment
- Service record Soldier Number: 10982, Rank: Lance Corporal, Corps: Wiltshire Regiment
- Service record 2 Soldier Number: 10982, Rank: Private, Corps: Wiltshire Regiment
- Archive reference WO372/12
- Archive reference description Campaign Medal Index Cards and Silver War Badge Cards
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- Country Great Britain
- Record set World War One British Army medal index cards
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- Record collection First World War
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- GRO WAR DEATHS ARMY OTHER RANKS (1914 to1921) Transcription
- First name(s) ERNEST G
- Last name LEGGETT
- Death year 1915
- Service number 10982
- Rank Lance Corporal
- Regiment or unit Wiltshire Regiment
- Record source GRO War Death Army Other Ranks (1914 to 1921)
- Volume I.58
- Page 101
- Record set British nationals armed forces deaths 1796-2005
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- Soldiers died in the Great War 1914-1919 Transcription
- First name(s) ERNEST GEORGE
- Last name LEGGETT
- Service number 10982
- Rank L/CPL
- Regiment Duke of Edinburgh's (Wiltshire Regiment)
- Battalion 1st Battalion.
- Birth place SWINDON
- Residence SWINDON
- Enlistment place SWINDON
- Death year 1915
- Death day 3
- Death month 9
- Cause of death Killed in action
- Death place France & Flanders
- Theatre of war Western European Theatre
- Supplementary Notes -
- Category Military, armed forces & conflict
- Record collection First World War
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- Soldiers Died in the Great War database © Naval and Military Press Ltd 2010
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) Casualty Records Transcription
- First Name Ernest George
- Initials E G
- Last Name Leggett
- Soldier Number 10982
- Year Of Birth 1894
- Age 21
- Date of death 02 Sep 1915
- Year Of Death 1915
- Nationality British
- Rank Lance Corporal
- Regiment desc Wiltshire Regiment
- Cemetery YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
- Cemetery Type Desc Memorial
- Current locality description West-Vlaanderen
- Original locality desc "Ieper, West-Vlaanderen"
- Forces Army
- Additional information Son of Mr. W. and Mrs. I. Leggett, of 282, Ferndale Rd., Swindon.
- Country Belgium
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- Record collection First World War
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- Copyright The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
The story of William (Billy) and Ernest Leggett is told on the website Swindon in the Past Lane and documented in
- Tell Them of Us – Remembering Swindon’s Sons by Mark Sutton
- Great War Britain: Swindon: Remembering 1914-18 By Mike Pringle
- …the story of the Leggett brothers William and Ernest of 282 Ferndale Road who enlisted together in Swindon and served alongside each other in 1st Battalion of the Wiltshire Regiment.
- William was shot during action on the Ypres Salient on June 16, 1915 and was taken into one of he dugouts where Ernest sat with him until he died. “He was a very brave chap and was very happy, right up to the last. I was proud of the way he stuck it out,” Ernest wrote home to his mother.
- Lance Corporal F. Parker who lived near the Leggett family in Ferndale Road also wrote to his mother: “I am sorry to say Billy Leggett was killed. One of our chaps told me that Ern was with him as well and he said that Billy died very calm and like a hero. He was shot through the stomach and the bullet came out at the hip.” Less than three months later 21 year old Ernest was also killed in action.
- The brothers who enlisted together, served and fought together are remembered together - their names appear on the Menin Gate Memorial in Belgium and the Sanford Street School memorial.
"Ernest was killed, aged 21, during heavy bombardment on 3 September 1915." [1]
Sources
- Find My Past
- Swindon in the Past Lane
- Tell Them of Us – Remembering Swindon’s Sons by Mark Sutton (Tell Them of Us – Remembering Swindon’s Sons by Mark Sutton is available for consultation in Swindon Central Library. Copies can be obtained from the author on sutton5110 @ hotmail.co.uk.)
- Great War Britain: Swindon: Remembering 1914-18 By Mike Pringle