Leicestershire War Memorials

Private Joseph Leonard Aldridge, 142313

Batt - 19
Unit - Machine Gun Corps
Section -

Date of Birth - 1889
Died - 31/05/1918
Age - 29

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Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Joshua Aldridge a Bricklayers Labourer born 1849 in Sharnford, Leicestershire and his wife Ellen born 1851 in Sharnford, Leicestershire. Joseph Leonard was born in 1889 in Sharnford, Leicestershire, his siblings were Emma, born 1874, William, born 1875, Maud M., born 1882 and Elizabeth, born 1886, all his siblings were born in Sharnford, Leicestershire, in 1891 the family home was at Sharnford Village, Leicestershire. In 1911 the family home was at Back Lane, Sharnford, Leicestershire. Joseph was the husband of Ada Aldridge.

Leicestershire Project Findings

Conflict - World War I
Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
Burial Place - Soissons Memorial, Aisne, France
Birth Place - Shelford, Leics

Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore

Unit - Machine Gun Corps
Former Unit n.o - 28177
Former Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
Burial Commemoration - Soissons Mem., Aisne, France
Born - Sharnford, Leicestershire
Enlisted - Hinckley, Leicestershire
Place of Residence - 6 1/4 Horsepool, Burbage, Leicestershire, England
Memorial - BURBAGE MEM., LEICS
Memorial - ST. HELEN'S CHYRD. MEM., SHARNFORD, LEICS
Memorial - BURBAGE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH, LEICS
Memorial - SHARNFORD METHODIST CHAPEL, LEICS

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