CHANT Leonard John

  • First Name(s):
    Leonard 
    John 
  • Surname:
    CHANT
  • Service Number:
    19352
  • Rank:

    Corporal

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    3rd Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    10th July 1916
  • Age At Death:
    35
  • Cause of Death:
    Killed in action
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, France, Pier and Face 5A and 6C.
  • Place of Birth:
    Born and enlisted Malvern, Worcestershire
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Husband of Minnie J. Chant, of Malverna, Bury Old Rd., Whitefield, Manchester

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CHANT Leonard John Is Named On These Memorials

Malvern Link C of E School now in Malvern Link St Matthias C of E Primary School
Malvern Link St Matthias Church WW1 Memorial
Malvern WW1 War Memorial

Further Information About CHANT Leonard John

Malvern News, 19th August 1916:
Mrs Chant of Elm Cottage, Upper Howsell, Malvern Link has received information that her husband, Cpl Leonard Chant, Worcestershire Regiment has been killed in action on 10th July 1916. He leaves nine children. The deceased enlisted in November 1914.

A photograph of Corporal L. Chant of Malvern Link can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 17th February 1917, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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