DARBY Norman Leslie

  • First Name(s):
    Norman 
    Leslie 
  • Surname:
    DARBY
  • Service Number:
    Unknown
  • Rank:

    Lieutenant

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Manchester Regiment
  • Battalion:
    5th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    16th August 1917
  • Age At Death:
    23
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    New Irish Farm Cemetery, Belgium, Grave XI. B. 6.
  • Place of Birth:
    Pedmore, Stourbridge
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of James and Agnes Jane Perry Darby

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DARBY Norman Leslie Is Named On These Memorials

Pedmore St Peter’s Church
Worcester Cathedral Cloister Windows Kings School
Worcester Kings School WW1 Memorial

Further Information About DARBY Norman Leslie

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral under Pedmore casualties.

Lieut., Manchester Regt.
Born, September 12, 1892. Killed in France, August 15, 1917.
Norman Darby, the second son of the late Mr. J. Darby, of The Gables, Pedmore, Stourbridge, entered the Lower School and Castle House in May, 1903.  After five years he left for business in Birmingham, where he was doing well when the war broke out.  He enlisted in a Birmingham City Battalion, and after serving in France received a Commission in the Manchester Regt.  He was killed in action in France during the fighting round Messines.
W. H. C.

Source for additional information: The Vigornian, November 1917, No.90, Vol.VIII

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