TOLLEY Leonard

  • First Name(s):
    Leonard 
  • Surname:
    TOLLEY
  • Service Number:
    5380952
  • Rank:

    Sergeant

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
  • Battalion:
    1st Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    5th July 1944
  • Age At Death:
    33
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Bayeux War Cemetery, France, Grave III. H. 18.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:
    Unknown
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TOLLEY Leonard Is Named On These Memorials

Suckley St John the Baptist Church WW2 Memorial
Suckley St John the Baptist Church WW2 Roll of Honour

Further Information About TOLLEY Leonard

Appears on the Army casualties list for Worcestershire.

1911 Census
The Rise, Tenbury
Thomas Tolley, head, age 38, Farm labourer, born Eastham, Worcestershire
Mary Ann Tolley, wife, age 36, married 15 years, 10 children, seven still living, 3 died, born Lindridge, Worcestershire
Edith Tolley, daughter, age 14, born Eastham, Worcestershire
Alice Tolley, daughter, age 11, born Greete, Salop
Elizabeth Tolley, daughter, age 9, born Greete, Salop
John Tolley, son, age 7, born Tenbury, Worcestershire
Harry Tolley, son, age 6, born Tenbury, Worcestershire
Gertrude Tolley, daughter, age 5, born Salop
Leonard Tolley, son, age under 1 month, born Tenbury, Worcestershire

A letter from the Reverend E. Spencer-Bartlett, Suckley, dated 6th May 1950 can be found within war records held at Worcestershire Archives requesting that Leonard Tolley, Army, Oxford and Bucks Regiment be added to the county roll of honour.

The following information has been researched by Sue Fellows:
Leonard was born on 26th October 1910. He lived at Haventree, Suckley and attended Suckley School.

The following information has been researched by John Barry:
There appears to be no record of Leonard Tolley on the 1939 Register. His parents are resident in Martley on the register:
Thomas Tolley, born 18th March 1871, Farm Labourer
Mary A. Tolley, born 2nd June 1875, Household Duties

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