he was in B.coy. VI platoon
L/cpl 17410 frederick,percy leybourne
enlisted 17-11-14
20th manchesters
insurance clerk
to france 8-11-15
15 tatton rd north,heaton moor
son of william+florence
sent to 21st officer cadet batt at crookham,on 9-3-17
commissioned 2/Lt 26-7-17.posted to 19th manchesters on 1st feb 1918,later posted to the 17th manchesters when the 19th batt was disbanded
22nd april 1918 posted to 21st brigade as intelligence officer
died of pneumonia on 1-11-18 at the 2nd canadian casualty clearing station while attatched to the 6th cheshire regt
aged 25
awarded the military medal,gazetted 19-2-17 and also mentioned in despatches 27-12-18
his family formerly lived at ash cottage slade lane levenshulme[my home town]his father had been previously married to louisa,who died in 1889,his father died in 1902
his mother applied for his medals on 12-12-1920
mack