Remembering Today Casualty Lance Bombardier MARKWELL, LESLIE Service Number 1505006 Died 10/06/1944 Aged 25 33 Field Regt., Royal Artillery Buried at RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY Location: Calvados, France Number of casualties: 2418 Cemetery/memorial reference: II. A. 3.
UK, Army Roll of Honour, 1939-1945 Name: Leslie Markwell Given Initials: L Rank: Lance Bombardier Death Date: 10 Jun 1944 Number: 1505006 Birth Place: Sheffield Residence: Sheffield Regiment at Enlistment: Royal Artillery Branch at Enlistment: Royal Artillery Theatre of War: Western Europe Campaign, 1944/45 Regiment at Death: Royal Artillery Branch at Death: Royal Artillery England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1916-2007 Name: Leslie Markwell Registration Date: 1918 Registration district: Sheffield Inferred County: South Yorkshire Re-registration Year: 1918 Mother's Maiden Name: Harrison Volume Number: 9c Page Number: 1086 TD
Enlisted in the R.A. in 1938 (interesting to note the militia number on his attestation, I haven't seen that before)
Parents: Name: Walter Markwell Birth Date: abt 1885 Birth Place: Stowmarket, Suffolk, England Marriage Date: 20 Aug 1912 Marriage Place: Emmaunel Church Sheffield Spouse: Martha Ann Harrison Age: 18 Document Year: 1903 Regimental Number: 7283 Rank: Priivate Regiment Name: Yorks Lancs Regiment Wounded: France 16-2-1915 (GSW, head - "not severe") 1939 REGISTER TRANSCRIPTION Markwell Household (2 People) 111 Ellesmere Road, Sheffield C.B., Yorkshire (West Riding) NAME DOB OCCUPATION Walter K Markwell 05 May 1885 Electric Welder - Armaments Martha A Markwell 13 Feb 1880 Unpaid Domestic Duties