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Service
Record Notes
STEVENS, ALEXANDER
Short Service.
Attestation of
No. 9808 – Leslie George Stanley – The
Buffs.
Leslie George Stanley.
Christchurch, Dover.
Age 18.
Occ. Bootmaker.
Enlisted 24/6/12 at Canterbury.
Next of kin.
Father, David, 18, Broad Street,
Canterbury. (Crossed out is 21, Military Road, Dover)
Mother, Elizabeth, as above.
Elder brother Albert Stanley, 10, Kimberley
Terrace, Dover.
Elder brother Percy, Royal Engineers.
Elder brother Sidney, Royal Garrison
Artillery.
Elder brother Archie, Buffs.
Sister, Maud, 3, Mill (?) Lane Dover.
Appointed L/Cpl. 5/8/14.
Embarked with 1st Batn. Field.
7/9/14.
Missing L/Cpl. 23/10/14.
Killed in action France 23/10/14.
Home 24/6/12 to 6/9/14.
BEF France 7/9/14 to 23/10/14.
Awarded certificates of education – 3rd
Class 12/7/12. 2nd Class 11/10/12.
The Army Council has decided that this
soldier is to be regarded for official purposes as having died,
or since, the 23 October 1914. (Dated 17, March 1916).
Will you please note that any articles
belonging to No. 9808 Lance Corporal Leslie George Stanley, 1st
Btn Buffs be despatched to
Mr David W. Stanley.
21, Military Road, Dover.
11 May 1916.
I hereby acknowledge receipt of the clasp
for L/9808 -----
Signed,
D. W. Stanley.
11, Cambridge Terrace.
Dover, Kent.
15/3/21
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