LEAH,
G.
Leah,
George Alfred, Private, 266216, 10th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
Born
Tintwistle, Derbyshire
Enlisted
Glossop, Derbyshire
Resided
Hadfield, Derbyshire
Killed
in action 31st August 1916 aged 27
Commemorated
on the Thiepval Memorial
1911
Census:
A cotton mill hand
Son
of Alfred, a cotton mill hand, and Jane Leah, of 85, Old Road,
Tintwistle, Derbyshire
George Alfred Leah was born in Tintwistle in 1889, the son of Alfred Leah and Jane, formerly Ashton, who were married in 1884 at St Michael's Church, Ashton-u-Lyne.
He was the brother of Harry Leah, also commemorated on the Tintwistle War Memorial.
Commemorated on the memorial at: Hadfield, Tintwistle and Hadfield St Charles Borromeo Church.
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