Private Leonard Sturgess

Len Sturgess was the son of Frederick and Ann Sturgess and was born in Fleckney in 1891. He was a private in the Leicestershire Regiment, “C” Company, 7th Battalion, service number 47440.

He was aged 28 when he was killed on 16th February 1919, the last of the men recorded on the war memorial to die on active service.

He was awarded the Victory Medal and the British War Medal.

Sturgess’s widow, Grace, later remarried, and moved to 7, Lawn Gardens, Hanwell, Middlesex.

Private Sturgess is buried at St. Pierre Cemetery, Amiens, Somme, France, plot reference XIV.C.5.