WATERFALL Leonard

1895 - 1916  (21 years)  Submit Photo / Document

• Name	WATERFALL Leonard
  Born	20 Feb 1895	Belper RD, Derbyshire, England   [1, 2]
  Christened	7 Jan 1896	St Peter's Church, Belper, Derbyshire, England   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Sep 1916	France   [4]
  	Cause: Killed in Action
  Buried	Knightsbridge Cemetery, Mesnil-Martinsart, France   [4]
  Notes	Private 25665 Leonard Waterfall 16th Battalion ('Chatsworth Rifles') Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment) Killed in Action during The Battle of the Ancre Heights on Sunday 3rd September 1916 aged 21. Leonard is buried in the Knightsbridge Cemetery Mesnil-Martinsart France. Leonard enlisted in the spring of 1915 (the third brother to join the colours*) and went to France a few months later. Prior to enlisting he worked at Captain Lowe's Denby Colliery.The attack started at 5.10am after an intensive bombardment lasting four minutes. The 17th Battalion successfully reached the German 1st and 2nd lines. However, following several unsuccessful attempts the 16th Battalion Rifle Brigade were unable to hold their objective and as a consequence the 17th Battalion were forced to retire. As a whole the Division were unable to reach and consolidate their objectives. "Dear Mr and Mrs Waterfall and family - I feel I must write a few lines to sympathise with you in your sad loss of your son Leonard . . . . . As you will know we had been in action on the Sunday morning, September 3rd and Leonard was killed in the afternoon. I came across him after we had come out of our attack and I will remember how pleased we both were to see each other . . . . as so many of us, along with Leonard were sent of to get the wounded boys in and when I got back I heard the sad news about Leonard." The three Waterfall's who died were all brothers A fourth brother, Ernest served as a Gunner in the R.F.A. and survived the War being discharged in early 1917 due to the effects of being gassed. Percy the youngest brother enlisted in 1916 (serving with a Lewis Gun Section of the Sherwood Foresters) and also survived the War. Sons of William and Mary Ellen Waterfall, of 172, Over Lane, Belper, Derby. [5]
  Person ID	I573	Derbyshire Waterfalls
  Last Modified	13 Aug 2016

  
  

  Father	WATERFALL William,   b. Between 1 Apr 1856 and 30 Jun 1856, Belper RD, Derbyshire, England ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	KIRK Mary Ellen
  Married	11 Dec 1876	St Alkmund's Church, Duffield, Derbyshire, England   [6, 7]
  Family ID	F161	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S13] GRO Birth Indexes, General Register Office, ((www.freebmd.org.uk)), (www.freebmd.org.uk : accessed 8 Aug 2016), entry for Leonard Waterfall, volume 7b, page 621, June quarter 1895, Belper district; citing the General Register Office's England and Wales Civil Registration Indexes (Reliability: 3). [S132] St Peter's Church, Belper Baptisms, St Peter's Church (Belper, Derbyshire, England), "Baptisms 1879-1899," Leonard Waterfall Baptism 7 January 1896, page 401, entry 3224; FHL microfilm 2,080,802, item 2 (Reliability: 3). The baptismal register gives Leonards date of birth as 20th February 1895. [S132] St Peter's Church, Belper Baptisms, St Peter's Church (Belper, Derbyshire, England), "Baptisms 1879-1899," Leonard Waterfall Baptism 7 January 1896, page 403, entry 3224; FHL microfilm 2,080,802, item 2 (Reliability: 3). [S143] CWGC, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, (www.cwgc.org), 13 Aug 2016, Leonard Waterfall : Private 25665 (Reliability: 3). [S141] Belper Research Website, Booth, Tricia, (www.belper-research.com : 28 Jul 2011), accessed 13 Aug 2016), Memorial Inscriptions - Belper War Memorial V-W: Leonard Waterfall (Reliability: 3). [S137] St Alkmund's Church, Duffield, Marriages, St Alkmund's Church (Duffield, Derbyshire, England), "Marriages 1873-1885," William Waterfall & Mary Ellen Kirk Marriage 11 December 1876, page 176, entry 352; FHL microfilm 1,041,434, item 1 (Reliability: 3). [S21] GRO Marriage Indexes NEED TO REDO, England and Wales. Registrar General., Marriage Index for William Waterfall and Mary Ellen Kirk; citing 7b/1004, December quarter 1876, Belper registration district (Reliability: 3).