Leonard
Dunn
Born in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of John Leonard Dunn
and Emma (Fawthrop) Dunn
Brother of
Ernest Dunn, John Dunn, Edith (Dunn) Taylor, James Sidney Dunn, Mary Hannah (Dunn) McNulty and William George Dunn
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 27
in Flanders, Belgium
Profile last modified
| Created 5 Nov 2020
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Biography
Leonard Dunn was born on 19 Mar 1888 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, son of John Leonard Dunn (1865 - 1905) and Emma (Fawthrop) Dunn (1868 - ~1949).
His siblings were:
- Ernest Dunn (1890 - ~1918)
- John Dunn (1892 - ~1965)
- Edith (Dunn) Taylor (1894 - 1952)
- James Sidney Dunn (1897 - ~1949)
- Mary Hannah (Dunn) McNulty (~1899 - 1932)
- William George Dunn (~1902 - ~1952)
Leonard died on 5 May 1915 in Flanders, Belgium aged 27. He is buried in Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, West Flanders.[1]
Leonard was born in 1888. He was the son of John Dunn and Emma Fawthrop. He enlisted in the Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment, service number 3/11068. He was killed in action in Flanders, by poison gas, in 1915. He is buried at the Menin Gate Memorial Cemetery, Ypres Arrondissement, West Flanders, Belgium.
Sources
- ↑ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915. Vol 9b, p.42 UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 Global, Find A Grave Index for Burials at Sea and other Select Burial Locations, 1300s-Current https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11990948/leonard-dunn
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