See also

Family of Herbert Arthur Leek and Florence Anne Julian

  • Husband:

  • Herbert Arthur Leek (1879-1915)

  • Wife:

  • Florence Anne Julian (1886-1938)

  • Children:

  • Annie Constance Leek (1910-1992)

  • Marriage:

  • 19 Jul 1909

  • St. John's Church, St. John Street, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England1 2

Husband: Herbert Arthur Leek

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Herbert Arthur Leek

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Herbert Arthur Leek war memorial

  • Name:

  • Herbert Arthur Leek3 4

  • Sex:

  • Male

  • Father:

  • Spencer Stephen Leek (1848?-1886)

  • Mother:

  • Sarah Clark (1845?-1885)

  • Occupation:

  •  

  • drummer in a military band1

  • Birth:

  • 22 Nov 1879

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England3 5 6 1

  • Census:

  • 3 Apr 1881 (age 16 mns)

  • St. Clements Church Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5

  •  

  • son living with Thomas Buckenham and family, his mother Sarah, brother Spencer, and sister Elen. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 11)

  • St. Johns Home, Bloomfield Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England6

  •  

  • ordinary inmate pauper living with an Arthur Leek aged 7. Born in Ipswich Suffolk

  • Military Beginning:

  • Oct 1894 (age 14)

  • Ipswich, Suffolk, England1 7

  •  

  • as a drummer in the 1st West Yorkshire Regiment

  • Military Service:

  • frm 1894 to 1906 (age 14-27)

  • 1st West Yorkshire Regiment1

  •  

  • in India and China

  • Census absence:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 21)

  •  

  •  

  • abroad on military service

  • Military Ending:

  • 1906 (age 26-27)1

  •  

  •  

  • being presented with a silver watch at his retirement by the bandsmen of his battalion

  • Military Beginning:

  • Jun 1909 (age 29)1

  •  

  •  

  • Lance Corporal in the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment being a musician in the band

  • Military Service:

  • Aug 1914 (age 34)

  • -1

  •  

  • appointed Sergeant Drummer no:8778 6th (Service) Battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment

  • Military Service:

  • 1 Jul 1915 (age 35)

  • -; Dardanelles, Turkey1

  •  

  • served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force

  • Death:

  • 21 Aug 1915 (age 35)

  • Dardanelles, Turkey7 1 8

  •  

  • Cause: in action

  • War Memorial:

  •  

  • Helles Memorial, Seddulbahir Koyu ic Yolu, Seddulbahir, Gallipoli, Turkey8

  •  

  • Sergeant 8778 of 6th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, died 21st August 1915 aged 35, husband of Florence A Leek of 15 Norwood Grove Beverley, Yorkshire

Wife: Florence Anne Julian

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Florence Anne Julian

  • Name:

  • Florence Anne Julian9 10

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Father:

  • -

  • Mother:

  • -

  • Birth:

  • Q3 1886

  • Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England9 11 12 13

  • Census:

  • 5 Apr 1891 (age 4)

  • Norwood Grove, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England11

  •  

  • granddaughter attending school and living with her grandparents Henry and Isabella Julian, her widowed father police constable John R Julian, uncles Henry and William, and aunt Isabella. Born in Beverely Yorkshire

  • Census:

  • 31 Mar 1901 (age 14)

  • Norwood Grove, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England12

  •  

  • a granddaughter living with her grandparents Henry and Isabella Julian, her widowed father police constable John R Julian, aunt Isabell and cousin (or brother?) Henry O Julian. Born in Beverley Yorkshire

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 24)

  • Woodmansy and Beverly Parks, East Riding of Yorkshire, England13

  •  

  • married wife living with her daughter Annie. Born in Beverley Yorkshire and married for one year with one child who is still living

  • Death:

  • Q4 1938 (age 52)

  • Holderness "Registration District", East Riding of Yorkshire, England14

Child 1: Annie Constance Leek

  • Name:

  • Annie Constance Leek10 15 16

  • Sex:

  • Female

  • Spouse (1):

  • Frank McConnell (1912-1940)

  • Spouse (2):

  • Sidney Roy Gaden (1912-1971)

  • Birth:

  • 1 Aug 1910

  • Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England15 1 13 17 18

  • Census:

  • 2 Apr 1911 (age 8 mns)

  • Woodmansy and Beverly Parks, East Riding of Yorkshire, England13

  •  

  • daughter living with her mother Florence and born in Beverley Yorkshire

  • Census:

  • 29 Sep 1939 (age 29)

  • 31 Cherry Tree Lane, Beverley, East Riding of Yorkshire, England17

  •  

  • married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Frank and a closed record. Born on 1st August 1910 and married a Gaden at a later date

  • Death:

  • Q3 1992 (age 81-82)

  • Hull "Registration District", Humberside, England18

Note on Husband: Herbert Arthur Leek

Note that De Ruvignys says his mother was Annie Green1

Note on Wife: Florence Anne Julian

After Herbert's death Florence married George H Bullement (1892-1971) in Beverley in 192619 20

Sources

1.

Ancestry UK, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-1919, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). record for Herbert Arthur Leek volume:2 page:199. Cit. Date: 8 November 2020.

2.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Beveley 1909 quarter:3 volume:9d page:176. Cit. Date: 8 November 2020.

3.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1879 quarter:4 volume:4a page:695. Cit. Date: 8 November 2020.

4.

Ancestry UK, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-1919, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk).

5.

England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1874 folio:16 page:25. Cit. Date: 8 November 2020.

6.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1473 folio:169 page:5. Cit. Date: 8 November 2020.

7.

Ancestry UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk).

8.

Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). Helles memorial panels 52 to 55. Cit. Date: 8 November 2020.

9.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Beverley 1886 quarter:3 volume:9d page:115. Cit. Date: 18 May 2018.

10.

Ancestry UK, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-1919, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). record for Herbert Arthur Leek.

11.

England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:3908 folio:132 page:6. Cit. Date: 18 May 2018.

12.

England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:4462 folio101 page:7. Cit. Date: 8 November 2020.

13.

England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:28563 registration district:520 sub-district:2 enumeration district:0 schedule:9999. Cit. Date: 18 May 2018.

14.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Holderness 1938 quarter:4 volume:9d page:67. Cit. Date: 8 November 2020.

15.

England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Beverley 1910 quarter:3 volume:9d page:98. Cit. Date: 18 May 2018.

16.

FindMyPast British armed forces and overseas births and baptisms Transcription, (www.findmypast .co.uk). Gro Regimental Birth Indices (1761 To 1924) volume: 900 page:213 line:75. Cit. Date: 18 May 2018.

17.

UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:3173C page:3 line:5 letter code:JBAH. Cit. Date: 18 May 2018.

18.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Hull 1992 quarter:3 register:892 volume:7 page:577. Cit. Date: 19 May 2018.

19.

England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Beverley 1926 quarter:3 volume:9d page:227. Cit. Date: 8 November 2020.

20.

England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Holderness 1971 quarter:4 volume:2a page:165. Cit. Date: 8 November 2020.