Brigstock. Leslie Victor

The son of Tom and Lucy Brigstock of 101, Tankersley, he was born in Birdwell and enlisted at Birdwell on the 31st March 1914, he embarked Folkestone and joined the Expeditionary Force France on the 13th April 1915.

He was killed in action on the 16th July, 1915, while serving on the Western Front.

Memorial Plaque, St Peter's Church, Tankersley

Plaque reads,

For God and Country
Their Name Liveth for Evermore

In proud and
greateful memory of the gallant
men of Tankersley who fell in
The Great War 1914 - 19

"But the men were very good
unto us, and we were not hurt,
they were a wall unto us
both by night and day"

Picture by George Horner

Leslie Victor Brigstock's name,

Menin Gate Memorial,

Ieper, Belgium.

Picture by June & Peter Marsden

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