- Son of William and Mary Tyson, of 3 Bay View, Millom, Cumberland
- Private, 26651 1st/4th Battalion King’s Own Royal Lancaster Regiment
- Killed 20th September 1917, aged 19.
- Buried at Bedford House Cemetry, Enclosure No.4 XIII. A. 5. Belgium
- Commemorated on the Millom Civic War Memorial and also on his parents headstone at the Church of Christ, Wall End, Kirkby.
In
Loving memory of
WILLIAM
LOVED HUSBAND OF
MARY TYSON
THE REDDING, MILLOM.
WHO DIED APRIL 15TH 1919,
AGED 61 YEARS.
ALSO MARY, WIFE OF THE ABOVE
WHO DIED JULY 9TH 1939,
AGED 74 YEARS.
ALSO LESLIE, SON OF THE ABOVE
WHO WAS KILLED AT YPRES
SEPTR 20TH 1917, AGED 19 YEARS
The Concentration of Graves record for Leslie Unwin gives the means of identification as “Spoon”. Many British soldiers stamped or scratched their unique service numbers onto the backs of their issued metal spoons to prevent loss or theft. These were sometimes used as the only means of identification of a recovered body.
Bedford House Cemetry, Belgium (Photo from Commenwealth War Graves Commission website)
No. 3 Bay View, Millom where Leslie’s parents lived. (Picture: Google street view)
