Leonard Wasse

Remembered with Honour in the Favreuil British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal.

Leonard Wasse.

Personal Details:

Born in Barton-upon-Irwell, Lancashire in 1884.

Second son of the late John Angelo Wasse and Margaret Tomkin.

Stepson of William Bellis of High Street, Malpas.

Margaret Tomkin married William Bellis in 1894.

Leonard was a painter for the London and North Western Railway in Huddersfield.

In 1914, Leonard boarded with Mrs Jones, 25, Prescot Street, Hoole, Chester.

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Military Details:

Regiment:           460th Field Company, Royal Engineers.

Rank:                 Sapper.

Serial Number:   480462, (previously 3402)

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Record of Death:

Died of wounds in France on 19th August 1917. Aged 33.

Buried in Favreuil British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. I.D.18.

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Gravestone Inscription:

"THE LORD KNOWS BEST FROM MOTHER BROTHER AND SISTER"

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Medals and Awards:

Leonard was awarded the Campaign Medals (British War Medal and Allied Victory Medal).

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Further Information:

Trisha Paterson on 04/10/2025 at 12:55 states:
Leonard Wasse’s mother was Margaret Tomkin; she married William Bellis when his father died.

Son of Mrs. Margaret Bellis, of High St., Malpas, Cheshire.