Commemorated: | |||
| 1. Memorial: | Tyne Cot Memorial | Panel 113 to 115. | |
| 2. Memorial: | The (1940) Scroll - WW1 Roll of Honour | 52B GQS | |
Awards & Titles: | |||
Service Life:
Campaigns:
- The First World War 1914-1918, World-wide.
| Unit / Ship / Est.: 12th Battalion Middlesex Regiment |
12th (Service) Battalion Formed at Mill Hill in August 1914 as part of K2 and attached to 54th Brigade in 18th (Eastern) Division. Moved to Colchester and then on to Codford in May 1915. 26 July 1915 : landed at Le Havre. 13 February 1918 : disbanded in France. |
| Action : The Battles of Ypres 1917 (Third Ypres, or Passchendaele) |
31 July - 10 November 1917. By the summer of 1917 the British Army was able for the first time to fight on its chosen ground on its terms. Having secured the southern ridges of Ypres at Messines in June, the main attack started on 31st July 1917 accompanied by what seemed like incessant heavy rain, which coupled with the artillery barrages conspired to turn much of the battlefield into a bog. Initial failure prompted changes in the high command and a strategy evolved to take the ring of ridges running across the Ypres salient in a series of 'bite and hold' operations, finally culminating in the capture of the most easterly ridge on which sat the infamous village of Passchendaele. The Official History carries the footnote ?The clerk power to investigate the exact losses was not available? but estimates of British casualties range from the official figure of 244,000 to almost 400,000. Within five months the Germans pushed the British back to the starting line, which was where they had been since May 1915.
Detail :
G/5652 Corporal Leonard Victor Roots, 12th Battalion Middlesex Regiment.
Masonic :
| Type | Lodge Name and No. | Province/District : |
|---|---|---|
| Mother : | Kinta No. 3212 E.C. | Eastern Archipelago |
Initiated | Passed | Raised |
4th November 1911 | 2nd December 1911 | 6th January 1912 |
Listed as a 28 year old Miner in 1911. War service is recorded in the contribution register which is closed out by the note "Died on Active Service 23/10/1917."
Source :
The project globally acknowledges the following as sources of information for research across the whole database:
- The Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- The (UK) National Archives
- Ancestry.co.uk - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History online
- ugle.org.uk - The records of the United Grand Lodge of England including the Library and Museum of Freemasonry
Additional Source:
- Founder Researchers : Paul Masters & Mike McCarthy
- Researcher : Bruce Littley