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VC623 Leonard James Keyworth
BORN 12 April 1893
DIED 19 October 1915 AGE 22
VC Won 25-26 May 1915 AGE 22
Place VC Won Givenchy, France
War/Campaign First World War 1915
Name Leonard James Keyworth No. 3026
VC Issue No. 623 Awards VC
Regiment London Regiment (The Queen's), 1st / 24th (County of London) Battalion, No. 9 Platoon
Later The Queens Regiment
Now Princess of Wales Royal Regiement
Rank VC Won Lance-Corporal
Rank End Of Career Corporal
Place Of Birth 22 Coningsby Street, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Place Of Death Abbeville Hospital, Somme, France
Buried/Location Ashes Abbeville Communal Cemetery & Extension, Allee du Souvenir Francais, Somme, France
Cremated
Date Buried/Cremated
Headstone Headstone (CWGC) Plot/Grave no. Plot 3, Row C, Grave 2
Gazetted 3 July 1915
VC Presented 12 July 1915 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
Memorials
P Headstone, Abbeville Communal Cemetery & Extension, Allee du Souvenir Francais, Somme, France
P Named on City of Lincoln War Memorial, Lincolnshire
Named on Great War Memorial, All Saints Church, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
P Keyworth Street, Keyworth Place, Southwark, London
Victoria Cross Commemorative Paving Stone, Drill Hall, Free School Lane, Lincoln, Lincolnshire
By The Way…
Keyworth Street in Southwark was originally called Dantzig Street
VC Held By
Queen's Royal Surrey Regiment Museum, Clandon Park, West Clandon, Guildford, Surrey, England
