Private Leonard Caulton

Army Number : 202024

Battalion : 2/5th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born and lived at Codnor, Derbyshire. Son of Edwin and Susan Caulton, of Jessop Street, Codnor, Derbyshire. He was a coal miner prior to enlisting 6th November 1915 at Ilkeston, Derbyshire. He went to France 26th February 1917 and was killed in action, 4th May 1917, age 2, in the attack at Malakoff and Cologne Farms, France.

Commemorated : Thiepval Memorial, France. Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.

Private Leonard Caulton is also commemorated on the following memorials:-
St. James’s Church War Memorial, Codnor, Derbyshire.