JOHN ALGERNON LEVENTHORPE

Location: (believed to be)
Bedford Old Cemetery Chapel
Foster Hill Road Cemetery
Bedford
Bedfordshire
Website

Details on Cross:

JOHN
ALGERNON
LEVENTHORPE

56(?) Coy RE
Killed in action
NEAR
KEMMEL
23-1-1915

A curious cross. It appears to be constructed from door straps or something similar. A plate has been attached with lettering that appears to have been inscribed into it using a hole punch.

John Leventhorpe at the IWM

John Leventhorpe at the CWGC

Rank: Lieutenant
Date of Death: 23/01/1915
Age: 21
Regiment/Service: Royal Engineers
Awards: Mentioned in Despatches
Grave Reference: IV. B. 11.
Cemetery: WYTSCHAETE MILITARY CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of Mr. J. B. and Mrs. N. Leventhorpe, of 18, St. Andrew’s Rd., Bedford.

He was originally buried at Beaver Farm Cemetery, but exhumed in December 1919 and reburied at Wytschaete (White Sheet) Military Cemetery as part of the burial concentration programme after the war.

“Called and chosen
and faithful”

Photos courtesy of Ian Mould.