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Rank : Private

Army Number : 16404

Unit : 1st Bn

Biography :

Enlisted at Leicester. Served with the 1st Battalion during World War One. Killed in action France and Flanders campaign 15.9.1916, aged 20. He is commemorated on Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.

Medal Record Card: Bostock Joseph - Leic Regt - Pte - 16404 - Disembarked British Expeditionary Force, France 19.3.1915 - KIA 15.9.1916 - medals: Victory, British and 1915 Star.

UK, Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects, 1901-1929 for Joseph Bostock - £1 5 shillings 9 pence paid to sole legatee (mother) Mrs Annie M Robinson 6.2.1917 and £7 10 shillings 6.11.1919 War Gratuity to same.

CWGC:

BOSTOCK, JOSEPH
Rank: Private
Service No: 16404
Date of Death: 15/09/1916
Age: 20
Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment 1st Bn.
Panel Reference: Pier and Face 2 C and 3 A.
Memorial: THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Additional Information: Son of Annie Mary Robinson (formerly Bostock), of 6, Slate St., Leicester, and the late William Bostock.

Date of Birth : c. 1896

Place of Birth : & Anstey & Leicestershire

Date of Death : 15.9.1916

Place of Death : & & France

Period of Service : 1910s

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : & & France