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 1888 - 1917 (29 years)
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| Name |
Leonard DIMOND |
| Born |
17 Sep 1888 |
Bexley Heath, Kent, England (Dartford District vol. 2a, pg 450)  |
| Gender |
Male |
| _UID |
167753C86DA19D4FB3D1D3CC2035CD9B828C |
| Died |
21 Sep 1917 |
West Vlaanderen, Belgium [2] |
| Buried |
Dozinghem Military Cemetery in Poperinge, West Vlaanderen, Belgium, VII. C. 7 |
| Person ID |
I807 |
Chamberlain Family |
| Last Modified |
1 Dec 2017 |
| Father |
Charles DIMOND, b. 24 Sep 1861, Holy Trinity, Newington, Surrey, England , d. 6 Jun 1939, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (Age 77 years) |
| Mother |
Hannah Louise BUCKLAND, b. Abt 1864, d. 17 Mar 1919, Bexleyheath, Kent, England (Age 55 years) |
| Married |
5 Nov 1884 |
St Mary's, Lewisham, Kent, |
| _UID |
BD28DC23A6C615449FFA0352590111B6B830 |
| Family ID |
F365 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Killed in action, World War 1
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| Sources |
- [S61] 1891 Census, England and Wales, Office of National Statistics, General Register Office, Kew, Surrey, England, (Name: U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah;), Bexley Heath, Kent, England, LDS Fiche #6095745-46.
- [S107] Debt of Honour Roll, Certificate of Service, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, (Name: http://www.cwgc.org.uk;).
With the aid of Commonwealth War Graves Commission website the memorial to Leonard Dimond, the son of Charles and Hannah Louisa Dimond of Bexley Heath, Kent, England, has now been located. He had enlisted in England with the London Regt (London Rifle Brigade), "A" Company, 2nd/5th Bn.. At the time of his death he had attained the rank of Serjeant. His service number was 300559. He was killed on 21 September 1917 at the age of 29 and laid to rest in Dozinghem Military Cemetery in Poperinge, West Vlaanderen, Belgium - Grave/Memorial Reference: VII. C. 7.
The cemetery is located to the north-west of Poperinge near Krombeke. From Ieper follow the directions to Poperinge along the by-pass. At the end of the by-pass at the traffic lights turn right into Oostlaan. Follow Oostlaan over the roundabout to the end of the road. Turn left into Veurnestraat and follow along here to the first turning on the right. (From Poperinge centre, follow the directions to Veurne along the Veurnestraat to the second turning on the left.) Turn into Sint-Bertinusstraat and follow this road up the rise and round a left hand bend. After the bend, take the right hand turning in the direction of Krombeke along the Krombeekseweg. Follow the Krombeekseweg past the "De Lovie" centre and past a cafe on the left. Shortly after the cafe on the left, you will see a sign for the cemetery pointing to a track on the right into the woods. The cemetery is along here at the end of the track. (Provided courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission. No copyright claimed here.)
Westvleteren was outside the front held by Commonwealth forces in Belgium during the First World War, but in July 1917, in readiness for the forthcoming offensive, groups of casualty clearing stations were placed at three positions called by the troops Mendinghem, Dozinghem and Bandaghem. The 4th, 47th and 61st Casualty Clearing Stations were posted at Dozinghem and the military cemetery was used by them until early in 1918. There are now 3,174 Commonwealth burials of the First World War in the cemetery and 65 German war graves from this period. The cemetery also contains 73 Second World War burials dating from the Allied withdrawal to Dunkirk in May 1940. The cemetery was designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield. (Provided courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission. No copyright claimed here.)
Further details concerning the career of Leonard Dimond may possibly be found in the extant First World War service files housed at the National Archives, Kew, England. Many of those documents were badly burned during the Second World War so it is uncertain just how full and complete a picture of Leonard's service would be gained.
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