No.5243, Private, Leopold SOAMES
Aged 18
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That means I can only record "most likely to be" in many cases for the civilian identity Apparently :- Leopold SOAMES was born in 1882 (1st qtr 1882 Mildenhall 4a:662) son of Charles and Elizabeth SOAMES (née BAKER). Very sparse details on census, no age, only Suffolk for place of birth. No marriage of Charles SOAMES and Elizabeth BAJKER has been found 1891 census...Aged x, he was at 3 Stanton Square, Lewisham with his widowed mother Elizabeth SOAMES[33] laundress born Suffolk and her nephew John WOOD [x} born Suffolk. His "Soldiers Effects" entry give his legatees as mother - Elizabeth, half brother Henry and half sister Sabina. Henry and Sabina were children of Charles and Ann Maria SOAMES (née BARKHAM) Ann died in 1879. In the 1881 census his father [54] (died 1886 recorded age 67)was a wheelwright/publican at the Half Moon, Neat Way, Mildenhall, born Tostock, his mother Elizabeth [26] born Mildenhall, half brother Herbert [17] a harness maker born Thurston. |
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He enlisted in Mildenhall on 19th November 1898 and died of enteric fever (BFP) at Bloemfontein His Queens South Africa medal carries the clasps for Cape Colony, Orange Free State and Transvaal.
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