Year of birth: 1888

Place of birth: Helston, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Country: England, United Kingdom

Force: British Expeditionary Force

Rank: Private

Service number: 34569

Enlistment place: Helston, Cornwall, England, United Kingdom

Units:  —  Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 9th Bn.  (Last known unit)

Date of death: 04/08/1917

Cause of death: Killed in action (K.I.A.)

Age: 29

British War Medal Medal — 23/03/1920

Victory Medal Medal — 23/03/1920

Percival Leonard Barber served with the 9th Battalion Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (25th Division, 74th Brigade) during the Battle of Passchendaele. The 29-year-old Private, of Helston, Cornwall, was killed in action on the 4th of August 1917. On that day the 9th Battalion were carrying supplies from the Railway Dugouts near Zillebeke to the 25th Division’s positions in front of the hamlet of Westhoek on the Westhoek Ridge.

Percival Leonard was killed in action on 4 August 1917. He possibly fell while carrying supplies to the frontline. His remains were never identified and he is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. He left behind his young wife Annie and his 1-year-old son, Percival Leonard Barber.

Ancestry https://www.ancestry.com/ Further reference

CWGC https://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/926526/barber,-leonard/ Sources used

The Long, Long Trail https://www.longlongtrail.co.uk/army/ Sources used

War Diary Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, 9th Bn. http://www.nmarchive.com/ Sources used