Date of birth: 09/06/1897

Place of birth: Withington, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom

Profession: Clerk

Country: England, United Kingdom

Force: British Expeditionary Force

Rank: Second Lieutenant

Service number: /

Units:  —  Northumberland Fusiliers, 11th Bn.  (Last known unit)

Date of death: 14/10/1917

Place of death: Reutel, Beselare, Belgium

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

Age: 20

British War Medal Medal

Victory Medal Medal

2nd Lt. Leslie Wallace Ablett, a 20-year old previous clerk from London UK, was part of the 11th Northumberland Fusiliers (68th Brigade, 23th Division). The 11th Northumberland Fusiliers participated in the Battle of Passchendaele 1917. On 12 October they took over the frontline from the 13th Durham Light Infantry near Reutel. The next day ‘A’ Company was heavily shelled and on 14 October ‘C’ Company shared the same fate. Second Lieutenant Ablett and Bruty were killed during this action. On 17 November 2021 Leslie Wallace Ablett, previously missing and remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial, was reburied on Tyne Cot Cemetery.

11 Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers (The National Archives, Kew (TNA), British Army war diaries 1914-1922, WO 95/2182/4). https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Sources used

Alleyn's World War One Memorial Website https://ww1.alleyns.org.uk/boys-a-1/ablett-lw Sources used

Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911 (The National Archives, Kew (TNA), RG14). https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ Sources used

Photo courtesy of Alleyn’s School Archives https://www.alleyns.org.uk/about/school-archive Sources used

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Database https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/845630

Namenlijst (In Flanders Fields Museum) https://namenlijst.org/publicsearch/#/person/_id=76a346d6-063e-4d6a-aae1-c14fb3ef3177