MOULD, LESLIE FREDERICK
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Lance corporal
14691482
28/09/1944
19
Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) 9th Bn.
II. D. 6.
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L-Cpl Mould was probably injured at Best. He was initialy buried near the field hospital in Meerveldhoven.
“Martin’s mother was Leslie’s older sister. Their mother died when they were very young and as a result were passed around family and consequently had an unhappy poor childhood. Martin’s mother left London at the start of the war to work in an ammunitions factory in Scotland. Leslie was left on his own and we assume that he joined up for the war effort to escape an unhappy home situation. He wrote to his sister and Martin has copies of his letters from Northern Ireland where he was sent for training and then from France and the Netherlands prior to his death.”
Initial gravesite at Meerveldhoven.
From the service records of Leslie Frederick Mould, the following account can be reconstructed.
Leslie Frederick Mould was born on 30 August 1925 in Southwark, London, Middlesex. In civilian life he worked as a lorry driver. Prior to his enlistment he also served in the Home Guard. He was not married.
He enlisted in the British Army on 14 December 1943 and joined the General Service Corps. On 27 January 1944 he was transferred to the Royal Victorian Regiment, and later, on 19 August 1944, to the Cameronians (Scottish Rifles).
Leslie Frederick Mould embarked for service in North West Europe on 16 June 1944.
According to his service records, he was 5 feet 9 inches tall, with brown hair and blue eyes.
Leslie Frederick Mould died of wounds on 28 September 1944.
