Local WW2 Memorials
Cobham Tilt Memorial
Leslie Louis Christmas
| Surname: | Christmas |
| Forename: | Leslie Louis |
| Age: | 28 |
| CWGC Date of Death: | 26 Jun 1944 |
| Rank: | Guardsman |
| Regiment / Service: | Grenadier Guards |
| Battalion / Unit: | 5th Bn. |
| Service Number: | 2618825 |
| Cemetery: | Bolsena War Cemetery |
| CWGC Plot Reference: | I, C, 4. |
| Additional Information: | Son of Louis William and Helen Christmas; husband of Isabella Christmas, of Heaton, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Born in Cobham. Served with the 5th Grenadiers in Tunisia. Wounded at Anzio when the battalion captured and held Aprilia, 'The Factory'. Killed near Sarteano in Tuscany during the liberation of Italy, the 5th Grenadiers having joined 6th South African Armoured Division. Originally buried at Orvieto. |
| Memorial: | Cobham |
| Links: | Sixth South African Armoured Division - from the Landing in Italy to the Gothic Line People's War: Grenadier Guards, Anzio to Aprilia |
| CWGC Website Link: | https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/1707096/ |
| Memorial Tree Number: | 30 |
