Leonard Burnley Kitchen

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

186171

Unit at enlistment:

90th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Date of death:

September 15th, 1916

Cemetery:

Vimy Memorial - Pas de Calais, France

Commemorated at:

Souris and Glenwood Memorial Plaque, Manitoba

Birth country:

Canada

Birth county:

Brant

Birth city:

Paris, Ontario

Address at enlistment:

Souris, Manitoba

Next of kin address:

Souris, Manitoba

Trade or calling:

Farmer

Religious denominations:

Wesleyan

Marital status:

Single

Age at enlistment:

Letters and documents

Circumstances of service: Killed

Circumstances of Casualty: Killed in Action.
Location of Unit at Time of Casualty: Attack at Sugar Refinery, Courcelette.

BX October 3, 1916

Brantford Casualties – More Reported

A telegram from Souris, Man., this morning brought the sad news to Mrs. Harry Newham, 75 Erie Avenue, Eagle Place, that her brother, Leonard Burnley Kitchen, had been killed in action on September 15., the word received by Mrs. Newham was from her sister, who lives in Souris. Leonard Kitchen was a son of Mr. Jonas Kitchen, of Souris, formerly of Paris. He enlisted with the 90th Winnipeg Rifles in November, 1915. He was a brother of Mrs. H. Newham and Mrs. George Lane, both of this city.