Service Details
Name:
 BERLEIN
Given Name:
 LESLIE HERMANN
Initials:
 L H
Rank:
 Lieutenant
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Regiment:
 Royal Berkshire Regiment
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Unit:
 8th Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1915-09-25
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Date of Birth:
 1893-06-30
Age:
 22
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, first day of the Battle of Loos
Additional
Information:
Son of Julius and Elizabeth Berlein, of Johannesburg, South Africa. Son of a German father, fun-loving Leslie and his brothers would blow their entire term's pocket money on champagne on the train back to boarding school. Adored by his men, who found his body after the first day of the Battle of Loos. After losing two sons in the war, his devastated father never opened the boxes containing their medals, simply instructing that their trunks and belongings be passed down through the generations. His brother also died on service
Commemoration
Country:
 France
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Locality:
 Pas de Calais
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Cemetery:
 DUD CORNER CEMETERY, LOOS
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Grave Reference:
 V. D. 7.

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