History while in the forces
28 Aug 1917: transferred from Army Service Corps (Mechanical Transport) to Infantry Regiment11 Sep 1918: was reported missing since 28th March 1918
Found September 5. Killed.
[from press clipping] Lce-Corpl W.L. Armstrong, Essex Regiment, only son of Mr and Mrs William Armstrong, 354 Dickenson Road, Rusholme, reported missing since March 28, is now stated by an officer of the Black Watch to have been killed, his body having been found on September 5 on recaptured ground. He was an old Manchester Grammar School boy, and on the staff of the London City and Midland Bank.
- Surname
- Armstrong
- Forename
- William Leslie
- Service number
- [M 295572]39606
- Rating or rank
- Private
- Regiment or Other Unit
- [Army Service Corps Mechanical Transport], 4th (Reserve) Battalion Essex Regiment
- Branch
- King Street, Manchester
- Date of Birth
- 10 Jun 1898
- Date of birth
- 1898
- Date of Entering Bank's Service
- 29 Nov 1915
- Date of Joining HM Forces
- 06 Feb 1917
- Date of Death
- 1918
