| Pte.  Leonard George Rakestrow | 
        
 
Information from the Roll of Honour
    
        | Parish | Surname | Initials | Award | Rank | Ship or Regiment | Place of Death | Date of Death | 
    
        | Exeter | Rakestrow | Leonard George |  | Pte. | Devon Regt. | Mesopotamia* |  | 
An asterisk * in the Place of Death indicates an hospital death
A double asterisk ** in the Place of Death indicates the record is annotated with Missing
    
    Further Information from Contributors
    
    
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            RoH Ref.
        
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            3409
        
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            Forename
        
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            Leonard George
        
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            Surname
        
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            Rakestrow
        
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            Rank or Rating
        
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            Service Number(s)
        
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            200676
        
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            Father
        
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            John Waymouth Rakestrow
        
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            Mother
        
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            Sarah Jane (nee Collins)
        
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            Wife
        
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            Date of Birth
        
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            1891
        
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            Where Born
        
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            Exeter, Devonshire
        
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            Date Baptised
        
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            Ship or Regiment
        
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            Devonshire Regiment, 1st/4th Battalion attd. Devonshire Regiment, 2nd Battalion
        
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            Date of Death
        
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            31
            December
            1916
        
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            Place of Death
        
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            Grave or Memorial
        
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            Remarks
        
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            His brother, William Gerald Rakestrow, also fell
        
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            Contributor
        
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            PB, Sue Jackson