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Pte. Leslie Price
British Army 18th Btn. The King's (Liverpool Regiment)
from:Aigburth, Liverpool
(d.26th Feb 1916)
Aigburth Pal Killed.
Information has been received that Private Leslie Price, of the 18th Service Battalion (2nd Pals) King's (Liverpool Regiment) was killed by a sniper in France. Private Price was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. John Price of 3 Ashbourne-road, Aigburth, and was twenty-two years of age. He was educated at the Liverpool Institute, an had been in the employ of the Liverpool Gas company for about seven years, being in the treasurer's department.
He joined the Pals, on 31st of August 1914, and went to France with his regiment on November 7th last. Private Price was greatly liked by all who knew him, being popular with his comrades.
In a letter to his parents, Captain Brocklebank writes- "Your dear son fell at his post on duty. Death was practically instantaneous, and in any case he suffered no pain. He was shot through the head. It might console you to know how highly he was thought of by all the officers, N.C.O.'s, and men in his company. He was never the slightest trouble, always willing, cheerful, and ready to do any work that was wanted. No one had had any easy time in the trenches lately, and the weather has been bad, but I never heard your son once complain. We have lost a splendid soldier and a Christian gentleman".
A chum of Private Price's, Private John Irving of Mersey-road, Aigburth, who was with him when he was killed, was wounded the following night in the neck, and is now in hospital at Manchester.
During his training Private Price won the silver spoon of his battalion in a rifle competition at Salisbury Plain last October.
Article from Liverpool Echo on the 21st of March 1916
