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Lt. Leonard George Humphrys
British Army 11th Btn Sherwood Foresters
from:Ilkeston
Leonard Humphrys was one of three Ilkeston brothers serving in WW1. The others were Captain CC Humphrys with the Royal Naval Reserve and Lieutenant Colonel HJ Humphrys CBE DSO MC of 7th Black Watch, 179th and 251st Tunnelling Companies, Royal Engineers and 8 Royal Scots (as CO).
Leonard served with the 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters, he was severely wounded in 1916 and transferred to the Royal Engineers (home service) developing offensive gas units. He was a gas engineer by profession.

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