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243659 Major. James Leo Tanner MBE. British Army 1st Battalion Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry from:120 Earls Road, Southampton Leo Tanner was born in Southampton in 1917, an illigitimate child, and bought up in Hollybrook Children's Home. He ran away aged 15, not able to read or write properly and signed up to what he thought was going to New York but in fact signed up to the KOYLI. The army trained and took him under their wing teaching literacy and math, from a band boy bugle player to a major quartermaster serving over 36 years with the battalion. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.