Casualty Details

Name: LEATHER, ERNEST ARTHUR
Initials: E A
Nationality: United Kingdom
Rank: Major
Regiment/Service: Northumberland Fusiliers
Unit Text: 15th Bn. attd. 27th (Tyneside Irish) Bn.
Age: 48
Date of Death: 10/02/1916
Additional information: Third son of the late Frederick John and Gertrude Elizabeth Sophia Leather, of Middleton Hall, Belford, Northumberland, and The Friary, Tickhill, Yorks.; husband of Mildred L. Leather, of The Cottage, Northaw, Herts.
Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial Reference: I. H. 36.
Cemetery: RUE-DAVID MILITARY CEMETERY, FLEURBAIX