LAIGHT, William Leeder

1898 - 1917  (19 years)   Has 13 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

LAIGHT, William Leeder

1869 - 1917  (47 years)

Birth	21 Oct 1869	Acle, Norfolk, England
Died	7 Mar 1917	Active Service In World War 1
Buried	Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, England
Father	LAIGHT, William,   b. 24 Dec 1845, Lincoln Registration District, Lincolnshire
Mother	LEEDER, Ellen,   b. 15 Jan 1847, Acle, Norfolk, England
Married	31 Jul 1865	Norwich, Norfolk, England
Family	BENGE, Mary Jane,   b. 1875, Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, England
Married	1897	Maidstone, Kent, England
Children	1. LAIGHT, William Leeder,   b. 1898, Maidstone Registration District, Kent   2. LAIGHT, Ellen Elizabeth K.,   b. 1899, Maidstone Registration District, Kent   3. LAIGHT, Florence Ethel,   b. 1901, Maidstone Registration District, Kent   4. LAIGHT, Dorothy May,   b. 1905, Maidstone Registration District, Kent   5. LAIGHT, Ella,   b. 12 Jun 1910, Maidstone Registration District, Kent   6. LAIGHT, Doris F.,   b. 1913, Maidstone Registration District, Kent

BENGE, Mary Jane

1875 - 1920  (45 years)

Birth	1875	Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, England
Died	1920	Maidstone Registration District, Kent
Family	LAIGHT, William Leeder,   b. 21 Oct 1869, Acle, Norfolk, England
Married	1897	Maidstone, Kent, England
Children	1. LAIGHT, William Leeder,   b. 1898, Maidstone Registration District, Kent   2. LAIGHT, Ellen Elizabeth K.,   b. 1899, Maidstone Registration District, Kent   3. LAIGHT, Florence Ethel,   b. 1901, Maidstone Registration District, Kent   4. LAIGHT, Dorothy May,   b. 1905, Maidstone Registration District, Kent   5. LAIGHT, Ella,   b. 12 Jun 1910, Maidstone Registration District, Kent   6. LAIGHT, Doris F.,   b. 1913, Maidstone Registration District, Kent

• Name	LAIGHT, William Leeder
  Birth	1898	Maidstone Registration District, Kent
  Gender	Male
  Death	12 Sep 1917	Mendinghem, Belgium
  Person ID	I5666	Edgoose
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2026

  
  

  Father	LAIGHT, William Leeder,   b. 21 Oct 1869, Acle, Norfolk, England d. 7 Mar 1917, Active Service In World War 1 (Age 47 years)
  Mother	BENGE, Mary Jane,   b. 1875, Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, England d. 1920, Maidstone Registration District, Kent (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	1897	Maidstone, Kent, England
  Family ID	F540	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  WILLIAM LEEDER LAIGHT 1898-1917 The birth of William Leeder LAIGHT was registered in 1898. (GRO June Q 1898 Maidstone 2a 748) From the 1901 census of Church Road, Boughton Monchelsea, Kent: Jane LAIGHT, head, married, aged 26, born at Boughton Monchelsea; *William LAIGHT, son, aged 3, born at Boughton Monchelsea; Ellen LAIGHT, daughter, aged 1, born at Boughton Monchelsea; Walter MANNERING, brother (sic), aged 14, ordinary agricultural labourer, born at Boughtoin Monchelsea; Celia MANNERING, sister (sic), aged 18, field worker, born at Boughton Monchelsea. (RG13/763/86/10) From the 1911 census of Church Street,Boughton Monchelsea, Maidstone, Kent: Mary LAIGHT, head, aged 36, married 14 years, house duties, born at Boughton Monchelsea, Kent; *William LAIGHT, son, aged 13, at school, born at Boughton Monchelsea; Ellen LAIGHT, daughter, aged 11, at school, born at Boughton Monchelsea; Florence LAIGHT, daughter, aged 10, at school, born at Boughton Monchelsea; Dorothy LAIGHT, daughter, aged 6, at school, born at Boughton Monchelsea; Ella LAIGHT, daughter, aged 9 months, born at Boughton Monchelsea. (RG14PN4120/RG78PN160/RD51/SD2/ED6/SN58) Private William LAIGHT, 493352, 2nd/1st (Home Counties) Field Amb, Royal Army Medical Corps, died aged 19 on 12 September 1917, son of William Leader (sic) LAIGHT and Mary Jane LAIGHT. He was buried in Mendinghem Military Cemetery in Belgium. (CWGC)