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[salhyde]

I also found this in London Gazette 23 June 1919:


June 1919.
2nd Lt. L'. Milburn, Durham R.G.A., to
be Lt., next beloiw Lt. R. Phaup. 1st Mar.
1919.

[gortonboy]

Not sure if this newspaper report is your Leonard,,,as there is another Leonard J Milburn who was also a 2nd lieutenant in the Royal Field artillery,,but thought I would post it

Newcastle Journal

Thursday 01 July 1915

"Lieut. Milburn Wounded. Lieut. Leonard Milburn, Ist Brigade Northumberland Artillery, has been severely wounded in, action in France, and is now in English hospital in the south.

[gortonboy]

thiking about it,,i doubt this is your Leonard,,,he would be only 17/18  and if he was serving in 1915 in France,,,im pretty sure he would have got the Star medal also,,,,but one of the military experts can confirm that.

[gortonboy]

re  the medals,,,there are some sites trying to reunite family members with lost medals,,,,,have a google,,,one such site is http://www.lostmedals.co.uk/

[salhyde]

Thanks for that, yes I saw there was a L J Milburn in Northumberland. I am thinking that is a different person I have seen him mentioned as Leonard J Milburn Bart. I don't know what the "Bart' is. My Leonard was very definitely a Wearsider rather than a Tynesider, Durham and Sunderland.

[salhyde]

I looked at that site and no luck. Thanks for the info re the Star medal, I will make a note of that. My grandfather died in 1940, so passed down stories are a bit scarce :-) I will have a play with google, see what happens

[stanmapstone]

J Milburn Bart. I don't know what the "Bart' is

A baronet, traditional abbreviation Bart.

Stan

[stanmapstone]

See Leonard J. Milburn, Sir, Bart.  http://www.dmm.org.uk/whoswho/m901.htm

Stan

[salhyde]

Thanks Stan, that's not my grandfather though. Mine was just Leonard Milburn and he was born and lived and died in Sunderland. He was an accountant.