Mexborough and Swinton Times May 18, 1918

Pte. Chas. Leasley (Northumberland Fus.),

Private Leasley, 40 Hope street, Mexboro’, has been severely wounded in the leg and slightly wounded in the forehead, and is now in Middlesex War Hospital, Clacton-on-Sea. He was hit on the 16th of April, early in the morning, after having delivered a message at headquarters.

In a letter home he says: “I never expected to get there with the message, as it was raining shells and bullets. I was not so fortunate on my return. We got in a hedge-bottom to have a bit of bread and jam, with shells hopping all round us.

“At last one dropped on the road against us. I got hit in the right leg and a bit in the forehead. The leg is broken and the wound is pretty bad, but don’t worry; it isn’t troubling me.”

Pte. Leasley has been serving since Jan. 1915, and was formerly a glass-bottle blower.