Soldier Factfile

Name:  Private John Daniel Putman 17111

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Date of Birth:   20.8.1888

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Address:   Bradgate Road, Anstey

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Parents Names: 

Walter Putman d. 1918

Lizzie Caroline d. 1915

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Occupation before the war:  

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Siblings Names:

John had 13 siblings, of which, only 6 lived beyond 2 years old.

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Date Died:   25.9.1915

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Age:   27

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Place of Death:   Pas de Calais

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Place of Burial/Memorial:  Loos Mem., France

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Cause of death:   Killed in action

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Regiment:

2^ndBattalion

Leicestershire Regiment

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Medals:

Victory Medal

British War Medal

1914 -15 Star

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Any other information (e.g. Service Record/ appearance etc)

• He was born in Howard, Queensland, Australia.
• John left Australia on the 20th August 1909 and it is thought that on arriving in England he may have stayed with his family on Bradgate Road, Anstey, Leicestershire.
• His widowed aunt (Walter Putman’s mother) and cousins lived there, next door to his Parental grandmother – Eliza Putmann and Uncle George,
• He nominated Edith May Jackson as his sole legatee, Edith was born in 1894 in Anstey, Leicestershire and in April 1911 was residing with her parents at Bradgate Road, Anstey. Could she have been a girlfriend or fiancé?
• His cousin Walter Putman also died – 24.9.1916