Identity
Person No.
20439
Service No.
13337
Last Name
First Name
Leslie
Initials
L
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
34
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
MIA 785
Missing in action
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Durban Light Infantry Headquarters, Durban
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes
Son of Sir George Thomas and Lady Harriott Ann Plowman, of Pietermaritzburg, Natal. On Maritzburg College cenotaph.
Citations
Unknown
External References
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K.M. Jordan — DLI research (ABW / WWI ROH)
K.M. Jordan, Durban Light Infantry: WWI Roll of Honour ("Work in Progress" draft, July/Aug 2026; email to John/Bobby, 3 Sep 2026). Local file data/jordan_dli_wwi_roh_2026-08.pdf (Downloads: "1. Durban Light Infantry WWI ROH - July, Aug 2026.pdf"). WWI ROH #110 Private PLOWMAN, Leslie, age 34, Force No 13337, 1st South African Infantry Brigade: Born Barnet, Greater London, England; a civil servant in the Administrator’s Office, Natal before enlistment; served with the Durban Light Infantry in GSWA 1914-1915; served with the 2nd Regiment in France & Belgium; missing in action, in Battle of Marrieres Wood near Peronne on the Somme. (Body never found) Buried/commemorated: Pozieres Memorial to the Missing, Somme, France. (Also, on the Maritzburg College; the Durban Light Infantry & the Durban Cenotaph WWI Memorials.)
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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