Identity
Person No.
3588
Service No.
Unknown
Last Name
First Name
Leonard John
Initials
L J
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
34
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,733
Died of wounds
Military Service
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Memorial
Memorial
Location
Just inside the entrance to the Victoria Falls World Heritage Site, Livingstone, Zambia
Address
Coordinates
Panel
On the panel
Position on the panel will be added with photographs
Notes
Son of John Isgar Champion and Caroline Kate Champion, of Burnham-by-Sea, Somerset, England. British South African Police Trooper 1412 - Attested: Mar-1911
Research notes
13 Sep 2026: Northern Rhodesia Great War Memorial, Victoria Falls ("Cenotaph") -- Confirms exactly: Lt L.J. Champion, Northern Rhodesia Police. Named on the memorial's Great War 1914-1918 plaque.
Citations
LG Sup 31 August 1917 (earned as Serjeant 1414 British South African Police)
External References
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Northern Rhodesia Great War Memorial (Cenotaph, Victoria Falls)
open source ↗
Northern Rhodesia Great War Memorial, Victoria Falls
- South African War Graves Project open source ↗
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