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LAIGHT, William Leeder
1869 - 1917 (47 years) Has 11 ancestors and 6 descendants in this family tree.
1847 - 1921 (74 years)-
Name LAIGHT, William Leeder Birth 21 Oct 1869 Acle, Norfolk, England 
Gender Male Death 7 Mar 1917 Active Service In World War 1 Burial Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, England Person ID I729 Edgoose Last Modified 6 Feb 2026
Father LAIGHT, William, b. 24 Dec 1845, Lincoln Registration District, Lincolnshire d. 12 Dec 1928, Blofield Registration District, Norfolk (Age 82 years) Mother LEEDER, Ellen, b. 15 Jan 1847, Acle, Norfolk, England d. 6 Nov 1921, Blofield Registration District, Norfolk (Age 74 years) Marriage 31 Jul 1865 Norwich, Norfolk, England Family ID F530 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family BENGE, Mary Jane, b. 1875, Boughton Monchelsea, Kent, England d. 1920, Maidstone Registration District, Kent (Age 45 years) Marriage 1897 Maidstone, Kent, England Children 1. LAIGHT, William Leeder, b. 1898, Maidstone Registration District, Kent d. 12 Sep 1917, Mendinghem, Belgium (Age 19 years)2. LAIGHT, Ellen Elizabeth K., b. 1899, Maidstone Registration District, Kent d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]3. LAIGHT, Florence Ethel, b. 1901, Maidstone Registration District, Kent d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]4. LAIGHT, Dorothy May, b. 1905, Maidstone Registration District, Kent d. Yes, date unknown5. LAIGHT, Ella, b. 12 Jun 1910, Maidstone Registration District, Kent d. 1988, Chichester Registration District, Sussex (Age 77 years)6. LAIGHT, Doris F., b. 1913, Maidstone Registration District, Kent d. Yes, date unknown [Father: natural] [Mother: natural]Family ID F540 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 27 Jan 2026
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WILLIAM LEEDER LAIGHT 1869-1917
The 1871 census of Middlesex, Acle:
Willm LAIGHT, head, aged 25,domestic coachman, born at Lincoln;
Ellen LAIGHT, wife, aged 24, born at Acle, Norfolk;
Ellen E. K. LAIGHT, daughter, aged 4, scholar, born at Sprowston, Norfolk;
Allice (sic) LAIGHT, daughter, aged 3, born at Acle;
*Willm L. LAIGHT, son, aged 1, born at Acle, Norfolk;
Charles H. LAIGHT, aged 2 months, born at Acle.
(RG10/1829/100/32)
The 1881 census of Acle, Norfolk:
William LAIGHT, head, aged 35, domestic groom, born at Lincoln;
Ellen LAIGHT, wife, aged 34, born at Acle;
Alice LAIGHT, daughter, aged 13, scholar, born at Acle;
*William L. LAIGHT, son, aged 11, scholar, born at Acle;
Charles H. LAIGHT, son, aged 10, scholar, born at Acle;
George LAIGHT, son, aged 8, scholar, born at Acle;
Florence LAIGHT, daughter, aged 7, scholar, born at Acle;
Ida May LAIGHT, daughter, aged 5, scholar, born at Acle;
Ruth LAIGHT, daughter, aged 4, scholar, born at Acle;
Ethel LAIGHT, daughter, aged 1, born at Acle.
(RG11/1961/98/27)
The marriage between William Leader (sic) LAIGHT and Mary Jane BENGE was registered in 1897.
(GRO March Q 1897 Maidstone 2a 956)
From the 1911 census of the Military Institution Swale, Grimsby, Lincolnshire:
*William Leeder LAIGHT, married, aged 41, stoker petty officer, born at Acle, Norfolk.
(RG14PN20007/RD422/SD1/ED56/SN9999)
Petty Officer Stoker W. L. LAIGHT, 152439, H.M.S. Spey, Royal Navy, died on 7 March 1917. He is buried in Boughton Monchelsea (St. Peter) Churchyard.
(CWGC)
"152439 Petty Officer Stoker Laight, H.M.S. Spey who died on Wednesday 7th March 1917 aged 47 years. Having served as a regular sailor he was recalled for war service at the age of 45 years. H.M.S. Spey formed part of the Home Defence and operated in the Thames Estuary. In high winds the Spey lost an anchor and was involved in a collision with SS Belvedere '96 a mud-hopper carrying sludge from London. As a result of the accident nineteen of the crew of thirty-seven from H.M.S. Spey were lost. He is buried in the churchyard of St Peter's church at Boughton Monchelsea, Kent."
(Acle War Memorial website)
(revised 20.06.2009)