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Name: VALE, Leonard John
Birth Date: 27.6.1868 West Ham, London
Death Date: 22.3.1940 Islington, London
Nationality: British
First Date: 1895
Last Date: 1904
Profession: Church Missionary Society missionary
Area: Taveta, Mbale, Rabai, Sagalla, Freretown, resigned 9/8/1904
Married: In West Ham 22 Apr 1888 Harriett Copping b.1867 Wickhambrook, Suffolk
Book Reference: Hall, North, EA Diary 1903, CMS, EAHB 1904
General Information:
CMS 1895 - Age 25. Of West Ham. Leather Cloth Worker. 1894 Nov 20 Accepted as Missionary CMS; 1895 May 18 Depart for East Africa Mission via the Cape - Taveta; 1899 July 15 to England; 1900 Aug Taita - Mbale; 1901 Aug 30 Rabai; 1902 Taita - Sagalla; 1903 Frere Town; 1904 April 2 to England; Aug 9 resignation accepted. Service 9 years 3 months. Absent 1 yr. 4 mths.
North - CMS BEA - Formerly leather cloth worker from West Ham, London; Rabai on way to Taveta with wife Sept. 1895; Taveta from 24/10/1895; leave 1899; Taita-Mbale 1900; Rabai 1901; Sagalla 1902; Freretown 1903; resigned 9/8/1904
Hall - Photo of missionaries at Mombasa 1895 (CMS) Mr & Mrs Vale.