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Private LELAND JOHN GEORGE FINCH

Service Number: 17643
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Surrey Regiment

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 September 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS

II. F. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Albert and Mary Finch, of Tudor Court Lodge, Cobham, Surrey. Born at Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.A.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS' CEMETERY, LESBOEUFS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3143
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