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Captain RUSSELL MEDLEY LEAKE

Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment

3rd Bn. attd 1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 September 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BELLICOURT BRITISH CEMETERY

III. O. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross and Bar
  • Additional Info Son of James Medley Leake and Florence Leake, of 129, Hale Rd., Altrincham, Cheshire. Native of Manchester. His brother Eric Gilbert Leake MC also fell.
  • Personal Inscription BE FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH & I WILL GIVE THEE A CROWN OF LIFE
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