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Lance Serjeant JOHN LEACHMAN

Service Number: 41972
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

2nd/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 November 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT

II. B. 27.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Isabella C. Leachman, of 8, Bridge Rd., Gainsborough.
  • Personal Inscription SAVIOUR IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING LEAVE WE NOW OUR LOVED ONE SLEEPING
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Buried or commemorated at

ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2045
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