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Lance Corporal JAMES WILLIAM LEANEY

Service Number: G/31351
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 August 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MORLANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY NO.2

A. 12.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Born at Ticehurst, Sussex. Son of James and Emily Leaney, of 35, Napier Rd., Hawkenbury, Tunbridge Wells.
  • Personal Inscription NEVER FORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

MORLANCOURT BRITISH CEMETERY NO.2
Somme France
Number of casualties: 56
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