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Private LEONARD SANDFORD

Service Number: 4741
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 September 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY

XV. A. 3A.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Jonathan and Mary Sandford; husband of Mavis Sandford, of Prickleden House, Holmfirth, Huddersfield.
  • Personal Inscription HE SLEEPS UNTIL THE RESURRECTION MORN
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Buried or commemorated at

ETAPLES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 11554
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