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Private LEONARD JOHN SHIRLEY

Service Number: 20753
Regiment & Unit/Ship

York and Lancaster Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 April 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ESSEX FARM CEMETERY

II. P. 10.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Agnes W. Shirley, of 426, Wimborne Rd., Winton, Bournemouth.
  • Personal Inscription NOT FORGOTTEN UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

ESSEX FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1206
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