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Trooper LESLIE TAPLEN RUSSON

Service Number: 7889718
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Tank Regiment, R.A.C.

3rd

Date of Death

Died 19 December 1942

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TRIPOLI WAR CEMETERY

11. A. 24.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Maud Russon, of Middlesbrough, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THAT HE LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR ANOTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

TRIPOLI WAR CEMETERY
Libya
Number of casualties: 1393
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