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Rifleman LESLIE WILLIAM NETHERCOTT

Service Number: 6914908
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

9th (1st Bn. The Tower Hamlets Rifles) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 June 1942

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TOBRUK WAR CEMETERY

2. B. 17.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Bertie and Clara Nethercott; husband of Doris Edith Nethercott, of Becontree, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription A MAN SO YOUNG IT HAD TO BE WHO FELL IN BATTLE SO THAT I MIGHT BE FREE
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