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Trooper LEONARD OPENSHAW

Service Number: 3857263
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Reconnaissance Corps

18th (5th Bn. The Loyal Regt.) Regt.

Date of Death

Died 26 March 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY

VII. D. 15.

China, (including Hong Kong)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Edna Openshaw, of Farnworth, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE IN PEACE. "GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS." R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

SAI WAN WAR CEMETERY
China, (including Hong Kong)
Number of casualties: 1589
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