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Private JOSEPH LEONARD

Service Number: 16902
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 September 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT

VII. K. 24.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard, of Manchester; husband of Norah Carney (formerly Leonard), of 40, Montague St., Collyhurst, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON DEAR HUSBAND IN A SOLDIER'S GRAVE REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

REGINA TRENCH CEMETERY, GRANDCOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2280
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