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Gunner LEONARD APPLETON

Service Number: 983250
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

Date of Death

Died 24 February 1945

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SCUNTHORPE (CROSBY) CEMETERY

Sec. D. Grave 327.

United Kingdom

CWGC HEADSTONE

Photographer: Craig Wrigglesworth

CWGC HEADSTONE

Photographer: Craig Wrigglesworth

Headstone

Photographer: Craig Wrigglesworth

CWGC headstone

Photographer: Craig Wrigglesworth

CWGC headstone

Photographer: Craig Wrigglesworth

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Robert and Minnie Appleton, of Scunthorpe.
  • Personal Inscription FOR EACH AND ALL HE DID HIS BEST MAY GOD GRANT HIM ETERNAL REST
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Buried or commemorated at

SCUNTHORPE (CROSBY) CEMETERY
Lincolnshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 30
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