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Sergeant JOHN JAMES LEISHMAN

Service Number: 1800193
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

635 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 12 June 1944

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NANTES (PONT-DU-CENS) COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Plot L. Row C. Coll. grave 24-26.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John S. Leishman and Robina C. Leishman.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

NANTES (PONT-DU-CENS) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Loire-Atlantique France
Number of casualties: 107
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