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Lance Bombardier LEONARD CHARLES THAKE

Service Number: 6212353
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

100 (The Gordon Highlanders) Lt. A.A./Anti-Tank Regt.

Date of Death

Died 28 April 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY

8. G. 15.

India

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Pharaoh Alfred and Clara Thake; husband of J.M. Thake, of Farnworth, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription MY BELOVED HUSBAND WHO GAVE HAPPINESS TO EVERYONE AROUND AND WAS LOVED BY ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 1421
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