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Gunner LEONARD FARMER

Service Number: 11418652
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

H.Q. 121 (4th Bn. The Leicestershire Regt.) Lt. A.A. Regt.

Date of Death

Died 23 December 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RUITON CONGREGATIONAL CHAPELYARD

Opposite south door of chapel.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Martha Farmer, of Upper Gornal.
  • Personal Inscription THE CALL WAS SHORT, THE SHOCK SEVERE TO PART WITH ONE WE LOVED SO DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

RUITON CONGREGATIONAL CHAPELYARD
Staffordshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 7
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