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Second Lieutenant LESLIE JOHN PLEAVIN

Service Number: 288946
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 July 1943

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY

III. D. 8.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Henry and Mary Pleavin; husband of Isabel Pleavin, of Wallasey, Cheshire.
  • Personal Inscription JUST A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY OF ONE SO DEAR TO US. UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN BELOVED
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Buried or commemorated at

CATANIA WAR CEMETERY, SICILY
Italy
Number of casualties: 2142
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