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Corporal LEONARD CHARLES GEERING

Service Number: Z/2688
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 October 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY

V. E. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Ruth Geering, of 245, Brixton Rd., London. Native of East Ham, London.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THE NOBLEST DEATH TO DIE FIGHTING FOR RIGHT AND LIBERTY
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Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1763
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