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Private GEORGE WILLIAM LEEK

Service Number: 12/591
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EUSTON ROAD CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS

I. A. 46.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John James and Emma Leek, of Brayton, Selby; husband of Martha E. Leek, of 3, Foxbridge Row, Hopetown, Normanton, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription FOR KING AND COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

EUSTON ROAD CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1293
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