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Lance Corporal LEONARD HANDSCOMB

Service Number: 25366
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Bedfordshire Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 March 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NOYON NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

II. C. 3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Ellen Handscomb, of 11, Prebend St, Bedford.
  • Personal Inscription THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
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Buried or commemorated at

NOYON NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Oise France
Number of casualties: 260
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