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Private LEONARD EDGAR WELLS

Service Number: G/24090
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 November 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE

II. K. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment formerly (788) 6th Bn. East Surrey Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Truth Sarah Swift (formerly Wells), of 127, Elm Rd., Kingston-on-Thames, and the late George Wells. Also served in India.
  • Personal Inscription JESU MERCY
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Buried or commemorated at

PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 2001
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