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Trooper LEONARD LEANING

Service Number: 12696
Regiment & Unit/Ship

1st (Royal) Dragoons

Date of Death

Died 04 April 1918

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PICQUIGNY BRITISH CEMETERY

A. 12.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Leonard and Emma Leaning.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY FROM LOVING WIFE AND CHILDREN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN

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Buried or commemorated at

PICQUIGNY BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 139
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