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Second Lieutenant LEOPOLD JOHN SITFORD

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 September 1918

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MANCHESTER CEMETERY, RIENCOURT-LES-BAPAUME

B. 22.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Leopold and Lydia Sitford, of Barry, Cardiff; husband of Edith Selina Sitford, of 338, Abbey Hey Lane, Gorton, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription ONLY GOOD NIGHT LEO NOT FAREWELL YOUR TRUE WIFE. EDITH REV. 21-4
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Buried or commemorated at

MANCHESTER CEMETERY, RIENCOURT-LES-BAPAUME
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 72
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