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Serjeant LEONARD WILLIAM RUFF

Service Number: 4033629
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 October 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY

II. C. 7.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Irene Elizabeth Ruff, of Gravels, Shropshire.
  • Personal Inscription IN HEAVENLY LOVE ABIDING. SADLY MISSED BY HIS LOVING WIFE AND DAUGHTER
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Buried or commemorated at

OVERLOON WAR CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 281
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