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Private LEONARD JOHN FORD

Service Number: 5621937
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's Royal Regiment (West Surrey)

1/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 May 1940

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ESQUELMES WAR CEMETERY

VI. A. 7.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Annie Ellen Ford, of Exeter.
  • Personal Inscription RESTING WHERE NO SHADOWS FALL. SADLY MISSED BY MUM, BROTHERS AND SISTERS
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Buried or commemorated at

ESQUELMES WAR CEMETERY
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 233
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