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Private ALBERT LEAKEY

Service Number: 26853
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 August 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC

II. F. 26.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs Elizabeth Leakey, of Upper Norwood, London.
  • Personal Inscription SADLY MISSED BY US ALL FROM HIS LOVING MOTHER BROTHERS AND SISTER REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC
Somme France
Number of casualties: 589
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