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Rifleman WILLIAM JAMES LEEKEY

Service Number: 2122
Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment

17th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 May 1916

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ

Sp. Mem. 12.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Leekey, of 19, Upton Rd., Downham Rd., Kingsland, London.
  • Personal Inscription HE FOUGHT THE GOOD FIGHT WITH ALL HIS MIGHT AND LIVES IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOR EVER
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Buried or commemorated at

CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY, SOUCHEZ
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 7661
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