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Lieutenant LEO HERBERT GILSON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Suffolk Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 July 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

V. D. 8.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ina Wilhelmina Emma Jane and the late Robert Baker Gilson, of 94, Belvedere Rd., Upper Norwood, London. Born at Camberwell, London.
  • Personal Inscription HE CROSSED THE SEA TO DIE FOR ENGLAND HONOUR THE BRAVE
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Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 804
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