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Driver JOSEPH FRANCIS LEECH

Service Number: T/10663588
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Army Service Corps

253 (Airborne) Comp. Coy.

Date of Death

Died 20 September 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY

29. C. 1.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph Thomas Leech and Abigail Leech, of Wigan, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription HEAVEN'S WINDS BLOW GENTLY ON THIS SPOT, ONE WE LOVE IS SLEEPING NEVER TO BE FORGOT
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Buried or commemorated at

ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1772
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