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Lance Corporal LEONARD JOHN MARTIN

Service Number: 6401577
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Sussex Regiment

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 20 May 1940

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

Plot 9. Row D. Grave 13.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest John and Dorothy Ethel Martin, of Hove, Sussex.
  • Personal Inscription NEVER A DAY HAS DRIFTED AWAY WITHOUT A THOUGHT AND PRAYER
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Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2106
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