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Rifleman GEORGE LEACY

Service Number: R/8049
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 April 1916

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

III. G. 10.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late James and Grace Leacy, of Blackburn; husband of Grace Leacy, of 169, Dukes Brow, Blackburn, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription WORTHY OF EVERLASTING LOVE REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 804
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