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Private CECIL HENRY LEECH

Service Number: 22649
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

"D" Coy. 23rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 26 March 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

III. F. 17.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry Thomas and Annie Leech, of 36, Parkfield St., Rusholme, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription THOSE WHO MISS HIM MOST ARE THOSE WHO LOVED HIM BEST
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Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 804
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