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Petty Officer Steward LEONARD HIRST

Service Number: P/LX21251
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Esk

Date of Death

Died 01 September 1940

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAGE WAR CEMETERY

4. F. 7.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas and Marcella Hirst, of Bradford, Yorkshire; husband of Ann Hirst, of Bradford.
  • Personal Inscription ON HIS SOUL, SWEET JESUS, HAVE MERCY. R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

SAGE WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 971
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