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Leading Seaman LEONARD ROBERT BACKWELL

Service Number: D/BD/X 1441
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

H.M.S. Drake

Date of Death

Died 25 March 1941

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PLYMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

Panel 61, Column 3.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Hannah Backwell, of Bristol; husband of Violet May Backwell, of Bristol.
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