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Private WILLIAM ROLAND LEACH

Service Number: 5205
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

20th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 October 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE

II. D. 9.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Leach, of Greenbooth House, Norden, Rochdale. Educated at Manchester Grammar School. Assistant Clerk to the Rochdale Board of Guardians.
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Buried or commemorated at

GROVE TOWN CEMETERY, MEAULTE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1395
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