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Edward Leake

In memory of:

Private Edward Leake

August 8, 1918
Hourges, France

Military Service


Service Number:

198778

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)

Division:

52nd Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

July 5, 1896
Birmingham, England

Enlistment:

January 5, 1916
Port Arthur, Ontario

Son of Edward John and Lucy Leake, of Port Arthur, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 447 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

A. 75.

Location:

Domart-sur-la-Luce is a village and commune in the Department of the Somme in the valley of the Luce on the road from Amiens to Roye. Hourges is a hamlet on the same road a little south-east of the village and HOURGES ORCHARD CEMETERY is on the south-west side of the road.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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