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Military service
Service number:
123107
Age:
20
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Western Ontario Regiment)
Division:
18th Bn.
Birth:
April 1, 1896
Death:
October 3, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of John and E. J. Leaden, of West Cottage, Hardwick, Buckden, Hunts, England. Brother of Private Albert Edwin Leaden, who died on November 10, 1917, while serving with the Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment).
Digital gallery of Private Ernest Ivon Leaden
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Vimy Memorial
Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
Inscription on the Vimy Memorial
October, 2007 -
Inscription
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Mourning Mother
Vimy Memorial - August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Vimy Memorial
August 2012 … Photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cenotaph
Private Ernest Ivon Leaden is also commemorated on the cenotaph in Strathroy, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cenotaph
Private Ernest Ivon Leaden is also commemorated on the cenotaph in Strathroy, ON … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Memorial
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Ivon Leaden
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Ivon Leaden
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Ivon Leaden
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Ivon Leaden
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Ivon Leaden
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Ivon Leaden
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Ivon Leaden
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Ivon Leaden
Digital gallery of
Private Ernest Ivon Leaden
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 117 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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