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Military service
Service number:
B/37607
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.
Death:
August 19, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
K. 52.
Additional information
Son of Murray William and Verlyn N. Salome Leigh, of London, Ontario; husband of Olive Lucas Leigh, of London.
Digital gallery of Private William Murray Leigh
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Photo of WILLIAM MURRAY LEIGH
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Photo of WILLIAM MURRAY LEIGH
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of WILLIAM MURRAY LEIGH
Bill and Olive. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Attestation paper
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Document
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Letter
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Letter
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Telegram
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of William Murray Leigh
Joined the army in Hamilton in 1940. He was a member of D Company, Royal Hamilton Light Infantry and was killed when his regiment made the frontal assault on the beaches at Dieppe. -
Newspaper Clipping
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Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery
The Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery, located just outside Dieppe, France. (J. Stephens) -
Grave Marker
Grave marker - Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Memorial
Stone of Remembrance - Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Entrance
Entrance - Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Cemetery
Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery - April 2017 … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Hamilton Spectator c. 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private William Murray Leigh
Digital gallery of
Private William Murray Leigh
Digital gallery of
Private William Murray Leigh
Digital gallery of
Private William Murray Leigh
Digital gallery of
Private William Murray Leigh
Digital gallery of
Private William Murray Leigh
Digital gallery of
Private William Murray Leigh
Digital gallery of
Private William Murray Leigh
Digital gallery of
Private William Murray Leigh
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 90 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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DIEPPE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY (HAUTOT-SUR-MER) Seine-Maritime, France
From the centre of Dieppe take the Avenue Gambetta and Avenue des Canadiens. Head along the N27 out of Dieppe in the direction of Rouen until the first roundabout where there is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission sign. Go across the roundabout and continue until you reach a second roundabout. Take the first turning right where there is another CWGC sign. Continue until Chemin des Jonquilles, a road on the left. The Dieppe Canadian War Cemetery is on the right of this road and is clearly visible.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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