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Military service
Service number:
141944
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
24th Bn.
Birth:
November 24, 1885
West Hartlepool, England
Enlistment:
August 22, 1915
Niagara, Ontario
Death:
September 17, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Robert H. and Rachel Leach, of West Hartlepool, England. Husband of Ethel Leach, of St. Catharines, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Albert Leach
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Photo of ALBERT LEACH
In memory of the men joined the 76th Battalion CEF and died while serving in other Battalions. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Inscription
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
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
Image taken by the International Wargraves Photography Project.
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Private Albert Leach
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Leach
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Leach
Digital gallery of
Private Albert Leach
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 117 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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