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Lieutenant Leonard James Richardson

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Military service

Service number: CDN/191
Age: 23
Rank: Lieutenant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Lincolnshire Regiment
Division: 2nd
Birth: January 24, 1921 Winnipeg, Manitoba
Enlistment: March 3, 1942 Manitoba
Death: July 9, 1944

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RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Grave reference: II. B. 18.
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Son of Charles L. Richardson, and of Ellen Richardson, of Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Leonard Richardson was a member of the Royal Canadian Infantry Corps, he died while serving with the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment as a CANLOAN Officer.

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Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 427 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France

Ranville is best reached by taking the D513 north-eastwards out of Caen, and after about 9 kilometres turning left at Herouvillette. Go north for one kilometre and then turn left into Ranville village. The War Cemetery is on Rue des Airbornes.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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