0 poppies laid on this site
In memory of:

Private Léo Antonio Brossard

Profile image
Maple leaf on headstone

Military service

Service number: 3159173
Age: 23
Rank: Private
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division: 87th Bn.
Birth: June 12, 1895 Montréal (Sacré-Coeur-de-Jésus)
Enlistment: May 3, 1918
Death: October 18, 1918 Bugnicourt, France

Burial/memorial information

CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY
Grave reference: IX. D. 1.
Additional information
Baptized Joseph-Wilbrod-Léon-Antonio Brassard. Son of Louis-Israël Brossard and Georgiana Hébert, of Montréal, Québec. He was inscribed as “Brassard” on his baptismal record but his father and him signed “Brossard”.

Léo-Antonio was deployed in France to serve with the 22nd Battalion but he never joined this unit. After three weeks in a camp with other reinforcement, he was re-assigned to the 87th Battalion.

Related media

First World War (1914 – 1918)

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 375 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
Request this page Download this page

CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France

Souchez is a village in the Department of the Pas-De-Calais, 3.5 kilometres north of Arras on the main road to Bethune. It lies in the valley of the Souchez river, between the Lorette Bridge to the west and Vimy Ridge to the east. The CABARET-ROUGE BRITISH CEMETERY is about 1.5 kilometres south of the village on the west side of the D937 Arras-Bethune Road.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

The Poppy Design is a trademark of The Royal Canadian Legion (Dominion Command) and is used with permission. Click here to learn more about the poppy.

Did we miss something?

Contribute information to this commemorative page

Do you have photographs, information or a correction relating to this individual’s virtual memorial? Learn more about the CVWM and the information we collect.

Send us your images
Submit a correction
Date modified: