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Roy Cleveland Leeson

In memory of:

Private Roy Cleveland Leeson

August 19, 1942
Dieppe, France

Military Service


Service Number:

B/38154

Age:

24

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, R.C.I.C.

Additional Information


Born:

April 6, 1918
Paisley, Ontario

Enlistment:

July 19, 1940
Hamilton, Ontario

Son of Samuel Vincent and Lucinda Alfreda Leeson, of Paisley, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 89 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:
Grave Reference:

Row G. Grave 172.

Location:

OOSTDUINKERKE COMMUNAL CEMETERY is located midway between Nieuwpoort (6 km) and Koksijde (3 km) on the N369 which connects Nieuwpoort to Koksijde via Oostduinkerke. From Nieuwpoort, Oostduinkerke village is approached via the N369 Nieuwpoortsteenweg. The Farazijustraat is the first right hand turning on reaching the village and leads for 600 metres to the cemetery itself, after joining onto the Andre Geryllaan. This cemetery is not an open site and access is limited by normal cemetery opening hours.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Owen Sound Sun Times October 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Owen Sound Sun Times October 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Owen Sound Sun Times  August 1942. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Roy Cleveland Leeson
  • Gravemarker

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