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Leslie Herbert Sword

In memory of:

Private Leslie Herbert Sword

July 6, 1940

Military Service


Service Number:

B/94409

Age:

29

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps

Division:

2 Army Field Workshop

Additional Information


Son of Andrew T. Sword and Kate E. Sword, of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

Commemorated on Page 18 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

BROOKWOOD MILITARY CEMETERY
Surrey, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

3. N. 7.

Location:

Brookwood is 30 miles from London (M3 to Bagshot and then A322). The main entrance to Brookwood Military Cemetery is on the A324 from the village of Pirbright. Brookwood Military Cemetery is owned by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and is the largest Commonwealth war cemetery in the United Kingdom, covering approximately 37 acres. In 1917, an area of land in Brookwood Cemetery (originally The London Necropolis) was set aside for the burial of men and women of the forces of the Commonwealth and Americans, who had died, many of battle wounds, in the London district. This site was further extended to accommodate the Commonwealth casualties of the Second World War, and American, Belgian, Czech, Dutch, French and Polish plots containing the graves of Allied casualties. There are also German and Italian plots where prisoners of war lie buried.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Temporary Grave Marker– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star July 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star July 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star July 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star July 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram July 1940. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper Clipping– Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Press Clipping– Newspaper Clipping
Source:  Globe and Mail, July 9 1940
  • Memorial Plaque– This memorial plaque, located in the Old City Hall in Toronto, Ontario, commemorates the deaths, on July 6, 1940, of  Private LESLIE HERBERT SWORD, Squadron Quartermaster Serjeant (WO.II) ROBERT THOMAS KNOX, and Staff Sergeant JOHN FRANCIS BAILEY, all of 2 Army Field Workshop, Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps.  They were the first Canadian casualties due to enemy action in the United Kingdom in the Second World War.
  • Grave marker

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