Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Leslie Robert Newcombe
In memory of:
Private Leslie Robert Newcombe
March 7, 1919
Military Service
16673
24
Army
Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)
7th Bn.
Additional Information
Son of Edward and Mary Jane Newcombe, of Pike House, Battledown, Cheltenham, England.
Commemorated on Page 540 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
HUY (LA SARTE) COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Belgium
II. A. 52.
HUY (in Flemish, Hoei,) is a town in the Province of Liege, on the river Meuse, between Namur and Liege. The HUY COMMUNAL CEMETERY of La Sarte serves the hamlet of that name. It stands high up the hill on the South side of the town, commanding wide views of the Meuse valley. It contains German, French and Russian War Graves; and in the North corner is a plot, of 329 square yards, in which are buried 55 Canadian soldiers and 54 soldiers and airmen (including two unidentified) from the United Kingdom.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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