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LEECH Bernard Jack 2/Lt
Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/20896
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- SKR/DAT/IP/20896
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Title (The name of the record)
- LEECH Bernard Jack 2/Lt
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Date (When the record was created)
- 2000-2024
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Description (What the record is about)
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Surname: LEECH;
Forename(s): Bernard Jack;
Initials: BJ;
Rank: 2/Lt;
MGC Branch: Infantry;
MGC Unit: 148 Coy;
How killed: KIA;
Where: Belgium;
When killed: 09-Oct-1917;
Other Data: University of London
Second Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps. Son of Mr J. H. Leech of Wandsworth killed by a sniper while reconnoitring for a better position for his gun at Passchendaele on 9th October 1917. Buried where he fell.;Other Notes: LEECH, Second Lieutenant, BERNARD JACK, 148th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 9th October 1917. Age 19. Son of Joseph Haywood Leech and Mary Leech, of 56, Santos Rd., Wandsworth, London. Panel 154 to 159 and 163A. Tyne Cot Memorial - Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.;
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Graham Sacker
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- 1 digital record
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/55452282-72e8-4bb2-95ff-bb8f4e81fb01/
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SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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Within the fonds: SKR.2025.11
Machine Gun Corps Database Collection
Within the series: SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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LEECH Bernard Jack 2/Lt