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David Houston Leonard

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Daniel Leonard's Gravemarker 9image courtesy of Ben, findagrav.com)

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Peterhead
  • Service no: S/43649
  • Rank: Private
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  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Gordon Highlanders
  • Unit/Ship: 1st Battalion
  • Place of Death:
  • Age at Death:
  • Date of Death: 19.02.1917
  • Burial Country: Scotland
  • Cemetery: Glasgow Western Necropolis
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: B.1859D.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Dundee
  • Address:
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  • Mother:

    Margaret Leonard, 38 Windmill St, Peterhead

  • Father:

    George Morrison Leonard, 38 Windmill St, Peterhead

  • Siblings:

    John

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More about David Houston Leonard

For reasons unknown this man is not listed on the original Dundee Roll of Honour. He was the brother of Pte David Maxwell Leonard, 3/6223, 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders, who died 26.08.1915.

David shares a burial plot with Pte William Gamble, S/18542, 3rd Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders who died 13.02.1917, and Pte R. Campbell, 294, 5th Battalion Cameronians, who died 03.03.1917.

Information supplied by Gary Thomson

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