William Leech, Gunner 53937, 140th Heavy Bty, Royal Garrison Artillery
Died 10th July 1917 in Belgium

EARLY LIFE

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WW1 SERVICE

COMMEMORATION

Gunner William Leech is buried in Grave Ref. I. G. 35. of the Coxyde Military Cemetery in Belgium. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission holds casualty details for Gunner William Leech, and he is listed on the Imperial War Museum’s Lives of the First World War website.

In Macclesfield, Gunner William Leech is commemorated on the Park Green, Town Hall and St Michael’s Church war memorials. Elsewhere, he is commemorated on the Lower Withington war memorial.

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SOURCES

Commonwealth War Graves Commission website
Lives of the First World War website