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To the dear

Memory of

Leslie Yockney

Lane K.R.R.

Killed in action in France

Septr 25th 1918

Aged 22 years

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"Faithful unto death"

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St Swithun Hempsted

Gloucestershire

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Leslie Yockney

Lane

1896

Gloucester, Gloucestershire

25th September 1918

Killed in action by GSW to head during the advance to the Hindenburg Line; the 2nd KRRC were in action near the St Quentin Canal and more specifically the village of Pontruet

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Bellicourt British Cemetery, Aisne, France

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First World War

Rifleman

2nd Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps

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8th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment

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According to local news, Leslie had suffered with shell shock during the war and had spent time convalescing before being sent back to the front

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