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Corporal James Leacy

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PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name: Leacy, James
Date of birth: 1886-04-07
Place of birth: Osceola Ontario Canada
Next of kin: James Leacy, father. Box 613, Renfrew, Ontario
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Civil Engineer
Occupation (normalized): Civil Engineer, General
Religion: Roman Catholic
Date of death: 1918-06-02
Buried: Seaford Cemetery, A. 579.

MILITARY INFORMATION

Regimental number: 467394
Highest Rank: Corporal
Rank detail
  1. Corporal (Army). 1917-11-10 to 1918-08-23
  2. Corporal (Army). 1918-05-04 to 1918-06-02
  3. Sapper (Army). 1918-04-23 to 1918-05-04
  4. Sapper (Army). 1918-08-23 to 1918-04-23
  5. Sapper (Army). 1917-06-15 to 1917-11-10
  6. Sapper (Army). 1917-03-14 to 1917-06-15
  7. Sapper (Army). 1916-08-19 to 1917-03-13
  8. Sapper (Army). 1916-08-01 to 1916-08-19
  9. Private (Army). 1915-10-09 to 1916-08-01
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no

RESEARCH INFORMATION

CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try this.
CWGC ID: 660269
LAC ID: 522390
Attestation record(s): image 1, image 2
Service file: B5483-S055
Uploader's Notes:

Son of James Hugh Leacy and Mary Jane Leacy (nee McKay)

Contributed by Philip Baldock via the CGWP Guest Book:

Concerning the death of Corporal James Leacy (Service No. 467394), the Sussex Coroner reports his death as a result of manslaughter. He died of a haemorrhage from a fractured spine after being struck by James Matheson McDonald (Service No. 505010)

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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2020-10-10