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Husband of Annie Leonard, of British Harbour, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland.
On 18 February 1918, the Cecil L. Shave was en route from Cadiz, Spain, to Newfoundland when she was boarded and sunk by deck gunfire by U-155 off the Azores Islands, position 35°30'N/11°20'W. All six crew members lost their lives.
Digital gallery of Sailor William Leonard
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Inscription on Beaumont-Hamel Memorial
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 43 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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