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Cecil Desmond Leitch

In memory of:

Pilot Officer Cecil Desmond Leitch

June 15, 1944

Military Service


Service Number:

J/88418

Age:

22

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

175 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information


Born:

December 14, 1921
Pembroke, Ontario

Enlistment:

April 24, 1941
Ottawa, Ontario

Son of Gordon and Mabel A. Leitch, of Pembroke, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 364 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

PARKHURST MILITARY CEMETERY
Isle of Wight, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Plot 15. Grave 212.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • Newspaper Clipping– Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Grave Marker
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star January 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of CECIL DESMOND LEITCH– Photo from Library and Archives, Canada, Ottawa.
  • Photo of Cecil Desmond Leitch
  • Photo of CECIL DESMOND LEITCH– Court of Inquiry Conclusions from Library and Archives, Canada, Ottawa.

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