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Son of Edward Bridle Proctor, and Clara Maria Procter, of 110, Essendine Mansions, Maida Hill, London, England.
Digital gallery of Gunner Leslie William Proctor
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Gunner Leslie William Proctor
6th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery. War Diary for September 1916, page 14 recording death of Proctor, L.W.<P>
(Source National Archives of Canada)
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Gunner Leslie William Proctor
Attestation paper (page 1) for Leslie William Proctor.
Source: National Archives of Canada.
Digital gallery of
Gunner Leslie William Proctor
Attestation paper (page 2) for Leslie William Proctor.
Source: National Archives of Canada.
Digital gallery of
Gunner Leslie William Proctor
From the Daily Colonist of October 6, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y257uvic/page/n6/mode/1up?view=theater. Note - The service file available at Library and Archives Canada spells the last name as "Procter" which matches how it is spelt in the Daily Colonist article.
Digital gallery of
Gunner Leslie William Proctor
From the Daily Colonist of October 7, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y258uvic/page/n6/mode/1up?view=theater
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6th Brigade, Canadian Field Artillery. War Diary for September 1916, page 14 recording death of Proctor, L.W.<P> (Source National Archives of Canada)
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Attestation paper (page 1) for Leslie William Proctor. Source: National Archives of Canada.
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Attestation paper (page 2) for Leslie William Proctor. Source: National Archives of Canada.
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From the Daily Colonist of October 6, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y257uvic/page/n6/mode/1up?view=theater. Note - The service file available at Library and Archives Canada spells the last name as "Procter" which matches how it is spelt in the Daily Colonist article.
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From the Daily Colonist of October 7, 1916. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist58y258uvic/page/n6/mode/1up?view=theater
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Page 151 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY Somme, France
Becourt is in the Department of the Somme, 2 kilometres on the east side of Albert. The BECOURT MILITARY CEMETERY is on the south side of the road from Becourt to Albert.
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