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Military service
Service number:
687245
Age:
21
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regt.)
Birth:
June 11, 1895
London, United Kingdom
Enlistment:
January 17, 1916
Kamloops, British Columbia
Death:
April 9, 1917
Vimy Ridge, France
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
6.C.4
Additional information
Son of A. Adams and Sarah Adams, of Penticton, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Private Leonard Victor Adams
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Photo of Leonard Adams
Leonard Adams with his mother and father on his 21st birthday June 11, 1916. -
Newspaper clipping
Newspaper clipping listing Leonard Adams as 'killed in action'. -
Attestation Papers
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Attestation Papers
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Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located by the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Canadian Cemetery No. 2
Canadian Cemetery No. 2 - The Canadian Cemetery No. 2 is located on Vimy Ridge and is attached to the grounds of Canada's Vimy Memorial. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres north of Arras, France.(John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Inscription
Epitaph: Duty Done (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Grave marker
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Private Leonard Victor Adams
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Victor Adams
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Victor Adams
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Victor Adams
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Victor Adams
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Victor Adams
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Victor Adams
Digital gallery of
Private Leonard Victor Adams
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 189 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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