South Yorkshire Times, July 15th, 1944
Killed In Action
Mr and Mrs. Sales of 183, Furlong Road, Goldthorpe, have received official information that their son, Spr. Leonard Sales, has been killed in action in Normandy.
Spr. Sales had been in the Forces for 12 years, serving abroad most of the time. He was married and his wife lives in the South of England. They have no children.
From C.G.W.C.:
Sapper LEONARD SALES
Service Number: 4535078
Regiment & Unit/Ship Royal Engineers 263 Field Coy.
Date of Death Died 08 June 1944
Age 30 years old
Buried or commemorated at HERMANVILLE WAR CEMETERY 1. O. 9. France
Additional Info
Son of Leonard and Hephzibah Daykin Sales; husband of Florence Edith Sales, of Yeovil, Somerset.
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