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Surname:Acford
Initials:L C
Rank:Lance Corporal
Army Number:4921861
Notes:CMP. He was born in Walsall, resided in Staffordshire and formerly served in the South Staffordshire Regiment. 16/12/1944 War Diary WO 171/7825. 16/12/1944, he was killed when the Coy. HQ was hit by a German V2 Rocket killing RSM Southon, L/Cpl Bunce, Duke, Hawkins, Jones, Nisbet, Toyne, Thompson and Yates. Relatives of the dead received £11 each which was collected by the Company. Casualty List 1647, Western Europe, Missing believed Killed, 16/12/1944. Casualty List 1656, Western Europe, previously reported missing believed killed now reported killed in action 16/12/1944, previous List 1647, 16/12/1944. No inscription on gravestone.Leslie Charles Acford.

Casualty Record:

Date of Death:Dec. 16, 1944
Company:185 PORTS COY
CWGC Link:2254801
Cemetery:SCHOONSELHOF CEMETERY ANTWERPEN, BELGIUM 🇧🇪
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