Identity
Person No.
22199
Service No.
SR/598322V
Last Name
First Name
Leonard William
Initials
L W
Date of Birth
Unknown
Est. Birth Year
Age at Death
27
Death Record
Date of Death
Cause code
DOW 2,734
Died of wounds
Cause of Death
Died of wounds, near Greve, Tuscany. He was Platoon Commander, No 3 Pl, B Coy and during the advance toward Greve, the platoon came under heavy shellfire and withdrew to a nearby house. At approx 11 am the house received 3 direct hits from hostile shelling, wounding Lt Samson. He later died of his wounds
Military Service
Branch
Army
Rank
Lieutenant
Regiment
First City/Cape Town Highlanders 112
Formerly
Cape Town Highlanders
(1943)
Unit
Unknown
Defence Force
UDF 24,809
Union Defence Force
Location
Country
Locality
Unknown
Cemetery
Grave Reference
Coordinates
Unit History
Role at time of death
Infantry
Status
Active Citizen Force
Formed 1885 (Cape Town); embodied in the UDF Citizen Force as 6th Infantry from 1913.
Notes
Husband of Mrs. E. L. Sampson, of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.
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