Service Details
Name:
 SAMPSON
Given Name:
 LEONARD WILLIAM
Initials:
 L W
Service No:
 SR/598322V
Rank:
 Lieutenant
Other Casualties of this Rank
Regiment:
 First City/Cape Town Highlanders, S.A. Forces
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Date of Death:
 1944-07-22
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Date of Birth:
 1917-03-30
Age:
 27
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
Additional
Information:
Husband of Mrs. E. L. Sampson, of Salisbury, Southern Rhodesia.
Commemoration
Country:
 Italy
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Cemetery:
 FLORENCE WAR CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 XI. A. 7.

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