In Memory Of

SAMPSON, LEONARD WILLIAM

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