10 August 2010

1136199 Gnr John Leiper, RA

1136199 Gunner John Leiper of the 86th (The Hertfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, died on the 10th August 1944. He was 21 years old, the son of Matthew and Helen Leiper of Galston, Ayrshire. He is buried in Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery in France.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (UK Army Roll of Honour 1939-1945)
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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