In memory of

Corporal

Leslie Thomas Chancellor

who died on 1 Jul 1946

Service details
  Conflict WWII
  Service Army
  Unit Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps
  Rank Corporal
  Service number L102990
  Date of death 19460701
  Cause of death accidental death
Narrative history
  L102990 Corporal (Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps) Leslie Thomas Chancellor (b.1922) of Lucky Lake died 19460701 and is buried at Brookwood military cemetery near London, England. Chancellor served in Italy and northwestern Europe. He was part of a convoy which halted, and when he dismounted from his vehicle he was struck by a truck heading in the opposite direction. He died four days later of a fractured skull. Leslie was the son of Thomas Edward and Elsie Chancellor who came from Meer Wall Rhyne, Somerset, England, to SW28-22-8-W3 in the Rocky Ledge district in 1924. Leslie was farming with his family when he enlisted at Saskatoon late in 1942.
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Memorial information
  Saskatchewan rural municipality for commemoration 225 - Canaan
  Cemetery or memorial location Brookwood military cemetery, Woking, Surrey, England    

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  Honour roll location(s) Lucky Lake
  Geo-memorial Chancellor Lake, Saskatchewan     
  Geo-memorial location 56.6833°N / 102.05°W
  Geo-memorial NTS map reference 64D9
  Geo-memorial details East of Reindeer Lake.
Personal information
  Date of birth 19221003
  Place of birth Meer Wall Rhyne, Somerset, England    
  Date of enlistment 19421118
  Place of enlistment Saskatoon    
  Residence on enlistment Lucky Lake    
  Occupation farmer
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