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Private WILLIAM LEIGH

Service Number: 2886841
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Gordon Highlanders

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 August 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY

IX. G. 11.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Ellen Leigh, of Wigan, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription A HEARTACHE, A TEAR A MEMORY SO DEAR. THOUGH FAR AWAY YOU ARE ALWAYS SO NEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

TILLY-SUR-SEULLES WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 1221
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