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Guardsman STANLEY JOHN LEIGHTON

Service Number: 2662502
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Coldstream Guards

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 July 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY

VI. A. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Edwin and Minnie Bernand Leighton, of Stoke Lacey, Herefordshire.
  • Personal Inscription NOT JUST TODAY BUT EVERY DAY IN SILENCE WE REMEMBER. FATHER AND MOTHER

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Buried or commemorated at

BANNEVILLE-LA-CAMPAGNE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2175
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