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Private JAMES LEIGHTON

Service Number: 15274
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Border Regiment

"B" Coy. 11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 September 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LILLERS COMMUNAL CEMETERY

V. C. 27.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Peter and Elizabeth Leighton; husband of Esther M. Leighton, of 37, Regent Terrace, Blackwell Rd., Carlisle. Native of Carlisle.
  • Personal Inscription GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
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