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Private JOHN LEIGH

Service Number: 31167
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 August 1916

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SUCRERIE MILITARY CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS

I. E. 53.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Sarah Alice Leigh, of 251, Bury Rd., Tottington, Bury, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription EXTEND TO HIM O LORD THY LOVE AND MERCY
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Buried or commemorated at

SUCRERIE MILITARY CEMETERY, COLINCAMPS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1111
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