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Captain JOHN CHARLES THOMAS LEIGH

Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (East Kent Regiment)

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 July 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY

IX. D. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Canon J. R. Leigh and Mrs. M. L. Leigh, of Yalding Vicarage, Maidstone. His brother Roland Llewellyn Leigh fell in the 1939-1945 War.
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Buried or commemorated at

OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3563
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