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Private WILLIAM LEIGH

Service Number: 20865
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

22nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ

III. A. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur and Emma Leigh, of 86, Church St., Bollington, Macclesfield.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED DOING HIS DUTY NOBLY
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Buried or commemorated at

DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2053
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