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Private J LIGHTON

Service Number: 6397
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Middlesex Regiment

1st/7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 August 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

XVI. A. 21.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of David Lighton, of Shelton, Langstratton, Norwich, and the late Mary Jane Lighton.
  • Personal Inscription HE HAS GONE AND I MOURN HIS LOSS
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Buried or commemorated at

CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 5572
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