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Private WILLIAM LEIGHTON

Service Number: 1911
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

"A" Coy. 1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 June 1915

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TWELVE TREE COPSE CEMETERY

II. C. 17.

Turkey (including Gallipoli)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George William and Isabella Leighton, of 142, Manley Rd., Whalley Range, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription TILL WE MEET AGAIN MOTHER AND DAD
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Buried or commemorated at

TWELVE TREE COPSE CEMETERY
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Number of casualties: 3361
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