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Deck Hand WILLIAM KING LEIGHTON

Service Number: 1173/DA
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Naval Reserve

H.M. Trawler "Drumoak."

Date of Death

Died 05 October 1914

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PORTSMOUTH NAVAL MEMORIAL

6.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Leighton, of Mossend, Lanarkshire; husband of Elizabeth Leighton, of 58, Castle St., Aberdeen.
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