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Private JAMES LEIGH

Service Number: 46833
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

23rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 June 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-GUISLAIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Sp. Mem. 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Mary Jane Leigh, of 9, Clevedon St., Moston, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription NEARER MY GOD TO THEE
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Buried or commemorated at

VILLERS-GUISLAIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 51
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