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Lance Corporal W LEIGHTON

Service Number: 12625
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 November 1916

Buried or commemorated at

MUNICH TRENCH BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL

A. 10.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Fred Leighton, of 12, Skipton Rd., Trawden, Colne.
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Buried or commemorated at

MUNICH TRENCH BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 126
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