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Rifleman WILLIAM ALEXANDER LEIGHTON

Service Number: 4329
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 May 1916

Age 17 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DUD CORNER CEMETERY, LOOS

II. G. 12.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Rosie Leighton, of Islandeffrick. Coleraine, Co. Londonderry.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY DAWN AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

DUD CORNER CEMETERY, LOOS
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1812
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