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|Surname and forenames=Leighton John
 
|Surname and forenames=Leighton John
 
|Army number=4455789
 
|Army number=4455789
|Rank=Pte
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|Rank=Private.
 
|Date of birth=Born 1920/21.
 
|Date of birth=Born 1920/21.
|Age=19
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|Age=19 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but almost certainly early May 1939. Posted ? 9th Bn DLI. Posted ? 12th Bn DLI.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, posted 1 TS.  Served BEF.  DIED 20/5/40, Authority:- L. Casualties.
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|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but his number implies 2nd/3rd May 1939.   Posted ? 9th Battalion DLI.   Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939.  Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.  DIED 20/5/40, Authority:- L. Casualties.
 
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
 
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
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|Died/Killed in action=DIED 20-May-40 - cause of death not yet ascertained - possibly DIED of WOUNDS.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row F, Grave 4, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux. No headstone inscription.
|Home address=Son of Robert William and Margaret Ann Leighton, Blaydon-on-Tyne.  Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row F, Grave 4, [[BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY]], Ficheux.
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|Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known.  He may have died of wounds sustained before status as a PoW could be documented.
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|Home address=Son of Robert William and Margaret Ann Leighton, Blaydon-on-Tyne. 
 
|Image Name=Leighton_J_4455789.JPG
 
|Image Name=Leighton_J_4455789.JPG
 
|Image Title=Pte J Leighton's CWGC headstone.
 
|Image Title=Pte J Leighton's CWGC headstone.
 
|Source table=1TS
 
|Source table=1TS
 
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Latest revision as of 12:27, 30 December 2021

Personnel Entry

Pte J Leighton's CWGC headstone.
Pte J Leighton's CWGC headstone.

Name Leighton John
Army number 4455789
Rank Private.
Decorations
Date of birth Born 1920/21.
Age 19 at the time of his death.
Unit Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but his number implies 2nd/3rd May 1939. Posted ? 9th Battalion DLI. Posted ? 12th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. DIED 20/5/40, Authority:- L. Casualties.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known. He may have died of wounds sustained before status as a PoW could be documented.
Died/Killed in action DIED 20-May-40 - cause of death not yet ascertained - possibly DIED of WOUNDS. Buried Memorial Plot 8, Row F, Grave 4, BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, Ficheux. No headstone inscription.
Home address Son of Robert William and Margaret Ann Leighton, Blaydon-on-Tyne.
Source table 1TS