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{{Personnel
|id=1187
|Surname and forenames=Leighton John
|Army number=4455789
|Rank=Pte
|Date of birth=Born 1920/21.
|Age=19
|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.
|Joined Brigade=Probably 1/9/1939.
|Died/Killed in action=20-May-40
|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.
|Image Name=Leighton_J_4455789.JPG
|Image Title=Pte J Leighton's CWGC headstone.
|Source table=1TS
}}