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|Rank=Pte
|Rank=Pte
|Age=0
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|Unit=Gordons, BW 16/3/44, 1 TS
|Unit=Enlisted in the Gordon Highlanders.  Transferred to the Black Watch 16/3/44, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish.  Served Normandy.  Posted to the 5th Battalion Black Watch.  Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 8/3/46.
|Home address=Understood to have come from Houghton-le-Spring.
|Source table=1TS
|Source table=1TS
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Tommy Leighton is mentioned in Dr Tom Renouf's sutobiography "Black Watch" but his surname has been spelled "Leyton" in that publication.

Latest revision as of 10:08, 15 August 2019

Personnel Entry

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Name Leighton Thomas
Army number 2886368
Rank Pte
Decorations
Date of birth
Age 0
Unit Enlisted in the Gordon Highlanders. Transferred to the Black Watch 16/3/44, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served Normandy. Posted to the 5th Battalion Black Watch. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 8/3/46.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action
Home address Understood to have come from Houghton-le-Spring.
Source table 1TS

Tommy Leighton is mentioned in Dr Tom Renouf's sutobiography "Black Watch" but his surname has been spelled "Leyton" in that publication.