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|Surname and forenames=Leighton John | |Surname and forenames=Leighton John | ||
|Army number=4455789 | |Army number=4455789 | ||
| − | |Rank= | + | |Rank=Private. |
|Date of birth=Born 1920/21. | |Date of birth=Born 1920/21. | ||
| − | |Age=19 | + | |Age=19 at the time of his death. |
| − | |Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, but | + | |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 | + | |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. | + | |Prisoner of War=Not as far as is known. He may have died of wounds sustained before status as a PoW could be documented. |
| + | |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
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
