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|Army number=4455789 | |Army number=4455789 | ||
|Rank=Pte | |Rank=Pte | ||
|Date of birth=Born 1920/21. | |||
|Age=19 | |Age=19 | ||
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, T, no enlistment date, | |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 | |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. | |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 | |Source table=1TS | ||
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Revision as of 10:57, 22 November 2016
Personnel Entry
Name Leighton John
Army number 4455789
Rank Pte
Decorations
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.
Company/Battery
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role
Joined Brigade Probably 1/9/1939.
Promotions
Wounded
Prisoner of War
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.
Source table 1TS