Leighton John Pte 4455789
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.
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