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Private W E LIGHTON

Service Number: 24341
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 April 1918

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY

IV. B. 10.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest and Sarah Lighton, of 34, Derrington St., Crewe. Native of Bangor, N. Wales. Previously wounded at Arras 9th April, 1917.
  • Personal Inscription PRECIOUS IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD IS THE DEATH OF HIS SAINTS
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Buried or commemorated at

CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1883
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