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Private HARRY LEIGHTON

Service Number: 45337
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry

15th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 October 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

V. D. 28.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Leighton, of 31, Noakes Buildings, Wolverhampton.
  • Personal Inscription BLESSED ARE THE DEAD THAT DIE IN THE LORD
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Buried or commemorated at

TINCOURT NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2139
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