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Major JOHN GORDON SHIRLEY LEGGATT

Service Number: 69061
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

55 Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 27 October 1943

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY

13. G. 19.

Tunisia

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles George Shirley Leggatt and Hilda Leggatt, of Formby, Lancashire. M.A. (Cantab.).
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED TO SAVE OTHER MEN'S LIVES
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Buried or commemorated at

MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY
Tunisia
Number of casualties: 2910
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