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Sapper JACOB LEIGHTON

Service Number: 459497
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Date of Death

Died 20 October 1919

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SEGHILL (HOLY TRINITY) CHURCHYARD

T2. 101.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Mary Jane Leighton, of 20, Hartley St., Seaton Delaval, Northumberland.
  • Personal Inscription HIS END WAS PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

SEGHILL (HOLY TRINITY) CHURCHYARD
Northumberland United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 23
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