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Lance Corporal J LEIGH

Service Number: 345286
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Devonshire Regiment

16th (Royal Devon and R. North Devon Yeomanry) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 10 September 1918

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

STE. EMILIE VALLEY CEMETERY, VILLERS-FAUCON

II. C. 19.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Mary Leigh, of Town Farm, Harberton, Devon.
  • Personal Inscription HE VOLUNTERED TO FIGHT AND DIED FOR HIS COUNTRY R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

STE. EMILIE VALLEY CEMETERY, VILLERS-FAUCON
Somme France
Number of casualties: 523
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