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Second Lieutenant GEORGE EDWIN WIGHTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

10th Bn. attd. 11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 August 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. VAAST POST MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE

III. M. 17.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Margaret Mary Wighton, of 150, South Birkbeck Rd., Leytonstone, London, and the late George Whadey Wighton.
  • Personal Inscription FOR LOVE AND DUTY
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. VAAST POST MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 891
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