James Leighton (15274 Pte.)

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a soldier of the border regiment
remembered with honour

Lonsdale Battalion Roll of Honour

Name	James Leighton
Rank	Private
Number	15274
Company	B Company
Attached §
Transferred ¥
Former unit ‡	None listed in SDGW
Enlisted	Carlisle, Cumberland
Resident	23 Garfield Street, Carlisle
Born	Carlisle, Cumberland
Died	10 September 1916
Where died	France and Flanders
How died	Died of wounds
Age	24
Casualty type	Commonwealth War Dead
Grave/Memorial	Grave
Reference no.	V.C.27.
Resting place	Lillers Communal Cemetery
Source	Commonwealth War Graves Commission Soldiers Died in the Great War (1921)
Notes	*Son of the late Peter and Elizabeth Leighton; husband of Esther M. Leighton, of 37 Regent Terrace, Blackwell Road, Carlisle, Cumberland. *Previously employed as a Riveter.

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