In Memory Of
LEIGHTON, ALEXANDER
Service Details
Age:
22
Date of Birth:
1895-08-13
Service No:
14518
Rank:
Private
Unit:
4th Regt.
Regiment:
South African Infantry
Date of Death:
1918-04-17
Cause of Death:
Killed in action
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Panel 15 - 16 and 16A.
Cemetery:
YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen
Country:
Belgium
Additional Information
Son of William and Amy Kate Leighton, of Rosedale, Amalinda, Cape Province. A market gardener. On Cambridge Town war memorial for 1914-18. Commemoration stone in East London (Cambridge) Cemetery