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Surname: LEIGH
Forename(s): Ernest Kirkham
Place of Birth: Darwen, Lancashire
Service No: 20/188
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Cheshire Regiment
Battalion / Unit: 9th (Service) Battalion
Division: 19th (Western) Division
Age: 24
Date of Death: 1916-07-28
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: XV. A. 3.
CWGC Cemetery: CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: BARNOLDSWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Ernest Kirkham Leigh was the son of John and Betsy Leigh, née Kirkham. Both parents were born at Darwen, Lancashire.
1901 Darwen, Lancashire Census: 13, Brook Street - Ernest K. Leigh, aged 8 years, born Darwen, son of John and Betsy Leigh.
1911 Barnoldswick, Yorkshire Census: 8, Ashgrove Terrace - Earnest Leigh, aged 18 years, born Darwen, Lancashire, son of John and Betsy Leigh.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Ernest K. Leigh, 20/188, West Yorkshire Regiment. K. in A. 29 September 1916.
Ernest was attached to the 9th (Service) Bn Cheshire Regiment at the same time as Private Henry Richard Leeming (20/146) (q.v.).
Ernest's remains were exhumed at map reference: 57d.X.18.a.8.0. and re-buried in Caterpillar Valley Cemetery.
Although SDGW and Graves Registration Report Form give Ernest's death as 29 July the CWGC gives 28 July.
A short biography of Ernest is included in: ‘Barnoldswick – A small Town’s part in conflicts 1800 to 2014’ by Peter Ian Thompson (2014).
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
LEIGH, E.K., aged 23 years, West Yorkshire Regiment (Bradford Pals), and who resided at 8, Ashgrove, Barnoldswick, killed in action in France, July 28, 1916.
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Private Ernest Kirkham LEIGH
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Cheshire Regiment
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 19th (Western) Division
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