BORN BEVERLEY 1893. SON OF THOMAS AND ELIZA DAVISON, OF 10 TRINITY LANE, BEVERLEY. A COAL PORTER. HE ENLISTED AT BEVERLEY. SERVED AS PRIVATE, 2028, 5TH YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 16/02/1916, AGED 22. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS MTHER, ELIZA. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON THE BEVERLEY’S WW1 MEMORIAL, MEMORIAL GARDENS. HE IS BURIED AT LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY, BELGIUM. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION, READS, “EVER IN THOUGHT”.
First name:
JAMES LEIGHTONHOUSE
Military Number:
2028
Rank:
Private
Date Died
16/02/1916
Place died:
Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaaderen, Belgium
Age:
22
10 TRINITY LANE, BEVERLEY, EAST RIDING, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
Place Buried
