Son of Alfred and Eliza Leigh, of 12, Bridge Street, Kearsley, Lancashire. Killed by a shell.
Leigh, Charles Robert –
Personal details
- Surname: Leigh
- Forename: Charles Robert
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Kearsley, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Kearsley, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 26
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: May 10th, 1918
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: 19th (3rd City) (Service) Battalion.
- Service number: 36708
- Regiment: King's Liverpool Regiment
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Preston, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: V / BW
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Farnworth "Fallen In The Fight" Book
- Farnworth (St. John the Evangelist) C.E. Church WWI Memorial
- Farnworth WWI War Memorial - Farnworth
- Kearsley War Memorial Cross (WWI Plaque)
- CWGC Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial, Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- CWGC reference: Panel 31 to 34 and 162 and 162A and 163A.
Local newspaper entries
- Farnworth and Worsley Journal entries: 31/05/1918 02/08/1918 27/12/1918