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Joseph West

Details

Forename Joseph
Surname West
Middle Name William
Memorial Leigh Cenotaph
Age 42
Address 43 Lord Street
Parents' Address
Township Leigh
Rank Private
Occupation or place of work Plank Lane Collieries
Regiment Gordon Highlanders 2nd Batt
Day of Death 20
Month of Death June
Year of Death 1915
Cause of Death Died of wounds
Place of Burial Lillers Communal Cemetery
Regiment Number S/8861
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Husband of Gertrude and son of late Amos. Left behind 10 children, the oldest being 18
On Leigh Journal Roll of Honour
CWGC, Ancestry, LJ 1/4/15