Private Cyril W Leigh

Cyril Walter Leigh was the son of Walter and Maria Leigh, of Swilly, Plymouth, he enlisted into the Devonshire Regiment and volunteered for airborne forces.

Private Leigh successfully completed glider training and was posted to 12th (Airborne) Battalion, Devonshire Regiment, and took part in Operation Overlord (Normandy).

Pte Leigh was killed in action on 9 June 1944, aged 21, and was given a field burial near Ranville and was re-interred to Ranville War Cemetery, Calvados, France, on 29 June 1945.

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