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L/Cpl. Robert Lightburn

British Army 11th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders

from:South Moor, Stanley Co. Durham

(d.23rd Apr 1917)

Lance Corporal Robert Lightburn, my father's brother in law, was killed (aged 29) in the Second Battle of Arras, he was serving with 11th. Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. My father's step brother, Emmerson Beckwith (aged 25) was killed just 6 days before in the same battle, but different sectors. The two families lived within 1 mile of each other in the same mining village in North West Durham



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