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Ledgerwood, J., Pte., 1917

Tyne Cot Memorial

Tyne Cot Memorial: Pauline Priano

On the Tyne Cot Memorial, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium, is the name of 42525 Private John Ledgerwood, serving with the 2nd/10th Battalion Manchester Regiment, who died 09/10/1917.

Morpeth Herald 23/11/1917 carries a brief obituary:
ROLL OF HONOUR
LEDGERWOOD.- Killed in action on October 9th, Private John Ledgerwood, 42525, Manchester Regiment, beloved and eldest son of Mr and Mrs A.E. Ledgerwood of Ashington.

Margaret Allison reports that in 1911 he lived at 27 Ninth Row, Ashington, and that he was aged 32 years when he died.

He is remembered in Ashington on A17.01 (A17.27), A17.06, A17.08 and A17.43


The CWGC entry for Private Ledgerwood

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