Private Henry Kightley
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Date of Birth
1880
Date of Death
16 Jun 1917
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- Soldier
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Pte Henry (Harry) Kightley, 50167, 12th Battalion Suffolk Regiment, was killed in action in France on June 16th, 1917. He was aged 37. Press mention of his death appears to have been confined to a brief family announcement.
His name appears on the Luton Roll of Honour without an address, but the 1911 Census reveals that he was a house decorator then living with his widowed mother Charlotte at The Firs, Hazelbury Crescent, Luton, and that he was born in 1880.
Family announcements in The Luton News show that Harry Kightley married Nellie Osborn at Wellington Street Baptist Church on July 30th, 1915. Their only child, Harold Owen Kightley, was born on May 25th, 1916, at the family home at 14 Harcourt Street, Luton.
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Author: Deejaya
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