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Henry James Dighton

10 August 2015 by SWM

H. J. Dighton
Service no. 8159
Private, Lincolnshire Regiment, 2nd/5th Battalion
Died aged about 22 on 29 April 1918
Son of Clara Dighton, of 68 Crimsworth Road, South Lambeth, London.
Remembered at Arneke British Cemetery, Nord, France

Information from the 1911 census

Henry (or Harry) Dighton was 15 and working as a grocer’s assistant in 1911. He lived with his family in 4 rooms at 35 a Crimsworth Road, off Brixton Road. His father, James Dighton, 46, who was born in Pimlico, worked as a caterer’s porter. His mother, Clara Dighton (née Baxter), 47, was born in Paddington. They had 6 surviving children (of 8):
William Dighton, 21, a railway van shifter, born in Hammersmith, west London
Isabelle Dighton, 20, a laundry ironer, born in Kensington
Dorothy Dighton, 18, a layer-on for a printer, born in Lee
Harry (Henry) Dighton, 15, a grocer’s assistant, born in Forest Hill
Albert Dighton, 10, born in Lambeth
Stanley Dighton, 7, born in Lambeth

Filed Under: D names, Stockwell War Memorial Tagged With: 1918, age 22, Died, France

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