Captain Claude R Heygate

  • Batt - 2
  • Unit - King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
  • Section -
  • Date of Birth -
  • Died - 01/07/1916
  • Age - 29

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Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Major and Mrs W. H. B. Heygate.

Source: Leicestershire War Memorials Project.
Coalville Times article - Friday July 14th, 1916

CAPT. C. HEYGATE KILLED

Captain Claud Heygate, second son of Captain W. H. B. Heygate, of Woodhouse Eaves, has been killed in action. Captain Heygate had all his three sons serving.

Research undertaken and submitted by Andy Murby 14/10/2017

Leicestershire Project Findings
  • Conflict - World War I
  • Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
  • Place of death - Battle Of The Somme
  • Burial Place - Sp Mem B Ii, Gordon Dump Cemetery, Ovillers La Boisselle
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
  • Attached Unit - 10th Bn. King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
  • Unit - King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
  • Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
  • Burial Commemoration - Gordon Dump Cem., Ovillers-la-Boisselle, France
  • Place of Residence - Roecliffe Manor, Loughborough, Leicestershire, England
  • Memorial - ST. PAUL'S CHYRD. MEM., WOODHOUSE EAVES, LEICS
  • Memorial - WOODHOUSE EAVES MEM., LEICS

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