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Roland Aubrey Leighton (27 March 1895 – 23 December 1915) was a British poet and soldier, made posthumously famous by his fiancée Vera Brittain's memoir, Testament of Youth.
Biography. Roland Leighton (1895–1915) Roland Aubrey Leighton was born in London on 27th March, 1895, the son of Robert Leighton, a writer of boys' adventure stories, and Marie Connor Leighton, a prolific romance novelist.
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Portrait photograph of Roland Leighton Lt Leighton interrupted his studies at Oxford University to enlist. He died, aged 19, of wounds received in the trenches at Hebuterne on 23 December 1915.
Roland Aubrey Leighton was born in London on 27th March, 1895, the son of Robert Leighton, a writer of boys' adventure stories, and Marie Connor Leighton, a prolific romance novelist. He was sent to Uppingham School in Rutland in 1909, where he edited the school magazine, took the classics prizes and became a quartermaster-sergeant in the ...
He was the fiancé of Vera Brittain. He was aged 19, a Lieutenant in the 1st/7th Bn., Worcestershire Regiment and the son of Robert and Marie Connor Leighton. Postmaster of Merton College, Oxford. He died from wounds sustained during World War I.
- Louvencourt, Picardie
- March 27, 1895
- London, City of London, Greater London, England
Roland Aubrey Leighton. Born 1895. Died 1915. British Army Second Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment 4 Battalion. British Army Lieutenant Norfolk Regiment 4 Battalion.
23 December 1915 : Roland A Leighton. Roland Aubrey Leighton was born on 27 March 1895 in St.John's Wood, London. Roland Leighton was the oldest surviving child of literary parents, Robert Leighton ('man of letters) and Marie (née Connor), a novelist. As a result of the guilt following the death of her first child, Marie spoilt Roland and ...
