Service Details
Name:
 LEIGH
Given Name:
 EDWARD
Initials:
 E
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 Hampshire Regiment
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Unit:
 2nd Bn.
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Date of Death:
 1915-05-01
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Date of Birth:
 1867-08-25
Age:
 47
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Additional
Information:
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Francis Augustine Leigh, of Rosegarland, Co. Wexford; husband of Mary Meade Leigh, of Clareinch, Claremont, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. 29 years' service in the 1st, 2nd and 7th Bns. of the Hampshire Regt. Served in the South African Campaign and in India, Malta, and the British West Indies.
Commemoration
Country:
 Turkey
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Cemetery:
 REDOUBT CEMETERY, HELLES
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Grave Reference:
 I. A. 18.

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