In Memory Of

LEIGH, EDWARD

Service Details
Age:
 47
Date of Birth:
 1867-08-25
Rank:
 Major
Unit:
 2nd Bn.
Regiment:
 Hampshire Regiment
Date of Death:
 1915-05-01
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 I. A. 18.
Cemetery:
 REDOUBT CEMETERY, HELLES
Country:
 Turkey
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.