The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Lance Corporal G Leitch

Lance Corporal George Graham LEITCH, G/19742, 7th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders, France, 12th October 1917, age 29.

Born Galashiels, Roxburghs, son of James and Margaret Leitch.

1911 Census - 4 Greenshaw Terrace, Guiseley, Yorkshire, Leeds - James Leitch, head, age 56, widower, married 30 years, 10 children, 4 still alive, scribbling overlooker, Woollen Maufacturer, worker, born Selkirk, Scotland; Mary Leitch, daughter, age 25, single, housekeeper, at home, born Galashiels, Scotland; George Leitch, son, age 23, single, woolen fettler, Woollen Maufacturer, worker, born Galashiels, Scotland; Maudelima Leitch, daughter, age 18, single, dressmaker, worker, born Ayr, Scotland.

7th June 1913, Provident Chapel, Leeds, Yorkshire, married Lilian Smith, spinster, (born 23rd November 1890).

Enlisted Guiseley, Yorkshire, age 28 years, 8 months, height 5ft 9 inches. Resided 1 Greenshaw Terrace, Guiseley, Yorkshire, Leeds / 1 Well View, Guiseley, Leeds, Yorkshire / 2, Wells Road., Guiseley, Leeds, Yorkshire. Formerly engineers, overlooker, woolen mill.

Home 7th December 1915 to 14th August 1917; BEF 15th August 1917 to 12th October 1917.

7th December 1915, enlisted; 8th December 1915, to Army Reserve; 21st October 1916, mobilized; 21st October 1916, posted Royal Army Service Corps, (Mechanical Transport), Service No.M/26640; 10th January 1917, joined 31st Training Reserve Battalion, Service No.TR/10/25493; 14th February 1917, appointed paid Lance Corporal; 6th March 1917, promoted Acting Corporal; 12th August 1917, Dover, overstaying his pass until 12.15pm 13th August 1917, admonished, forfeits one days pay; 13th August 1917, relinquished Acting rank on posting to BEF; 14th August 1917, embarked; 15th August 1917, Infantry Base Depot; 26th August 1917, transferred to Royal West Kent Regiment, posted 7th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

13th May 1918, pension of 13/9 a week awarded to widow.

Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 106 to 108, Belgium.

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