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Family Group: A Great War 'Western Front' M.C. group of three awarded to Major J. Leckie,...
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Family Group: A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of three awarded to Major J. Leckie, Machine Gun Corps, who died of wounds on 29 August 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, in case of issue; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major J. Leckie.) extremely fine Three: Captain R. W. Leckie, Royal Field Artillery British War and Victory Medals (Capt. R. W. Leckie.); Defence Medal, mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s related miniature awards, these similarly mounted, contact marks, very fine (6) £800-£1,000 --- M.C. London Gazette, 3 June 1918. M.I.D. London Gazette, 25 May 1917. John Leckie was born in Edinburgh on 10 June 1891. He attended George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, from 1897 to 1908, afterwards attending Edinburgh University, where, as a member of Edinburgh University Officer Training Corps, he was commissioned into the South Staffordshire Regiment in June 1915, for service during the Great War. Transferring into the Machine Gun Corps, he served on the Western Front from 1 July 1916 and was attached to the 56th Division, with whom he fought on the Somme, at Arras and Cambrai, and was four times wounded. Advanced Major, he was further wounded before Bullecourt and died of wounds on 29 August 1918. He is buried in Bac-Du-Sud British Cemetery, Bailleulval, France. Robert Westlands Leckie, older brother of the above, was born in Edinburgh on 22 February 1887. He attended George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, before New College and Edinburgh University, where he joined the Edinburgh University Officer Training Corps and was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery in September 1914 for service during the Great War. According to the Watsonian War Record, he served in Egypt and Salonika before serving on the Western Front in 1917 where he was wounded the following December. Later appointed Royal Artillery Education Officer at Forth Garrison, he was advanced Temporary Captain in June 1919. Post-War, he was ordained into the United Free Church, taking Holy Orders in Edinburgh, where he later died in 1968. Sold with copied research.
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Family Group: A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of three awarded to Major J. Leckie, Machine Gun Corps, who died of wounds on 29 August 1918 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued, in case of issue; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Major J. Leckie.) extremely fine Three: Captain R. W. Leckie, Royal Field Artillery British War and Victory Medals (Capt. R. W. Leckie.); Defence Medal, mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s related miniature awards, these similarly mounted, contact marks, very fine (6) £800-£1,000 --- M.C. London Gazette, 3 June 1918. M.I.D. London Gazette, 25 May 1917. John Leckie was born in Edinburgh on 10 June 1891. He attended George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, from 1897 to 1908, afterwards attending Edinburgh University, where, as a member of Edinburgh University Officer Training Corps, he was commissioned into the South Staffordshire Regiment in June 1915, for service during the Great War. Transferring into the Machine Gun Corps, he served on the Western Front from 1 July 1916 and was attached to the 56th Division, with whom he fought on the Somme, at Arras and Cambrai, and was four times wounded. Advanced Major, he was further wounded before Bullecourt and died of wounds on 29 August 1918. He is buried in Bac-Du-Sud British Cemetery, Bailleulval, France. Robert Westlands Leckie, older brother of the above, was born in Edinburgh on 22 February 1887. He attended George Watson’s College, Edinburgh, before New College and Edinburgh University, where he joined the Edinburgh University Officer Training Corps and was commissioned into the Royal Field Artillery in September 1914 for service during the Great War. According to the Watsonian War Record, he served in Egypt and Salonika before serving on the Western Front in 1917 where he was wounded the following December. Later appointed Royal Artillery Education Officer at Forth Garrison, he was advanced Temporary Captain in June 1919. Post-War, he was ordained into the United Free Church, taking Holy Orders in Edinburgh, where he later died in 1968. Sold with copied research.
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