BORN 27 July 1892
DIED 15 August 1958 AGE 66
VC Won 29 October 1914 AGE 22
Place VC Won Near Festubert, France
War/Campaign First World War 1914
Name James Edgar Leach No.
VC Issue No. 550 Awards VC
Regiment Manchester Regiment, 2nd Battalion, A Company
Later The Kings Regiment
Now The Duke of Lancasters Regiment
Rank VC Won Second Lieutenant
Rank End Of Career Captain
Place Of Birth North Shields, Northumberland, England
Place Of Death 4 The Lodge, Richmond Way, Shepherd's Bush, London, England
Buried/Location Ashes Mortlake Crematorium, Townmead Road, Richmond, Surrey, England
Cremated Mortlake Crematorium, Townmead Road, Richmond, Surrey, England
Date Buried/Cremated 27 August 1958
Headstone Ashes Plot/Grave no. Plot 8, Garden of Remembrance
Gazetted 22 December 1914
VC Presented 13 January 1915 by King George V at Buckingham Palace, London, England
