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PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 8:13 am    Post subject: Neil Leitch Reply with quote

Another entry from the Rothesay and Bute roll of Honour. The details in the roll are:

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No. S/14335, 11th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Died from shock of battle, 20th October 1919
Awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal – “For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty in organising our line after all his company officers had been killed. He exposed himself continually in collecting parties of our men who had become separated, and assisted greatly in re-organising the Lewis Gun teams when casualties occurred (East of Ypres, 22nd August 1917).”


No record of him on CWGC. Couldn't locate a surviving service record. Checked Scotlandspeople for deaths in 1919 and got no matches, same for 1920. There is one for 1918 but that person was 61 so unlikely.

Strangely there is a Corporal Neil Leitch who enlisted in Rothesay who died in 1917. Strangely he isn't on the roll, but I think he is not the same man. The DCM citation for Leitch states he is from Rothesay, so he must be the right man.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 10:12 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Can't see him either David.
There are two Medal Cards for him (one for DCM and the other for campaign medals) http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_fn=&_ln=leitch&_no=14335&_crp=&_ttl=&_cr1=WO+372&_dt=M&_col=200&_hb=tna&image1.x=51&image1.y=11

I wonder if either has any details - if only to confirm date of death???
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 3:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks Ken, I checked both Medal Index Cards. Neither of them have any further details, and don't even mention that he died.

I had a look at the actual medal roll - has no further information either.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 5:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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The Sunday Post of 26 October 1919 records : -

"The death is announced of Mr. Neil Leitch B.Sc. N.D.A, Instructor in Agriculture for County Meath, Ireland, since 1905. Mr. Leitch belonged to a well known Rothesay family, and was a graduate of Glasgow University. He was awarded the D.C.M. for bravery at the Third Ypres battle in 1917".

Source : British Newspaper Archive

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 5:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Name: Neil Leitch
Event Type: Death
Event Place: Navan, County Meath, Ireland
Registration Quarter and Year: Oct - Dec 1919
Registration District: Navan
Age: 37
Birth Year (Estimated): 1882
Volume Number: 2
Page Number: 583

* Neil Leitch b. circa 1882 at Rothesay. Son of Neil and Margaret Leitch
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 5:55 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

1911 census for Ireland has Leitch born in Meath?

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 6:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Glasgow University graduation records has a Graduate Record for Neil Leitch

Forename: Neil
Surname: Leitch
Degree Information: BSc (1905)

Further information from the University records:

Registrar's Handwritten Roll of Graduates gives the date of birth as 24 January 1882

Born 24 January 1882 at Meadow Cap(?) Rothesay, Bute. Father: Neil a gardener. Mother: Margaret Thorburn who had married 9 April 1878 in Rothesay. (scotlandspeople)
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 04, 2015 6:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for that, good work everyone.

Looks like I need to order the death certificate from Ireland - that will need to wait until pay day!

Without a service record it might be difficult to establish it's the same man with the DCM, even harder to confirm it's a service related death. We'll see what the death cert says though.
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PostPosted: Sat Apr 04, 2015 7:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Neill Leitch appears in this interesting RoH for County Meath;

http://meathheritage.awardspace.info/rohtxt3.html

I am quite sure he would have had an obituary in the newspapers at the time given his position.
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