Lieut Leach V.C. 2nd Manchester Regiment

Lieut Leach V.C. 2nd Manchester Regiment
Lieut Leach V.C. 2nd Manchester Regiment
Lieut Leach V.C. 2nd Manchester Regiment
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Lieut Leach V.C. 2nd Manchester Regiment
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Lieut Leach
"James Edgar Leach VC (27 July 1892 - 15 August 1958) was a British Army officer and English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces......On 29 October 1914 near Festubert, France, after their trench had been taken by the enemy and two attempts to recapture it had failed, Second Lieutenant Leach and Sergeant John Hogan with a party of 10 volunteers went to recover it themselves. They took the Germans by surprise with a sudden bayonet attack and then working from traverse to traverse they gradually succeeded in regaining possession, killing eight of the enemy, wounding two and taking 16 prisoners."

From Wikipedia 14/04/2015
Photographic print
Sepia
8.87 x 13.91
c1918
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