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Leach was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1866. He was 31 years old, and a captain in the Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army and with Bengal Sappers and Miners (British Indian Army) during the Second Anglo-Afghan War when the following deed took place on 17 March 1879 near Maidanah, Afghanistan for which he was awarded the VC. He died in Cadenabbia, Lake Como, Italy on 27 April 1913.

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  • Edward Pemberton Leach
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  • Leach was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1866. He was 31 years old, and a captain in the Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army and with Bengal Sappers and Miners (British Indian Army) during the Second Anglo-Afghan War when the following deed took place on 17 March 1879 near Maidanah, Afghanistan for which he was awarded the VC. He died in Cadenabbia, Lake Como, Italy on 27 April 1913.
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  • 1866(xsd:integer)
Birth Date
  • 1847-04-02(xsd:date)
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  • 23(xsd:integer)
death place
  • Cadenabbia, Lake Como, Italy
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  • Sir Edward Pemberton Leach
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  • Gen. Sir Edward Leach
Birth Place
  • Londonderry, Ireland
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death date
  • 1913-04-27(xsd:date)
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  • 1905(xsd:integer)
placeofburial
  • Griante Cemetery, via Independezia, Griante
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  • Leach was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1866. He was 31 years old, and a captain in the Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army and with Bengal Sappers and Miners (British Indian Army) during the Second Anglo-Afghan War when the following deed took place on 17 March 1879 near Maidanah, Afghanistan for which he was awarded the VC. After this incident promotion followed and he was made Commander of 24 Field Company during the Suakin Expedition in 1885. By 1899 he was General Officer Commanding Belfast in which capacity he founded the Ballykinlar training camp. He was General Officer Commanding 9th (Scottish) Division from 1902 to 1905 and then General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Scottish Command from 1905 to 1909 before he retired in 1912. He died in Cadenabbia, Lake Como, Italy on 27 April 1913.
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