Great War Dundee
This is Dundee's story of those that served in the First World War, and of the people left at home
John Grant Leitch
Military Information
- Date of enlistment: 01.01.1917
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- Service no: 99927
- Rank: Private
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- Regiment/Service: Machine Gun Corps
- Unit/Ship: 232nd Company
Personal Information
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- Address: 6 Bright St, Lochee, Dundee
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- Father:
George Leitch, 6 Ruthven Place, Lochee, Dundee
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More about John Grant Leitch
John Grant Leitch Machine Gun Corps
Information has been received by Mr and Mrs George Leitch, 6 Ruthven Place, Lochee, that their only son Private John Grant Leitch, Machine Gun Corps, has been posted as missing since 22d March. Pte. Leitch attested under the Derby Scheme when he reached the age of eighteen, and was called up on 1st January last year. He enlisted in the Cameron Highlanders, but was afterwards transferred to the Machine Gun Corps, with which he had been in France for almost nine months.
Dundee Courier 9th April 1918
Information and image kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell
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