Papers of John ('Jack') Leech (1892-1978), Private, 25th Battalion, Kings Liverpool Regiment, September 1915 to February 1919
From: Letter in the AtticLetters from JL to his fiancé, and later wife, Amelia Rose Leech née Rowe (Millie) living in Rottingdean. The letters were sent whilst JL was training in England, in Colchester, and on active service in France and Belgium during the First World War. There are also photographs and postcards dating from this period and photographs and letters relating to John Leech’s time as Scoutmaster in Rottingdean.
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Leech, John, 1892-1978, PrivateDate of creation
1911-1952Extent
Digital scans of 16 letters; 8 photographs; 1 Demobilisation Account; 1 Christmas cardAccess
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC-BY-NC-ND)Reference number
LIA/78Background information
JL was born in Hastings on 20 August 1892 and first came to Brighton around 1910. He worked as a postman in Rottingdean from 1911 and became the Scoutmaster in Rottingdean in the same year having previously been a Scoutmaster in Hastings for 3 years. JL and ARL were married by special licence on 31st October 1917. JL joined the army on 26th September 1915 and was sent to France in 1917. He was demobbed in February 1919. After the war JL went back to his job as Postman. He was awarded the Imperial Service Medal in 1952 and retired in 1953. He died on 16th March 1978.
John Leech seated in uniform
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