part in Bahr-el-Ghazal Expedition against the Nyam-Nyam Tribes 1905–6

(Egyptian medal with clasp; Medijidich and Osmanich Orders); and (3)

with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 13 Aug. 1914;

was reported missing and wounded after the Battle of Mons, 23 Aug.

1914, and died at Boussu shortly afterwards. When last seen, though

severely wounded, he told his men to go on and never mind him, as

the enemy were in great strength, and it was imperative to get back

to blow up the canal bridge against their advance. Major Leigh was a

fine horseman and polo player, winning his regimental cup the year he

joined the Army. He was well known with the Meath, Pytchley and other

packs, won honours in the open jumping at the Dublin Horse Show, and

headed the winning record for steeplechase riders, both amateurs and

professional, on the Cairo Turf. He _m._ 6 June, 1912, Winifred

Madeline, dau. of the late Rt. Hon. Arthur Frederick Jeffreys, of

Burkham, Hampshire, P.C., M.P.; _s.p._

[Illustration: =Chandos Leigh.=]

=LEIGH, CHARLES=, Petty Officer, 174539, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when

that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=LEIGH, EDWARD=, Major, 2nd Battn. Hampshire Regt., yr. _s._

of the late Francis Augustine Leigh, of Rosegarland, co. Wexford,

Ireland, J.P., D.L., formerly Lieut., 10th Hussars, by his wife,

Augustine, dau. of Charles Perrier, of Metz, Lorraine; _b._

Rosegarland, 25 Aug. 1867; educ. St. Columba’s, co. Dublin; gazetted

2nd Lieut., from the Militia, to the Hampshire Regt., 9 May, 1888; and

promoted Lieut. 4 Jan. 1890, Capt. 22 April, 1894, and Major, 22 July,

1905; joined the 2nd Battn. at Chatham in 1888, but transferred in 1897

to the 1st Battn. then serving on the Indian Frontier at Mooltan, Lundi

Kotal, Peshawar, etc.; volunteered for active service in the South

African War, in which he was employed with the Mounted Infantry, taking