Photo submitted by Gerald Napier - (from the Royal Engineers Library with permission)

Edward Pemberton Leach VC KCB KCVO, born Londonderry 2 April 1847 was an Irish 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. Sir Edward was educated at Highgate School. Photo of Victoria Cross recipient Edward Pemberton Leach, migrated from the Victoria Cross Reference site with permission. ... Photo of Victoria Cross recipient Edward Pemberton Leach, migrated from the Victoria Cross Reference site with permission. ... The Victoria Cross (VC) is a military decoration awarded for valour in the face of the enemy to members of armed forces of some Commonwealth countries and previous British Empire territories. ... Military Badge of the Order of the Bath The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. ... Victoria founded the Royal Victorian Order. ... is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Victoria Cross (VC) is a military decoration awarded for valour in the face of the enemy to members of armed forces of some Commonwealth countries and previous British Empire territories. ... The Commonwealth of Nations as of 2006 Headquarters Marlborough House, London, UK Official languages English Membership 53 sovereign states Leaders  -  Queen Elizabeth II  -  Secretary-General Don McKinnon (since 1 April 2000) Establishment  -  Balfour Declaration 18 November 1926   -  Statute of Westminster 11 December 1931   -  London Declaration 28 April 1949  Area  -  Total... Highgate School is a British Independent School in London, England. ...

Details

He was 31 years old, and a captain in the Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army during the Second Afghan War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC. Captain is a rank or title with various meanings. ... The Corps of Royal Engineers (RE), commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... ...

On 17 March 1879 near Maidanah, Afghanistan, Captain Leach, with some men of the 45th Sikhs, was covering the retirement of the Survey Escort who were carrying a mortally wounded lieutenant. The captain charged with his small band a very large number of the enemy and in the encounter he killed two or three himself while receiving a severe wound in his left arm. His action saved the whole party from annihilation. is the 76th day of the year (77th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1879 (MDCCCLXXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

Further information

Later Sir Edward. He later achieved the rank of general. He died Caddenabbia, Lake Como, Italy, 27 April 1913.^[1] This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Lake Como (Lago di Como in Italian, also known as Lario; Latin: Larius Lacus) is a lake of glacial origin in Lombardy, Italy. ... April 27 is the 117th day of the year (118th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 248 days remaining. ... Year 1913 (MCMXIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

The medal

His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Engineers Museum (Chatham, England). The Royal Engineers is a corp of the British Army, a British equivalent of the US Army Corps of Engineers. ... , Chatham is a large English town that developed around an important naval dockyard on the east bank of the River Medway to the south-east of London in the county of Kent. ...

Notes

1. ^ Who's Who 1914 has his date of death as Apr. 26

References

Listed in order of publication year

• The Register of the Victoria Cross (1981, 1988 and 1997)
• The Irish Sword (Brian Clarke 1986)
• Irelands VCs ISBN 1-899243-00-3 (Dept of Economic Development 1995)
• The Sapper VCs (Gerald Napier, 1998)
• Monuments to Courage (David Harvey, 1999)
• Irish Winners of the Victoria Cross (Richard Doherty & David Truesdale, 2000)

The Register of the Victoria Cross A list of all 1350 Victoria Crosses with details of each recipient ISBN 0906324033 Publisher: Cheltenham: This England Books; 1981 Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4 - 9 3/4 Pagination: 303 + 4. ... Irish Born Winners of the Victoria Cross The Irish Sword Acknowledgements: Rev Canon W.M Lummis, M.C., his wife Brenda and daughter, Shanny Morris, Lieutenant Colonel D.N.Ascoli, Major G.A.N Boune, JP, Mrs J. Campbell, Lieutenant Colonel W.R.H Charley,JP,DL,John Evans, PFaiers... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... The Sapper VCs is a book by Colonel GWA Napier. ... Monuments To Courage is a book by David Harvey, published in 1999. ... The following people are Irish recipients of the Victoria Cross. ...

External links

• Royal Engineers Museum Sappers VCs