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Father And Son Grouping Medals Photos Silver CaseUp for your consideration is a rather interesting father and son grouping to majro thomas leith and his son major t. G. Leith obe. The grouping consists of a framed photo full dress photo of the father measuring 5 1/2 x 8, a 7 5/8 by 11 3/4 framed photo of the son, another unframed photo of the son measuring 7 3/4 by 9, the son's cased miniature medals(the obe & 1902 coronation medals mounted, war & victory medals are loose)and the son's hallmarked(2 sets of hallmarks inside the case)presentation silver cigarette case. Major thomas leith b. 1830, d. 28 feb. 1920appointed lt. 14th. Bombay native infantry 1848east india register 1857hart's annual army lits 1869 as a major bombay staff corps2nd. Lt. 3 feb. 1848, lt. 9 june 1851, brevet capt. 21 feb 1859, brevet major 3 feb 1868last regt. Served 14th.
Bombay native ifnantry as second in command with 21 years serviceasst. To political superintendant 10 october 1866left indian force around 1870/72not in hart's quarterly for 1873. His son, major t.
G. Letih obe, 2nd. Lt. 4th. Prince of wales leinster(rc)4 dec.
1900, lt. Gordon highlanders 4 dec.
1901, resigns commission 8 oct. 1904,2nd. Lt rfc special reserve 14 dec.
1916, temp. Capt. Rfc special reserve 1 july 1916, general list temp. Major 1 april 1918 with ministry of munitions, and aircraft production, obe-london gazette-10 october 1919. Footnoteearlier this year i had the grandson's rcaf city of toronto certificate fo appreciation and a photo of him which were sold on ebay as i was told nothing further was forthcoming-yeh right! The grandson's nmae was plt. Off. Phillip edward meric leith dfc, no. 405 squdarondfc lg-22/9 1942. Thanks for looking in, good luck and as usualbeware of snipers-especially that tobinator guy!
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