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<blockquote data-quote="John Robertson" data-source="post: 2737" data-attributes="member: 1"><p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>SURNAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Leigh </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>FORENAME</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>David Blair </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>UNIT</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 SAS (C Squadron) </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>RANK</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Second Lieutenant </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>NUMBER</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>336518 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>DATE OF DEATH</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>23rd August 1944 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>AGE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>27 </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>GRAVESITE</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Epoisses Communal Cemetery,France only British military grave </em></p> <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><strong>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</strong></li> </ul> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>parent unit Army Air Corps</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>former Green Howards (Yorkshire Regiment)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>born China</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>resided Ayr,Ayrshire</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>"native of London" in one account</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>elder son of David and Mrs Leigh,Shanghai,China</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>husband of Ethel Cormack Stewart Leigh,Atholl Lodge,84 Ayr Road,Prestwick,Ayrshire (died 22.2.2010 age 92)(ashes interred with David)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>married 1.6.1944</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>1 SAS (A Squadron) 1943 (ranks)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>2 SAS (C Squadron) 1944 (2Lt)</em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em>Op.Wallace - KIA Villaines,France </em></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><em><a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/d-leigh.13102/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/13/13102-d55f3e82c31b3fdb41a09cfdb904afbd.jpg?1591398789" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/d-leigh.1610/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/1/1610-881e928de3f360b4cdfa8844e2aeb465.jpg?1591383288" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/d-leigh-grave.8822/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/8/8822-a8afeef19f27d0862fe788485451c190.jpg?1591389382" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/d-leigh-grave.8821/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/8/8821-53b6c1a3862386134afd455c077d7860.jpg?1591389382" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/d-leigh-grave.13101/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/13/13101-08531b4bd2013df053c2246e97358477.jpg?1591398789" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a> <a href="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?media/d-leigh-wedding.13109/" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.specialforcesroh.com/data/xfmg/thumbnail/13/13109-659b38b542a8d588f2704a73414772ad.jpg?1591398792" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
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