Surname(s) Leckie
First name(s) Malcolm
Family details Son of James Blyth Leckie and Selina Leckie of Monkstown, Crowborough, Sussex
Education Blackheath Preparatory School then privately abroad
College Guy's Hospital
College Dates 1899-1907
Dept / course Conjoint Diploma
Qualifications M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P.
Military unit Royal Army Medical Corps
Date enlisted 1908
War / conflict World War One (1914-1918)
Campaigns Egypt, France
Decorations D.S.O. Mentioned in Despatches
Citation(s) D.S.O. For gallant conduct and exceptional devotion to duty in attending wounded at Frameries, where he was himself wounded
Date of death 28 August 1914
Age at death 34
Rank at death Captain
Place of death Frameries near Mons
Cause of death Died of wounds received on the 24th in the retreat from Mons
Burial place Frameries Communal Cemetery, Belgium
Brother-in-law of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
In Vol. II of "The History of Spiritualism" Doyle expressed a belief in the Angel of Mons.
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