JAMES LEITH
Lieutenant, 14th Light Dragoons
Born: 26 May 1826, Glenkindie, Aberdeenshire
Died: 13 May 1869, Paddington, London
Citation: For conspicuous bravery at Betwah, on the 1st of April, 1858, in having charged alone, and rescued Captain Need, of the same Regiment, when surrounded by a large number of rebel Infantry.
Despatch from Major-General Sir Hugh Henry Rose, G.C.B., dated 28th April, 1858.
[London Gazette issue 22212 dated 24 Dec 1858, published 24 Dec 1858.]
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