Private Thomas Leckey
Number: 9473
Company: 46th (Belfast) Company, 13th Battalion
ENLISTMENT
Date: 17 January 1900
Place: Belfast
Age: 25 years
Trade of calling: Damask tenter
Place of birth: Parish Belfast, Town Belfast, County Antrim
Family: Father John, mother Jane, eldest brother David, sister Maggie, all of 8 Weirville Terrace, Bloomfield, Belfast
Previous military service: No
Description: Height 5' 9 3/4". Complexion pale, eyes blue, hair brown. Three scars back neck, one scar right forearm.
Religion: Presbyterian
ACTIVE SERVICE
Date to South Africa: 13 March 1900
Campaigns: South Africa 1900
Service medal, clasps and other awards: South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State.
DEATH
Date: 31 May 1900 (Also recorded as killed on 28 and 30 May.)
Place: Lindley
Cause: Killed in action.
Commemorated: Leckey is buried in the Lindley Cemetery. He is commemorated on the Lindley Cemetery Memorial and on the Yeomanry Kop Memorial, Lindley.
Image sourced from The Belfast Weekly Telegraph, 2 June 1900.
This page last updated 9 July 2024.