Rank
Lieutenant
Medals
1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Regiment
Royal Flying Corps, 21st Squadron, and Royal Garrison Artillery
Military Service
1915 Leckie, Lieutenant in Royal Garrison Artillery, served in France from 1 Sept.
1916 He learned to fly at the Military [Flying?] School, Catterick Bridge on a Maurice Farman Biplane, and his certificate is dated 11 December.
1917 Serving with 21 Squadron as a Flight Commander. In February the Squadron was equipped with RE8s and employed in a reconnaissance and artillery observation role.
Born
Death
7th July 1917
Circumstances of death
Killed in action with Captain H P Osborne when RE8 Serial A4606 was shot down while on artillery observation in the Ypres Salient.
Age
28
Burial
Perth Cemetery (China Wall), I. D. 5.
CWGC Information
Son of Alexander and Elizabeth Mary Leckie
Parents
Alexander Leckie (c1852-1909) & Elizabeth (c1854-)
Fathers Occupation
Siblings
Alexander born c1886, Mary born c1893, Douglas born c1895
Spouse
Education
Occupation
Electrical engineer’s draughtsman
1891 Census
206 Lordship Road, Stoke Newington, London
1901 Census
40 Amhurst Park, Hackney, London
1911 Census
24 Murray Road, Rugby [in lodgings]
Home Address
1917 – 9 Endsleigh Gardens, Bloomsbury, Middlesex.
Glasgow Necropolis
Other Memorials
Scottish National War Memorial
Other Information
In 1913 Graham Leckie sailed on the RMS Mauretania to New York; it is not known whether he was planning to emigrate permanently or was simply visiting. Nor is it known when he returned to the UK.
Probate was granted to Lieut. Alexander Leckie on 18 January 1918; value of effects £327 7s 9d
His mother was still alive after the War living at 5 Langside Terrace, Glasgow and in the early 1920s his brother Alexander of 6 Panton Street, Gordon Square, London was listed by CWGC as next of kin.
Acknowledgements and Sources
Much of the information on which this profile is based is drawn from various internet sources which are listed below. The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis also wish to make full acknowledgement and thanks for the permitted use of any information or images generously supplied specifically for exhibition, publication or display in connection with The Roll of Honour and accompanying profiles to Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk), Findmypast (www.findmypast.co.uk),
Commonwealth War Graves Commission – www.cwgc.org
Family Search – www.familysearch.org
The Long, Long Trail – http://www.1914-1918.net/
Scotlands People – www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
The Scottish War Memorials Project – www.warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com
Henshaw, T. The sky their battlefield. Air fighting and the complete list of Allied air casualties from enemy action in the First World War: Grub Street Publishers, 1995
Rank
Lieutenant
Medals
1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal
Regiment
Royal Flying Corps
Regiment Information
Royal Flying Corps, 21st Squadron, and Royal Garrison Artillery
Military Service
1915 Leckie, Lieutenant in Royal Garrison Artillery, served in France from 1 Sept.
1916 He learned to fly at the Military [Flying?] School, Catterick Bridge on a Maurice Farman Biplane, and his certificate is dated 11 December.
1917 Serving with 21 Squadron as a Flight Commander. In February the Squadron was equipped with RE8s and employed in a reconnaissance and artillery observation role.
Born
Death
7th July 1917
Circumstances of Death
Killed in action with Captain H P Osborne when RE8 Serial A4606 was shot down while on artillery observation in the Ypres Salient.
Age
28
Burial
Perth Cemetery (China Wall), I. D. 5.
CWGC Information
Son of Alexander and Elizabeth Mary Leckie
Parents
Alexander Leckie (c1852-1909) & Elizabeth (c1854-)
Father's Occupation
Siblings
Alexander born c1886, Mary born c1893, Douglas born c1895
Spouse
Education
Occupation
Electrical engineer’s draughtsman
1911 Census
24 Murray Road, Rugby [in lodgings]
Home Address
1917 – 9 Endsleigh Gardens, Bloomsbury, Middlesex.
Glasgow Necropolis
1891 Census
206 Lordship Road, Stoke Newington, London
1901 Census
40 Amhurst Park, Hackney, London
Other Memorials
Scottish National War Memorial
Other Information
In 1913 Graham Leckie sailed on the RMS Mauretania to New York; it is not known whether he was planning to emigrate permanently or was simply visiting. Nor is it known when he returned to the UK.
Probate was granted to Lieut. Alexander Leckie on 18 January 1918; value of effects £327 7s 9d
His mother was still alive after the War living at 5 Langside Terrace, Glasgow and in the early 1920s his brother Alexander of 6 Panton Street, Gordon Square, London was listed by CWGC as next of kin.
Acknowledgements and Sources
Much of the information on which this profile is based is drawn from various internet sources which are listed below. The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis also wish to make full acknowledgement and thanks for the permitted use of any information or images generously supplied specifically for exhibition, publication or display in connection with The Roll of Honour and accompanying profiles to Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk), Findmypast (www.findmypast.co.uk),
Commonwealth War Graves Commission – www.cwgc.org
Family Search – www.familysearch.org
The Long, Long Trail – http://www.1914-1918.net/
Scotlands People – www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
The Scottish War Memorials Project – www.warmemscot.s4.bizhat.com
Henshaw, T. The sky their battlefield. Air fighting and the complete list of Allied air casualties from enemy action in the First World War: Grub Street Publishers, 1995
Credits
Compiled by Morag Fyfe, Historical and Genealogical Researcher for The Friends of Glasgow Necropolis.
Graham Leckie - (Royal Aero Club Aviators’ Certificates, 1910-1950, Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon)
Graham Leckie Monument - Epsilon Glasgow Necropolis