Family group:

Pair: Private T. Leslie, 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 23 August 1915

British War and Victory Medals (S-12054 Pte. T. Leslie. Cam’n Highrs.); Memorial Plaque (Thomas Leslie) generally very fine or better

Pair: Lance Corporal J. A. Leslie, 6th (Service) Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers, who was taken Prisoner of War on the Western Front on 25 April 1918

British War and Victory Medals (27129 Pte J. A. Leslie. K.O.S.B.) in named card boxes of issue, and in O.H.M.S. postal envelope addressed to ‘Mr. J. A. Leslie, 6 Oakville Terrace, Leith.’, extremely fine (5) £160-£200

Thomas Leslie was born in North Leith, Midlothian, and was the son of Robert and Helen Leslie of 6 Oakville Terrace, Leith, Edinburgh. He served during the Great War with the 1st Battalion, Cameron Highlanders in the French theatre of War from 27 November 1914. Private Leslie was killed in action on the Western Front on 23 August 1915, and is buried in the Vermelles British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France.

John Anderson Leslie was the brother of the above. He served during the Great War with the 6th (Service) Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers on the Western Front from 11 December 1915. Leslie was taken Prisoner of War on the Western Front on 25 April 1918, and interned at Saaralben.