Brigadier-General Robert Gilmore Edwards Leckie
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Leckie,
Robert Gilmore Edwards
Date of birth: 1869-06-04
Place of birth: Halifax Nova Scotia Canada
Name of next of kin: Margaret Gillies
Relationship of next of kin: Sister
Address of next of kin: 1359 Davie Street, Vancouver, British Columbia
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Consulting Engineer
Occupation (normalized): Other Engineers
Address:
Vancouver Club, 615 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, British Columbia
Height: 70.0 inches
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1923-06-22
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Brigadier-General
Rank detail
- Brigadier-General 1917-05-04 to 1920-03-15
- Brigadier-General 1916-12-16 to 1917-05-04
- Brigadier-General (Army). 1916-12-08 to 1916-12-16
- Lieutenant-Colonel, 16th Battalion, Infantry (Army). 1914-09-15 to 1916-12-08
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: yes
Battle wounded/killed:
Wounded February 17, 1916 at Messines
RESEARCH INFORMATION
LAC ID:
519339
Service file: B5508-S020
Uploader's Notes: Original Commanding Officer of the 16th Battalion CEF.
Uploader's Research notes:
Son of Major Robert Gilmour Leckie and Sarah Plimsoll Leckie (nee Edwards); husband of Eileen Pearce Leckie (nee Sunderland) married December 12, 1919
16th Battalion Nominal Roll
Died of illness
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2009-02-13
Last modified: 2025-11-10