{"id":6259,"date":"2025-03-29T18:28:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-29T18:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/?p=6259"},"modified":"2025-03-29T18:41:29","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T18:41:29","slug":"leigh-pemberton-t-e-g-lt-13th-london-regiment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/2025\/03\/29\/leigh-pemberton-t-e-g-lt-13th-london-regiment\/","title":{"rendered":"Leigh-Pemberton T E G Lt 13th London Regiment"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Leigh-Pemberton T E G Lt 13th London Regiment<\/p><\/div>\n

LIEUTENANT T. E. G. LEIGH-PEMBERTON<\/p>\n

13TH (COUNTY OF LONDON) PRINCESS LOUISE’S KENSINGTON BATTALION, THE LONDON REGIMENT, T.F.<\/p>\n

THOMAS EDWARD GEOFFREY LEIGH-PEMBERTON was the only son of Wilfred and Alice Augusta Leigh-Pemberton, of Wrinstead Court, Sittingbourne.<\/p>\n

He entered the School in 1907. He left in 1911 and went to Christ Church, Oxford, for about a year and a half, and then entered the firm of Anthony Gibbs and Sons to learn business.<\/p>\n

He received his Commission in May, 1914, was promoted Lieutenant on September 1st, 1914, and went to the Front in November. He was shot while doing duty in a very exposed part of the trenches near Laventie, N. France, on January 11th, 1915. Age 21.<\/p>\n

The Officer Commanding the 25th Infantry Brigade, 8th Division, wrote:-<\/p>\n

“It will be a comfort to you to know how highly he was esteemed as an Officer in this Brigade. He had done excellent work in stimulating the energy of his men; his loss is a genuine one to his Regiment and Country.”<\/p>\n

Source : Memorials Of Rugbeians Who Fell In The Great War Vol 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

LEIGH-PEMBERTON, THOMAS EDWARD GEOFFREY, Lieut., 13th Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington) The London Regt. (T.F.), only s. of Wilfred Leigh-Pemberton, of Wrinsted Court, Sittingbourne, Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Alice Augusta, dau. of the late Capt. David Rolland Erskine, 92nd Highlanders [2nd s. of Sir David Erskine, of Cambo, 1st Bart.], and grandson of Sir Edward Leigh-Pemberton, of Torry Hill and Wrinsted, co. Kent, K.C.B.; b. Wrinsted Court aforesaid, 15 Nov. 1893; educ. Rugby and Christ Church, Oxford, where he was in the O.T.C.; was, at the outbreak of war, learning business with the firm of Antony Gibbs & Sons; appointed 2nd Lieut. in the Kensingtons, 12 May, 1914, and promoted Lieut. 1 Sept. following; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug.; went to France at the beginning of Nov., and was killed in action near Laventie, 11 Jan. 1915; unm. Buried at Estaires. His commanding officer, Lieut. Col. F. G. Lewis, wrote: “I feel I must write and tell you how all my officers will mourn his loss most deeply. His capacity and his popularity made everybody ike him; he was a real good fellow in everyway, and he has made a gap which we can never quite fill. I am sorrier than I can say”; and Major-Gen. Sir A. Turner:
\n“He was a most excellent and conscientious young officer, and a great loss to his battn., in which he was a great favourite.” Capt. Thompson also wrote: “He was a really good officer, always cheerful, and of the very greatest assistance to me in the trying work of the trenches. The battn. has lost a good officer and all the officers a valued friend”; and Sergt. Stiles: “Lieut. Leigh-Pemberton was very much liked and respected by every man he came in touch with. One of our bravest officers; he considered his men; in fact, he used to take four hours duty whilst his sergeant slept, and the sergeant used to take two hours’ duty whilst he (the Lieut.) slept. He would at any time carry the pack of any man who was knocked up. I’m sure any of our men would have followed him through fire and water. His death was a great shock to the whole battn.” He was fond of sports of all kinds and hunted a small pack of harriers of his own.<\/p>\n

Source : De Ruvigny’s Roll Of Honour Vol 1<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LIEUTENANT T. E. G. LEIGH-PEMBERTON 13TH (COUNTY OF LONDON) PRINCESS LOUISE’S KENSINGTON BATTALION, THE LONDON REGIMENT, T.F. THOMAS EDWARD GEOFFREY LEIGH-PEMBERTON was the only son of Wilfred and Alice Augusta Leigh-Pemberton, of Wrinstead Court, Sittingbourne. He entered the School in 1907. He left in 1911 and went to Christ Church, Oxford, for about a year […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-13th-london-regiment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6259"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6264,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6259\/revisions\/6264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ww1photos.com\/firstworldwarsoldiers\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}