| Sir Edward Pemberton Leach | |
| Birth Date: | 2 April 1847 |
| Death Date: | 27 April 1913 (aged 66) |
| Birth Place: | County Londonderry, Ireland |
| Death Place: | Cadenabbia, Lake Como, Italy |
| Placeofburial: | Griante Cemetery, via Independezia, Griante |
| Serviceyears: | 1866–1912 |
| Rank: | General |
| Branch: | British Army |
| Commands: | 9th (Scottish) Division Scottish Command |
| Unit: | Royal Engineers |
| Battles: | Lushai Expedition Second Anglo-Afghan War Mahdist War |
| Awards: | Victoria Cross Order of the Bath Royal Victorian Order |
General Sir Edward Pemberton Leach (2 April 1847 – 27 April 1913) was an Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Leach was born in County Londonderry, Ireland on 2 April 1847. He was educated at Highgate School in England.
Leach was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1866.[1]
He was 31 years old, and a captain in the Corps of Royal Engineers, British Army and with Bengal Sappers and Miners (British Indian Army) during the Second Anglo-Afghan War when the following deed took place on 17 March 1879 near Maidanah, Afghanistan for which he was awarded the VC.[2]
After this incident promotion followed and he was made Commander of 24 Field Company during the Suakin Expedition in 1885.[1] He was promoted to Major-General on 1 October 1897. From April 1900 he was General Officer Commanding Belfast in which capacity he founded the Ballykinlar training camp.[1] He was appointed General Officer Commanding the 9th Division within Third Army Corps in Ireland on 1 April 1902, and served until 1905.[3] Later that year, he was appointed General Officer Commanding-in-Chief for Scottish Command, in succession to Lieutenant General Sir Charles Tucker, where he served from 1905. to 1909 before he retired in 1912.[1]
Leach died in Cadenabbia, Lake Como, Italy on 27 April 1913.[4] His younger daughter Elsie Leach became a distinguished ornithologist.
His Victoria Cross is displayed at the Royal Engineers Museum, Chatham, England.
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