Born at Manchester, born c.1836, and baptised in Manchester Cathedral on the 18th of September 1836, the son of William and Rachel (nee Crowther) Leach. His parents were married in the same church on the 21st of September 1829.
Enlisted at Manchester on the 11th of January 1855.
Age: 19.
Height: 5' 6".
Trade: Brass-finisher.
Joined the regiment in the Crimea on the 14th of June 1855.
Transferred to the 17th Lancers at Aldershot on the 1st of September 1857.
Regimental No. 62.
Embarked for India from Cork aboard the S.S. "Great Britain" on the 8th of October 1857.
In action against the rebels at Zeerapore on the 29th of December 1858 and at Baroda on the 1st of January 1859.
Named as Thomas "Leech" on the 17th Lancers Mutiny roll.
Discharged, "time expired", from Aldershot on the 11th of January 1867.
Conduct and character: "very good".
In possession of two Good Conduct badges.
Entitled to the Crimean medal with clasp for Sebastopol.
Mutiny medal without clasp.
Not recorded by Lummis and Wynn.
1881 Census
No 14 Trafford Street, Salford, Lancashire
A man of this name was shown in the 1881 Census Returns as a House Painter, aged 45, born at Salford, Lancashire, living with his wife, Harriet, aged 40, born in Manchester. They had four children, three girls and a son, aged 18 to 3 years. The eldest, a daughter, was employed as a Cotton Operative.
Death & burial
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