H M C Ledger memorial
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TitleH M C Ledger memorial
Reference codeICS45
Datec1916
Scope and ContentPrinted memorial to Second Lieutenant Horace Martin Capon Ledger, Indian Army Reserve of Officers and Observer, Royal Flying Corps, attached to French Seaplane Squadron, killed in Palestine, 1915; containing photograph of Ledger, citation for award of the Croix de Guerre, November 1915, and copies of letters to Mrs Ledger.
Notes2nd Lt H M C Ledger was commissioned in the Indian Army Reserve of Officers, and served initially in a Regiment of the Egyptian Army before training as an Observer in the Royal Flying Corps. In 1915 he was attached to the French Seaplane Squadron in Palestine. He was awarded the Croix de Guerre in Nov 1915 and twice mentioned in the Commanding Admiral's 'Ordre du Jour'. He was shot down and killed near Beersheba on 22 Dec 1915.
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Level of descriptionfonds