Wickham Leathes Harvey was killed in action on this day in 1915

Wickham Leathes Harvey was born in Twickenham on 8 Jan 1888, the son of Arthur and mother Emily (née Stanger-Leathes from New South Wales, Australia) of Hoon-Hay, the Drive, Belmont Surrey.

At the 1901 Census, age 13, Wickham lived at home in Bromley with his parents, three siblings, two aunts and three domestic servants.

He went to school at Quernmore, Bromley, Kent and then joined the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the Indian Army on 9 Sept 1908 and attached to the 1st South Wales Borderers for his first year before joining them at Quetta, 9 November 1908. He was posted to the 7th DCO Rajputs at Dinapore on 7 November 1909 and promoted Lieut. on 9 Dec. 1910.

At the outbreak of war, he went to Mesopotamia and took part in the fighting before and in the occupation of Basra at the Battle of Kurna where he was wounded.

He was killed in action during a reconnaissance near Ahwz, Persia on 3 March 1915 while rescuing a wounded fellow officer, Lieut. Burgoyne Wallace. Lt. Harvey is commemorated on the Tehran Memorial.

Lieut. Wickham Leathes Harvey, 7th Duke of Connaught’s Own Rajputs, Indian Army