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Personnel Entry
Name Veitch Ernest Hardinge
Army number Not yet known.
Rank Major
Decorations M.C. gazetted 1/1/1918. British War Medal, Victory Medal and 1914-15 Star.
Date of birth Birth registered Q4 1876, Durham.
Age 0
Unit Commissioned as 2/Lt in the 8th Battalion of The Durham Light Infantry 21/5/1908. Served in France with 8th Battalion during the First World War. Volunteered to work in 70th Brigade HQ. Left to work with Northumbrian Area Quartering Committee.
Company/Battery Brigade Headquarters.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Voluntary appointment on the Brigade Staff.
Joined Brigade Exact date not yet known.
Promotions Not yet traced.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action 27/7/1959 in The Friarage Hospital, Northallerton.
Home address Son of John Hardinge Veitch and Mary Louise Ord. Married Amelie Marjorie Helen Spowart at Durham in 1921. Lived Crossgate Moor and Nevilles Cross.
Source table 70BG
