Harold Leach^{[1, 2]}

1889 - 1952  (62 years)

• Name	Harold Leach
  Birth	30 Aug 1889	Whittlesea, Eastern Cape, South Africa   [3]
  Gender	Male
  1820 Lineage	Yes
  Death	22 Feb 1952	Springs, Transvaal, South Africa   [4]
  	When Harold died he was 62 years 6 months old.
  Person ID	I128773	master
  Last Modified	25 Jul 2021

  
  

  Father	William Oxenham Leach,   b. 27 Nov 1857, Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, South Africa d. 11 May 1916, Keiskama Hoek, District King Williamstown (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Florence Inez Wilson,   b. Jan 1863, Queenstown C P d. 21 May 1905, Whittlesea, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Age 42 years)
  Family ID	F15343	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Louisa Margaret Auriol Drummond-Hay,   b. 22 Feb 1899, Bournmouth, England d. 12 Oct 1990, Untentweni, Kwazulu, Natal (Age 91 years)
  Marriage	5 May 1917	Barnmouth, England
  Children	+ 1. Harold Drummond-Hay Oxenham Leach   2. Peter Arthur Drummond-Hay Leach,   b. 29 Sep 1920, Nigel, Tvl d. 9 Apr 1942, Colombo (Age 21 years) + 3. Auriol Pamela Leach,   b. 3 Feb 1924, Nigel, Tvl d. 30 May 1986, Creighton, Kwazulu, Natal. (Age 62 years) + 4. Mary Dawn Leach
  Family ID	F45864	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2016

  
  

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• Notes

  Harold Leach worked at Sub Nigel Gold Mine after they returned from England. He was a Military Officer in charge of fronts during the 1922 strike by mine workers along the Reef The strikers had instructions to shoot him on sight as a marked man.

  
  

• Sources

  [S2951] LEACH Ben, Manuscript: Leach family, (Johannesburg, B. Leach (Unpublished manuscript), 1999.), Page 21 (Reliability: 3). [S2948] Neil Zimmerman, Zimmerman gedcom. Record originated in Zimmerman gedcom... [S2954] Jean Darley and Jean Bean, Manuscript : Leach Family of Poplar Grove, (Copy sent to 1820 Settlers' Memorial Museum Mrs Jean Darley, P O Box 35043, Northcliff, Johannesburg.), Page 2 (Reliability: 3). [S3011] Personal interview in September, 2001, Dawn Sneddon, Family details supplied by Dawn of the Leach Descendants of Harold Leach. (Reliability: 3).