AUCHINLECK Armar Leslie Capt

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AUCHINLECK Armar Leslie Capt

2000-2024

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Surname: AUCHINLECK;

Forename(s): Armar Leslie;

Initials: AL;

Rank: Capt;

Previous Battalion: 4 of;

Previous Regiment: Sco Rif;

MGC Branch: Infantry;

MGC Unit: 123 Coy;

How killed: KIA;

Where: France;

When killed: 17-Sep-1916;

Other Data: Addition to Family Gravestone: St Thomas A'Becket Church, Warblinton, Hants
Brass Plaque: Church, Edenberry, Tyrone, N.I.
Name:
Captain Armar Leslie AUCHINLECK MGC 123rd Coy (att. from
4/Scottish Rifles)
Parents: Colonel John Claude Alexander AUCHINLECK Royal Horse Artillery (born about 1836 in IRL - died 28 Dec 1892) and Mary Eleanor EYRE (born about 1850 in Eyrecourt. Co. Galway, IRL - died 12 Mar 1937)
Life Range 2 Aug 1887- 17 Sep 1916
Marriage Status: This person had no relationships and no children
Abt 1836 Birth of Father: Colonel John Claude Alexander AUCHINLECK Royal Horse Artillery (born about 1836 in IRL - died 28 Dec 1892). In IRL.
Abt 1850 Birth of Mother. Mary Eleanor EYRE (born about 1850 in Eyrecourt, Co. Galway, 1RL - died 12 Mar 1937). In Eyrecourt, Co. Galway, IRL.
2 Aug 1887 Birth:
1891 Census: Lewisham, KEN, ENG. At 26 Longton Grove: John C. A. AUCHINLECK, retired Colonel Royal Artillery, 55, born Ireland Mary E„ wife, 41, born Ireland Claude J. E., son 6, born Aldershot, Hampshire Armar L., son, 3, born Madras East Indies Cerise, dau, 2 born Hertofrdshire [Plus 2 servants] (They had another daughter Katherine Ruth born 1892)
28 Dec 1892 Death of Father. Colonel John Claude Alexander AUCHINLECK Royal Horse Artillery (born about 1836 in IRL - died 28 Dec 1892).
1 Feb 1893 Probate: Father. Of Langstone House, Havant, Hants; Colonel in Her Majesty's Army retired list; to Mary Eleanor Auchinleck widow. Effects £737.
1901 Census: Havant. HAM, ENG. Visitors at "Langbrook", South Street: Mary Auchinleck, widow, 48, living on own means, born Ireland Armar, 13, born India
1907 Ranker PreWan TF: Militia.
1908 Commission:
1911 Census: Mother. Plomegate, Suffolk. At the Rectory, Woodbridge: (With a "cousin" Rev James G.R. Darling and family) Mary Eleanour AUCHINLECK, 60, cousin, widow, Army Pension & Own Means Katherine (her daughter), 19, single
26 Jul 1911 Travel: Departed Liverpool for Forcados, Nigeria per Mandingo.
13 Oct 1912 Travel: Arrived Liverpool from Calabar, Nigeria per Almina.
17 Jul1916
Overseas:
17 Sep 1916
Death:
France.
16 Feb 1917
Probate: London, ENG.
AUCHiNLECK, Armar Leslie of Greenways Lower Bourne Franham
Surrey captain 4th battalion Scottish Rifles died 17 September 1916 in
France or Belgium on active service Administration with Will London
16 February to Mary Eleanor Auchinleck widow [his mother).
Effects £945 10s 7d.
17 Mar 1938 Probate: Mother. Of 23 South Close Morden Surrey; administration to Cerise Eleanor Doris JACKSON (wife of Cecil George Hardwicke JACKSON) and Katherine Ruth Leighton BALDWIN (wife of Chevenix BALDWIN; EFFECTS £97
Circumstances: Killed by Shell.
Keywords: Regular Army Officer (seconded to Colonial Office 1911-14).
Personal File: No File.
Father's Occupation: ARMY: Regular Officer.
School: Wellington.
Occupation: Colonial Service. Nigeria.
Empire/Overseas: NIGERIA: Work.
Brothers Served: 1 Older. Field Marshall Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck. GCB. GCIE, CSI, DSO, OBE, bom 1884, died Marrakesh 23 March 1981 62nd Punjabis; MID LG 21-2-19 page 2587 and 15-8-17 30233 page 8340. [There are4MICs) Married Jessie STEWART in Kensington, Middlesex 1921 (they divorced in Dec 1945, no children; the co-respondent was Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Edmund Charles PEIRSE (also divorced 1945) - Times; Lady Auchinleck & Peirse married in 1946.) There is a great deal in books, newspapers and on the net concerning him as I'm sure you know. I have his obituary from The Times. One of the books about him might throw up more information about Armar.
Siblings: Field Marshall Sir Claude John Eyre Auchinleck GCB. GCIE, CSI, DSO, OBE, born 1884, died Marrakesh 23 March 1981 62nd Punjabis; MID LG 21-2-19 page 2587 and 15-8-17 30233 page 8340. (There are4MICs) Married Jessie STEWART in Kensington, Middlesex 1921 (they divorced in Dec 1945, no children; the co-respondent was Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Edmund Charles PEIRSE (also divorced 1945) - Times; Lady Auchinleck & Peirse married in 1946.J. There is a great deal in books, newspapers and on the net concerning him. Cerise Eleanor Gordon AUCHINLECK, b. abt 1889 Married 1915 Cecil George Hardwicke Jackson
Katherine Ruth Leighton AUCHINLECK. b. abt 1892
Married 1923 Montagu Chenevix Baldwin
General Notes:
From the Wellington College Register, 1859-1948:
Auchinleck, Armar Leslie
Son of Col. J. C. A. Auchinleck, RA
Educated at Wellington School from 1899-1905
In the Militia in 1907
Asst Resident in North Nigeria in 1911
Served in Great War from 1914-1916 with the Cameronians attached to the Machine Gun Corps
KIAin 1916
Father:
Appears on several Army Lists. May have been born Fermanagh, Ireland - what appears to be a brother, Armar, living
there in 1911.
From Harts Army List 1888, War Service of Officers:
Colonel Auchinleck served in the Indian Mutiny in 1857-58; and was present at the actions at Cawnpore on the 5th &
6th December 1857, and the defeat of the Gwalior Contingent, the action of Khodagunge, and the re-occupation of
Futtehghur. Was also present at Kunkur on 6th April 1858, and at the attack and capture of Fort Sandee and the pursuit
of Ferozeshah (medal). Served with the Royal Artillery in the Afghan War of 1878-80, and was present at the
engagement at All Kheyl (mentioned in despatches, Brevet of Lt. Colonel, and medal). Served with the Burmese
Expedition in 1885-86 in command of the Line of Communications (mentioned in despatches. Medal with Clasp.)
Armar is listed in Ireland's Memorial Records of the Great War, p. 58;

Other Notes: AUCHINLECK, Captain, ARMAR LESLIE, 4th Bn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) attd. 123rd Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 17th September 1916. Age 29. Son of the late Col. J. C. Auchinleck (R.H.A.), and of Mary E. Auchinleck, of Greenways, Farnham, Surrey. Educated at Wellington College. Assistant British Resident, Northern Nigeria. Pier and Face 4 D Thiepval Memorial - Somme, France.;

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