| Administrative History | Major W. Leith-Ross was born in Meerut, India in 1884. He was educated at Wellington College and then the Royal Military College at Sandhurst. He received a commission as second lieutenant before joining the 2nd Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment in 1904 and serving in India.
During the First World War he served in France and Belgium with the Ferozepore Brigade and with the 57th Wilde's Rifles. |
| Description | Service files and files relating to the Government of Bengal.
The papers include:
Personal File containing papers relating to Major Leith-Ross' appointment as commanding officer
Letters of recommendation from senior officers for promotion in Indian Army, 1923-1927
War service record of Major Leith-Ross
Papers from period Leith-Ross was Commandant of Berhampore Detention Camp, Murshidabad, c.1933-35
Re-prints of short stories/articles written by Leith-Ross and published in 'The Listener' and Blackwood's Magazine
Transcripts from field service notebooks kept as diaries by Leith-Ross 1904- 1932 including two from 1914-1918
Papers relating to service in 1st Midlothian Battalion Home Guard, c.1941-1945
Copies of 'The Piffer', journal of the P.F.F. Officers' Association, 1958-81
File of papers/correspondence regarding record of service including postings during 1914-1918.
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