Other Information:Archibald qualified M.B., Ch.B. (with honours) in 1906 and M.D. (highly commended) in 1909 [Edinburgh University]. He entered the war in France on the 12th June 1915. This was announced in the Hereford Times on 26th June 1915, which states he had been with the Hereford unit of the RAMC for the past six weeks. Archibald was the eldest son of the Vicar of Tupsley and Mrs Ledger. His brother, Lt. Raymond K Ledger, who served with the 6th Rifle Brigade and who was attached to the Royal Welsh Fusiliers, was killed in action on the 13th April 1915 at the age of 23 years. [Information sources: 1920 Medical Directory. MIC and The Hereford Times (Photograph from the Hereford Times courtesy of Maggie Tyler]
|