DCM please help

[DavidOwen]

1 hour ago, EDWARD1 said:

There is a P Ledington,8795 of the Welch on the DCM list

FMP has 8795 P Leddington as a Sergeant. link 2nd RWF with a Gunshot wound to the scalp. He doesn't appear to feature on CWGC

 

Edit: a download of DCM Casualties from CWGC doesn't provide any suitable candidates whose surname begins either LE or DE with a first initial P.

[DavidOwen]

I wonder if the memorial has been changed since its unveiling in 1933?

The reason is that I count 16 names on the photo yet according to the report of the unveiling in the Western Mail 18th September 1933 there were 15 men from the village who died in the conflict.

 

(Image courtesy FMP) FMP link

 

Edit: perhaps the 16th could be the Navy man but the number fifteen is repeated in at least one other article from the time.

[Dannemois]

I have seen many inaccurate reporting in newspapers - this could be another

 

[Guest]

We also cannot verify that name, we visit the Cenotaph often, My ancestors lived in Troedy but it was demolished before i was born  

[DavidOwen]

The IWM Memorials register lists him as P. Leaceian https://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/name/431633

Of course that could be incorrect....

 

The second A looks smaller than the rest of the letters and is not seen as such anywhere else that I can see.

That suggests to me that A may not be correct letter.