Neville Leese OBE DSO (23 March 1872 – 22 June 1948) was an English first-class cricketer, miner and British Army officer.
[4] He left for New Zealand in the same year to work as a miner, before travelling to British Columbia, where he was awarded the Royal Humane Society medal for saving life.
Leese served in the Second Boer War as a sergeant with Lord Strathcona's Horse, gaining the Queen's South Africa Medal and clasp.
After the war he left Canada for Mexico, where he managed the Waterson gold mine in Ocampo.
[11] He was made an OBE in the 1919 Birthday Honours for valuable services rendered in connection with military operations in Italy.