Profeit, Leopold
Rank: Captain
Regiment: 8th Battalion Shropshire Light Infantry
Biography: Son of Dr. Alexander Profeit, Commissioner to Queen Victoria at Balmoral ; born Crathie, 7 April 1877 ; educated privately ; graduated M.A., 1896. After graduation he went on the stage, playing with Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson and the late James Welch. At the outbreak of war Profeit was home on holiday from America, where he had been for some years, and he at once joined the University and Public Schools Corps. In December 1914 he was commissioned in the Shropshire Light Infantry and about a year later was sent to France. Afterwards he was transferred to the Salonika Front, where he fell near Lake Doiran on 25 April 1917. The attack in which he met his death had been planned by himself and, though fatal to its leader, was successful in attaining its objective.
Date of Death: 25 April 1917
Burial Details: Buried at Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece, Plot F., Grave 1386.
Publication: Roll of Service, edited by Mabel Desborough Allardyce. Published 1921.
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