NOTE:- Surname recorded as LEYLAND in local newspapers but as LELAND on all military records (including signature on enlistment papers). Son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Leyland, of 113, Queensgate, Bolton, Lancashire; husband of Maude Leyland, of 416, Wellesley Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Formerly a shoemaker in the Markland Hill district. In Canada 12 years. “While in a trench at Hill 60, Zillebeke, he was instantly killed when an enemy shell burst in the trench close to him.”
Leyland (Leland), Herbert (Bert) –
Personal details
- Surname: Leyland (Leland)
- Forename: Herbert (Bert)
- Date of birth: January 2nd, 1885
- Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Not known
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 31
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: July 9th, 1916
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Private
- Unit: 3rd Battalion, Canadian Infantry.
- Service number: 139430
- Regiment: Not known
- Enlistment date: September 9th, 1915 - 1915-09-09
- Enlistment location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Conflict: Not known
Decorations
- Service medals: Not known
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- CWGC Memorial: Railway Dugouts Burial Ground (Transport Farm), Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- CWGC reference: VI. H. 26.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 13/10/1916 13/10/1916 29/12/1916 13/07/1917
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 5g 6b* S15* 4f