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Military service
Service number:
931431
Age:
29
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regt.)
Birth:
May 8, 1888
Death:
June 2, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. C. 17.
Additional information
Son of John and Mary Leyland, of Goose Green, Wigan, England; husband of Alice Leyland, of Coal Creek, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Private Joseph Leyland
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Photo of Joseph Leyland
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Grave Marker
Joseph Leyland - May 8 1888 to June 2 1917. Husband to Alice Leyland. Father to Clara and Gladys. -
Memorial
War Memorial, Fernie and District, British Columbia. Dedicated by Lord Byng on May 24th, 1922. Inscribed: ERECTED TO PERPETUATE OUR HONOURED DEAD AND THOSE WHO CARRIED ON IN THE GREAT WAR FROM FERNIE B.C. AND DISTRICT. -
Inscription
Detail of statue and names listed on the War Memorial for Fernie and District, British Columbia. -
Grave Marker
The grave marker at the Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial. May he rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Bois Carre British Cemetery
Bois Carre British Cemetery - The Bois Carre British Cemetery located on Vimy Ridge at the eastern edge of the town of Thelus, France. The cemetery is about 6 kilometres from Canada's Vimy Memorial.(John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Inscription
Epitaph
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Leyland
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Leyland
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Leyland
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Leyland
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Leyland
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Leyland
Digital gallery of
Private Joseph Leyland
BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Thelus is a village 7 kilometres north of Arras and BOIS-CARRE BRITISH CEMETERY is about half a mile east of the village on the south side of the D49 road to Bailleul-sire-Berthoult.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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