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Trooper WILLIAM LEYLAND

Service Number: 7899118
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

1st Lothians and Border Horse

Date of Death

Died 02 November 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY

7. C. 22.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. E. Leyland, and stepson of Mr. R. Nicholson, of Newtown, Wigan, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription WINDS OF HEAVEN BLOW SOFTLY HERE WHERE LIES SLEEPING ONE WE LOVED SO DEAR

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Buried or commemorated at

BERGEN-OP-ZOOM WAR CEMETERY
Noord-Brabant Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1317
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