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Serjeant WILLIAM JOHN LEYLAND

Service Number: 2315
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The King's (Liverpool Regiment)

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 March 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COUTURELLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

3.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alice Leyland, of 19, Shaw St., Liverpool, and the late James Leyland.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

COUTURELLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 5
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