| Name |
Colin McLaren LEYS |
| Rank/Number |
2nd Lieutenant |
| Regiment |
Bedfordshire Regiment 8th Battalion |
| Enlisted |
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| Age/Date of death |
22 15 Sep 1916 |
| How died/Theatre of war |
Killed in action |
| Last known address |
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| Cemetery |
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France |
| Grave or Memorial Reference |
Pier & Face 2C |
| Location of memorial |
High Wycombe Royal Grammar School |
| Date/Place of birth |
21 Aug 1894 Hampton Hill, Middx |
| Date/Place of baptism |
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| Pre-war occupation of Casualty |
clerk Royal Mail Steam Packet Co |
| Parents |
late John Kirkwood Leys & Ellen Leys |
| Parent's occupation |
author, novelist & journalist |
| Parents' Address (last known) |
Five Trees Bungalow, Pensham Hill, Pershore, Worcs |
| Wife |
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| Wife's Address (last known) |
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| Notes |
enlisted Aug 1914; Gazetted May 1915. Formerly London Regiment (Queens Westminster Rifles) |