The First World War
Officers of The Royal Canadian Regiment
Lieut. Leland Ashwell Naylor
Soldiers of the First World War database entry - L.A. Naylor
Service:
- Prior service: Private, 90th Winnipeg Rifles, Aug 1914 to 25 Oct 1914
- Private, 27th Winnipeg Bn., C.E.F., 26 Oct 1914 to April 1915, regimental number 71414
- Provisional Lieutenant, 100th Grenadiers, April to 20 June 1915
- Provisional Lieutenant, 53rd Canadian Infantry Battalion, 21 Jun 1915 to Jun 1916
- Posted to The R.C.R., 9 Jul 1916
- Wounded in action, 16 Sep 1916, struck off strength
- Invalided, 24 Sep 1916
- Rejoined The R.C.R., 6 Dec 1916
- Transferred to the 3rd Canadian Entrenching Battalion, 7 Mar 1917
- Rejoined from the 3rd Canadian Entrenching Battalion, 7 Mar 1917
- Attached as observer to the Royal Flying Corps, 6 Oct 1917
- To be Hon. Lieut. (R.F.C.) 29 Apr 1918
Flight (RAF Magazine), 12 June 1919
"The following relinquish their commissions on ceasing to be employed:- Sec. Lieut. (Hon. Lieut.) L.A. Naylor (Lieut., Nova Scotia R.), Dec. 29, 1918"
Date of Birth - 25 Oct 1893, at Chatham, ON.
Date of Death - 7 Jul 1919, at Winnipeg, MB.
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England and France 1915-1916 (Hayes; 1931)
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Amiens (1918)
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A Regimental Goat
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"March the Guilty Bastard In"
Surrendered as Stowaway
Re-Visiting the Great War Roll of Honour for The RCR
Canadian Corps Trench Standing Orders (1916)
