Private PLY/16296 (DEV) Leonard DRYLAND
Royal Marine Light Infantry, serving on HMS Monmouth
Killed in Action, Sunday 1st November 1914, at sea off the coast of Chile, Age 20
Home address:
8 Godley Hill, Godley, Hyde, Cheshire
Born:
1894, Blackley, Lancashire
Parents:
Joanna Dryland and William Dryland
14 Chestham Street, Newton, Hyde, Cheshire
Marital Status:
Single
Occupation:
Wooden Case Maker
Enlisted:
Manchester, Lancashire
Remembered:
Plymouth Naval Memorial, Devon, UK, panel 5.
Link to Hyde:
Lived in Hyde
He died when the Cruiser HMS Monmouth was sunk by the German Battle Cruiser Gneisenau on 1st November 1914 during the battle of Coronel, off the coast of Chile.
He received the 1914-15 Star, Victory & British War Medals.