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Corporals John and James Leyburn

 

 

Brothers John and James Leyburn enlisted in the North Irish Horse in late 1915 of 1916 - John was aged 21 and James 19. 

James transferred to the 1st Battalion Royal Irish Rifles (Service No.40890) in December 1916, with around 100 other North Irish Horsemen. They were immediately shipped to join the Battalion in France. His brother John was sent to France as a reinforcement to the 1st Regiment North Irish Horse.

 

Image from the Belfast Evening Telegraph, from the second quarter of 1918, kindly provided by Nigel Henderson (see Fitzroy Presbyterian Church: Wartime Service and Sacrifice).