Biographie
H e was the 2nd son of Brownlow Villiers Layard F.R.G.S. Lieutenant-Colonel formerly Gloucester Regt. of Vesuvius Bay, Saltspring Island, British Columbia, Canada.
In 1905 he moved to the north end of Salt Spring Island bc with his bother A.R. Layard. After the First World War he and his brother opened a machine shop and marina in the south corner of the cove next to the government wharf at Vesuvius.
Service militaire
He served as an Ordinary Seaman RNVR (With seniority dated 02/07/1916).
He sailed from Montreal QC in the Grampian. (CFR) He was appointed as a Sub-Lieutenant RNVR.
He served in HMS Hermione.
He served in HMS Vatania. HM ML-408.
He served in HMS Hermione.
He was appointed as a Lieutenant RNVR. (He was demobilized 19/02/1919.) During the Second World War he served in the North Saanich formation of the Pacific Coast Rangers.
Références
- Email (Michael Fish - Nauticapedia 23/06/2016)
- www.pellew.com ↗
- Bosher, Fohn F. (2010)