Memoirs of Captain H.J.C. Leland

Three volumes of memoirs, typed from his own note-book and diaries, and partly compiled from his correspondence.

• Travels in West and West Central Africa, January 1897-April 1898 while serving in the Gold Coast Constabulary, with copies of letters and papers relating to the period in an appendix at the back of the volume
• African travels, November 1898-November 1899
• Description of the period 1900-November 1901 including the Ashanti, and April 1902-April 1903 in the Gold Coast, with part of a diary concerning a visit to Southern Nigeria in June 1913

Captain Herbert John Collett Leland (1873-1931), DSO (1900), entered the 5th Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers, 1890, served with the Gold Coast Constabulary, 1896-1900, and received a direct commission into the Royal Munster Fusiliers, 1900. He served as Captain and Adjutant, Gold Coast Regiment, West African Frontier Force, 1900-1903, Adjutant, 5th Battalion, Royal Munster Fusiliers, 1904-1909, and was promoted into the 1st South Staffordshire Regiment, 1909. He served in the British Expeditionary Force, France, 1916-1918, and retired in 1920. In 1902 he married Lena Duncan, with whom he had one son and two daughters.

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