I'm looking for Herbert's burial place. The attached death notice refers to Llanfabon, so is he there? The General Register Office confirms his birth and death in the Pontypridd registration district, his birth being in the third quarter of 1876, mother's maiden name was Edwards.
"Mr. Herbert Leyshon, veterinary surgeon to Nixon's Navigation Colliery Company, met with a fatal accident between ten and eleven o'clock on Tuesday night. The deceased gentleman, who was only 23 years of age, went to the Merthyr Vale Colliery on professional business, and, whilst riding home to Mountain Ash, at Ynysybwl came into collision with a cart. He was knocked off his horse, which was apt to shy, and in falling on the roadway was rendered unconscious. He was carried into a neighbouring cottage, where he was attended by Dr. Griffiths, who found that he was suffering from concussion of the brain. The unfortunate sufferer did not long survive. Mr. Leyshon was married only two months ago, and it is only about six weeks since he was appointed to succeed the late Mr. Wills as veterinary surgeon to Messrs. Nixon. In November of last year he volunteered for the war, and when out in South Africa he was injured in attending to a mule. He was subsequently stricken with fever, and in July last was invalided home.
To many of our readers the deceased was well known, and the sad news was received with much regret. Deceased had settled down in Usk, where, upon his recent marriage, he took Ivy House, New Market Street, and had intended following his profession here, until he was offered the appointment under Nixon's Navigation Company. Much sympathy is felt with deceased's wife and his family generally in their tragic bereavement."
(County Observer and Monmouthshire Advertiser, Saturday 3rd November 1900)
