Yorkshire
Regiment, - Memorials Overseas Tyne Cot Memorial, Surnames "L" |
The Tyne Cot Memorial and Cemetery (1)
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Commonwealth War Graves Commission website
The names of those men of the Yorkshire Regiment with a surname beginning with "L" listed on the Tyne Cot Memorial are;- |
Lance Corporal Albert Laidler.
46267. 11th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers, formerly
24072 the Yorkshire Regiment. Died 20 September 1917.
Born Stockton, Enlisted MIddlesbrough.
Commemorated Panel 19 to 23 and 162, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Private John Bosomworth Lamb. 18775. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Died 19 November 1917.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Sunderland.
Private William Lancaster. 41903. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Arthur and Helena Lancaster, of 9, Cambridge Terrace, Dawne St., Springbank,
Hull. Died 25 April 1918. Aged 20.
Born Hull, Enlisted Hull, Resided Spring Bank.
Private John James Lane. 202375. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Died 4 October 1917.
Born New Moston (Lancs), Enlisted Southport, Resided Crossens.
Private Thomas Frederick Langley. 29741. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Formerly 31634, Notts & Derby Regt. Died 20 September 1917.
Born Lenton (Notts), Enlisted Ilkeston, Resided Long Eaton (Derby).
Private Tosti Langsford. 42390. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Formerly 150450 R F A. Son of Roger and Pollie Langsford, of Cleave, St. Dominick,
Cornwall. Died 28 October 1917. Aged 20.
Born Calstock, Enlisted Callington, Resided Calstock.
Lance Corporal George Edward Larvin. 9530. 6th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Died 9 October 1917.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Bradford.
Private Isaac Laws,
51150. 10th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, formerly
14857 Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Richard and Hannah Laws, of 18, North
St., Murton, Co. Durham. Killed 29 September 1918. Aged 26.
Born Murton Colliery (Co. Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Murton Colliery.
Commemorated Panel 47 to 48 and 163A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Private James William Laws. 35481. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Formerly 5/108013 8th T R Battalion. Son of John William and Eliza Laws, of
6, Buxton St., Dalton Lane, Keighley. Died 29 April 1918. Aged
18.
Born Knottingley (Yorks), Enlisted Keighley.
Private Harold William Leach. 33837. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Formerly 4913 Essex Regiment. on of Alfred and Mary Leach, of Thistle Croft,
Hersham, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. Died 14 October 1917. Aged 30.
Born Hersham (Surrey), Enlisted Kingston-on-Thames, Resided Hersham.
Private John Robert Leckenby,
33400. 1st/4th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, formerly
45596 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed on 9 October 1917.
Born Skelton (Yorks), Enlisted Skelton.
Commemorated Panel 125 to 128, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Lance Serjeant Andrew Lee. 17123. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Died 27 August 1917.
Born Haswell (Durham), Enlisted Sunderland, Resided Horden (Durham).
Private George Edward Lee, 22496. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Died 28 October 1917.
Born Bradford, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Frederick Lever, 45357. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Formerly 5/41763 8th T R Battalion. Son of Henry and Sophia Lever, of 5, New
Row, Eppleby, Darlington; husband of Gertrude Lever, of Kiln House, Frosterley,
Darlington. Died 9 September 1917. Aged 34.
Born Eppleby (Yorks), Enlisted West Hartlepool, Resided Haswell.
Private Benjamin Lewis, 235368. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Formerly 4479 Northumberland Fusiliers. Husband of Sarah Meechan (formerly Lewis),
of 103, Rose St., South Side, Glasgow. Died 16 October 1917. Aged 32.
Born Govan (Lanarks), Enlisted Hexham-on-Tyne, Resided Glasgow.
2nd Lieutenant Herbert Owen Roland Lewis, MC. 1st/2nd Bn. attd. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 1 October 1917.
Pioneer Hebert Lightfoot, MM.
198852. 23rd Div. Signal Coy. Royal Engineers, formerly
13761 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Mrs. A. C. Lightfoot, of
Briar Hill, Danby End, Danby, Yorks, and the late William lightfoot. Killed
21 October 1917. Aged 32.
Born Grangetown (Yorks), Enlisted South Bank (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 8 and 162, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Private Andrew Lisle, 48102. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly
5/31044 8th T R Battalion. Died 8 May 1918.
Born Benfieldside, Enlisted Consett, Resided Blackhill (Durham).
Private Frederick Littlefair, 30585. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of the late John and Martha Littlefair; husband of Gertrude Alice Littlefair,
of 64, Milbank Terrace, Station Town, Wingate, Co. Durham. Died 20 September
1917. Aged 41.
Born Barnard Castle (Durham), Enlisted Barnard Castle, Resided Low Startforth
(Durham).
Private William Lodge, 38169. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Lodge, of 7, Learoyd St., Leeds Rd., Huddersfield; husband
of Hannah Lodge, of 287, Leeds Rd., Huddersfield. Died 10 October 1917. Aged
34.
Born Huddersfield, Enlisted Huddersfield.
Private John Henry Lofthouse, 22823. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Stephen and Annie Lofthouse, of Church View, Sowerby, Thirsk, Yorks.
Died 19 October 1917. Aged 22.
Born Sowerby, Enlisted Thirsk, Resided Sowerby (Thirsk).
Private Thomas William Lofthouse, 201237. 4th Battalion Yorkshire
Regiment. Died 28 December 1917.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Arthur Edward Loines. 241946. 10th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Died 5 November 1917.
Born Cheddiston (Suffolk), Enlisted Bury St. Edmunds, Resided Diss (Norfolk).
Private John Henry Long, 23649. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Died 16 October 1917.
Born Doncaster, Enlisted Doncaster.
Private Sydney Longhorn.
203435. 1st/4th Battalion the York and Lancaster Regiment, formerly
3181 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Danby H. and Martha Longhorn, of
62, Trinity Lane, Beverley. Killed 9 October 1917. Aged 19.
Enlisted Beverley (Yorks).
Commemorated Panel 125 to 128, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Private Edward Longstaffe.
50840. 2nd/9th Battalion Manchester Regiment, formerly
45108 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 9 October 1917.
Enlisted Sunderland (Durham), Resided Silksworth (Sunderland).
Commemorated Panel 120 to 124 and 162 to 162A and 163A, TYNE COT MEMORIAL.
Private Harry Lord, 33348. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly
3751 Suffolk Regiment. Died 9 October 1917.
Born Parkeston (Ipswich, Suffolk), Enlisted Ipswich, Resided Parkeston.
Private William Lord, 41103. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Formerly
26677 N Staffs Regiment. Died 27 August 1917.
Born Burton (Staffs), Enlisted Burton.
Private William Lowerson, 33589. 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Formerly 1269 Durham L I. Son of Gilbert Lowerson, of 1, Primrose Hill, Fence
Houses, Co. Durham. Died 22 September 1917. Aged 23.
Born Chester-le-Street (Durham), Enlisted Houghton-le-Spring, Resided New Lambton
(Fencehouses).
Private Frederick Lyons, 39118. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of John and Jane Ann Lyons; husband of Margaret Alice Lyons, of 2, Hewitt's
Court, Nuns Lane, Gateshead. Died 10 October 1917. Aged 21.
Born Gateshead, Enlisted Newcastle, Resided Gateshead.
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Tyne Cot Memorial and Cemetery (2)
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The Tyne Cot Memorial and Cemetery (3)
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