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Yorkshire
Regiment, - Memorials Overseas Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Surnames "L" |
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The Ypres Menin Gate Memorial
Photo : Edward Nicholl
| The names of those men of the Yorkshire Regiment with a surname beginning with "L" listed on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial are;- |
Private Herbert Lane. 1488. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of George Lane, of 28, Ash St., Middlesbrough, and the late Rebecca Alice Lane.
Killed 26 May 1916. Aged 20.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private John Lavender. 15028. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Charles H. and Alice Lavender, of 29, Tanfield St., Pallion, Sunderland.
Killed 15 February 1916. Aged 23.
Born Gateshead, Enlisted Sunderland.
Private Sydney John Lawson. 2868. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 25 April 1915.
Enlisted Driffield.
Private George Albert Laybourne. 1943. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Rachel E. Laybourne, of 9, Auboro' St., Scarborough, and the late Henry
Laybourne. Killed 28 May 1915. Aged 20.
Enlisted Scarborough.
Private George Le Sauvage. 10331. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 2 August 1917.
Born St. Andrew's (Guernsey, C I), Enlisted Port George (Guernsey), Resided
St. Peter's Port (Guernsey).
Captain Ernest Geoffrey Carrington Le Sueur. 1st Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 26 July 1917.
Captain Edward Wilberforce Leather. 3rd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, attached to the 2nd Battalion K O Y L I. Son of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick J. Leather, of Middleton Hall, Belford, Northumberland. Served in the South African Campaign. Killed 18 April 1915. Aged 35.
Private Alfred Lee. 10203. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of
John Philpott Lee and Louisa Maria Philpott Lee, of 203, Strone Rd., Forest
Gate, London. Killed 30 October 1914. Aged 19.
Born Poplar (Essex), Enlisted West Ham, Resided South Tottenham.
Private John Thomas Leeming.
235240. 19th Battalion The King's (Liverpool Regiment), formerly
203593 the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 28 July 1917.
Born Littleborough (Lancs), Enlisted Rochdale (Lancs), Resided Littleborough.
Commemorated Panel 4 and 6, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
Private William Leng. 8041. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Thomas Leng, of 58, Marsh St., Middlesbrough. Killed 30 October 1914.
Born York, Enlisted Leeds, Resided Middlesbrough.
Private Charles William Lenton. 1840. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Peter and Annie Lenton, of 40, Pepper Lane, Hunslet, Leeds. Killed 29
May 1915. Aged 19.
Born Norton (Malton), Enlisted Scarborough, Resided Leeds.
Private Thomas Leonard. 7948. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of Annie Lowry, of 18, Giles Square, Bank, Leeds. Killed 22 October 1914. Aged
32.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Leeds.
Private Robert Angus Letty. 2337. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of William and Mary Leny (sic), of Osborne House, Marske-by-the-Sea, Yorks.
Killed 17 July 1916. Aged 22.
Born Saltburn, Enlisted Redcar, Resided Marske-By-Sea.
Private John Lewis. 12394. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
11 November 1915.
Born Goathland (Whitby), Enlisted Whitby, Resided Sleights.
Private Samuel John Lewis. 38831. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 1 August 1917.
Born Porthcawl (Glam), Enlisted Merthyr, Resided Treharris.
Lance Corporal William Langton Lindsay,
34176. 8th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment, formerly
19576 the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late John and Mary Jane Lawn;
husband of Betsy Lawn, of 28, Shrewsbury St., West Hartlepool. Died 7 June
1917. Aged 25.
Born Escomb (Bishop Auckland), Enlisted Crook (Durham), Resided Witton Park
(Durham).
Commemorated Panel 36 and 55, YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL.
(The West Hartlepool Roll of Honour gives his regiment as "Yorks"
and place of residence as 7a Oxford Street, West Hartlepool. Looks like SDGW
has got its facts completely wrong in this case!)
Corporal Herbert Little, MM. 14205. 9th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Son of Joseph and Annie Little, of 18, York Terrace, Willington, Co. Durham.
Killed 7 June 1917. Aged 22.
Born Willington (Durham), Enlisted Durham, Resided Willington.
Corporal Albert Edward Lodge. 1008. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Husband of Janet Atkinson (formerly Lodge), of 72, Alexandra Rd., Grange Town,
Yorks. Killed 13 July 1915. Aged 25.
Born York, Enlisted Eston, Resided Grangetown.
Private William Longley. 8178. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son
of James and Janet Longley, of 69, Clarence Rd., Hunslet, Leeds husband of Laura
Bostock (formerly Longley), of 17 Station Rd., Swinton, Rotherham. Killed Between
22 October 1914 and 6 November 1914. Aged 27.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds, Resided Rotherham.
Private Arthur Lowther, 2866. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed
26 January 1916.
Enlisted Whitby.
Serjeant Edward George Lungley. 8699. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment.
Killed 30 October 1914.
Born Paddington, Enlisted Stratford, Resided Richmond (Surrey).
(Listed under "Langley" in SDGW).
One of the Lions at the top of the Menin Gate Memorial, with the Memorial
Dedication
Photo : Edward Nicholl
The Memorial Dedication inside the Gate
Photo : Edward Nicholl