The Le Touret Memorial - Surnames L
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The names of those men of the Yorkshire Regiment with a surname beginning with “L” listed on the Le Touret Memorial are recorded below.
Photographs of the Yorkshire Regiment commemorative panel and the Le Touret Memorial can be viewed by selecting here.
Men commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial
Private Cecil Langsford
8698. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Kate Langsford, of 30, Trinity Rd., Scarborough. Killed 16 June 1915. Aged 30.
Born Shoreditch (London), Enlisted Stratford, Resided Paddington
(Shown in SDGW as Private Cecil Long. In GH Gazette database is Private Cecil Langsford)
Private Thomas Lavender
3/8567. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Alice Lavender, of 49, Shakespeare St., Middlesbrough. Served in the South African Campaign. Died 15 June 1915. Aged 47.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Samuel Lawson
3/7714. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of John G. and Laura L. Lawson, of I, White Horse Yard, Church St., Whitby, Yorks. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 20.
Born Whitby, Enlisted Whitby.
Private John Leatham
3/8382. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Elizabeth Simpson (formerly Leatham), of 1, Convalescent St., Saltburn, and the late John Leatham; husband of Sarah Jane Leatham, of 2, Convalescent St., Saltburn. Died 12 March 1915. Aged 35.
Born Saltburn, Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Saltburn.
Private Thomas Leonard
3/7741. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Southport, Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Lancaster.
Serjeant Horace B Lilleyman
7204. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Served as Fred MASSEY. Son of William Charles and Mary Lilleyman, of Speedwell St., Meanwood Rd., Leeds. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 31.
Born Wellingborough (Northants), Enlisted Bradford, Resided Wellingborough.
(Listed in SDGW as Fred Massey; also in Green Howards database and 2nd Battalion Roll of Honour as Fred Massey).
Lance Corporal Joseph William Lister
8505. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 13 March 1915.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds.
Private John Littlefair
8092. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Louisa Kittlewell (formerly Littlefair), of 35, Spencer St., Middlesbrough, and the late John Littlefair. Killed 15 June 1915. Aged 26.
Born Thornaby (Stockton), Enlisted Thornaby-on-Tees, Resided Stockton.
Captain Orbell Oakes
2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Lt. Col. O. H. Oakes, and Laura Eliza Josephine Oakes, of Nowton Court, Bury St. Emunds. Served in the South African Campaign. Killed 13 March 1915. Aged 34.
Private James Thomas Lloyd
10081. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Son of William and Ann Lloyd, of 6, Naples St., Maryland Point, Stratford, London. Killed 14 May 1915. Aged 22.
Born Poplar (London), Enlisted Stratford.
Private Samuel Longstaff
16378. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 15 June 1915.
Born Old Shildon (Durham), Enlisted Bishop Auckland, Resided New Shildon,
Private John Henry Lowe
7672. 2nd Battalion the Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 12 March 1915.
Born Huddersfield, Enlisted Leeds, Resided Armley.
Photographs of the Le Touret Memorial Yorkshire Regiment Commemorative Panel and the Memorial
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Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>
Photo : Christopher Weekes, <weebex12@hotmail.com>