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Roll of Honour and Biographies

Officers of the Gloucestershire Regiment Who Died in the Great War

Surnames - L          (18 officers)

 

LAKE, Noel Graham

Lieutenant.   2/5th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 24th March 1918.   Commemorated on Pozieres Memorial.   Aged 23.

 

LAMMERT, Rennie Dean

Second Lieutenant.   8th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 23rd March 1918.   Buried in Cambrai East Military Cemetery.   Aged ??.

 

LANE, Albert Henry

Lieutenant (Quartermaster).   Retired List.   Died of illness in UK on 12th January 1921.   Buried in Bristol (?) Cemetery.   Aged 50.

 

LANGDON, John Henry

Lieutenant, MC.   Seconded to 195th Squadron Royal Air Force.   Killed in a flying accident in Egypt on 5th June 1918.   Buried in Ismailia War Memorial Cemetery.   Aged 26.

 

LANGFORD, William John

Lieutenant.   2/6th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 19th July 1916.   Commemorated on Loos Memorial.   Aged 24.

 

LAVERTON, Frederick King

Lieutenant.   Seconded to 3rd (Auxiliary) School of Aerial Gunnery, Royal Flying Corps.   Killed in a flying accident in UK on 18th December 1917.   Buried in Barnwood (St Lawrence) Churchyard.  Aged 19.

Frederick King LAVERTON was born in Dawlish on 30th July 1898.   His parents, Frederick and Ethel Laverton, later resided at "The Chestnuts", Innsworth, Glos and at "Omaha", Gloucester Road, Cheltenham.

He was educated at Brynmelyn School, Weston Super Mare and, for a short time, at Cheltenham College..

He was commissioned into the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment on 10th November 1915 and served for some time with the 1st Battalion in France until he was seconded to the Royal Flying Corps, as a Flying Officer, on 8th November 1916.   He qualified as a Pilot on 15th September 1916 and promoted to Lieutenant on 1st March 1917.

On 18th December 1917 he was serving with the 3rd (Auxiliary) School of Aerial Gunnery at the New Romney Aerodrome when, whilst piloting Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter, Serial Number A1014, the aircraft was involved in a collision on the ground with another aircraft.   He was being taken to the Shorncliffe Military Hospital in an ambulance but died of his injuries before arriving there.   His observer/gunner, Sgt Querry, was uninjured.

He was 19 years old and is buried in St Lawrence's Churchyard, Barnwood, Gloucester and is commemorated on the St John's Church, Clevedon, War Memorial.

 
 

 

LAWRENCE, Frank Helier

Second Lieutenant.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 9th May 1915.   Commemorated on Le Touret Memorial.   Aged ??.

 

LAYNG, George Reginald Stuart

Lieutenant.   10th Battalion attached to 1st Trench Mortar Battery.   Died of wounds in France on 18th August 1916.   Buried in Warloy-Baillon Communal Cemetery Extension.   Aged 21.

 

LEARY, George Godfrey Whitney

Lieutenant.   10th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 25th September 1915.   Believed to be buried in St Mary’s ADS Cemetery, Haisnes.   Aged ??.

 

LEICESTER, Donovan Nicholas

Second Lieutenant.   12th Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 8th May 1917.   Commemorated on Arras Memorial.   Aged 22.

 

LE MOTTEE, Edward D’Albret

Major, DSO, MiD.   Attached to HQ 9th (Scottish) Division.   Killed in action in France between 25th and 27th September 1915.   Commemorated on Loos Memorial.   Aged 41.

 

LESLIE, William Robert Norman

Lieutenant.   1st Battalion.   Killed in action in France on 25th January 1915.   Buried in Brown’s Road Military cemetery, Festubert.   Aged 25.

 

LEWIS, Clifford Stanley

Lieutenant.   2/6th Battalion.   Died of wounds in France on 19th September 1916.   Buried in Merville Communal Cemetery.   Aged 21.

 

LIGHTBOURN, Robert

Lieutenant.   8th Battalion.   Killed in action in Belgium on 26th July 1917.   Buried in La Laiterie Military Cemetery, near Ypres.   Aged 22.

 

LINDREA, Wilfred George

Second Lieutenant.   Formerly 1/4th Battalion attached to ?? Trench Mortar Battery.   Killed in action in France on 30th March 1918.   Buried in Villers-Bretonneux Military Cemetery.   Aged 33.

 

LLOYD, James

Captain, MC, MiD.   8th Battalion.   Died of wounds in France on 21st April 1918.   Buried in Etaples Military Cemetery.   Aged 30.

 

LOOK, John Leopold

Second Lieutenant.   Attached to 1/5th Battalion Devonshire Regiment.   Died of wounds in France on 1st September 1918.   Buried in Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt.   Aged 31.

 

LOVETT, Alfred Crowdy

Brigadier General, CB, CBE, MiD.   Formerly Commanding Officer 1st Battalion.   General Staff, Commanding East Lancashire Reserve Brigade, Territorial Force.   Died of illness in UK on 27th May 1919.   Buried in Scarborough (Manor Road) Cemetery.   Aged 57.

 

 

 

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