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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 25th 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 ??.
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He was appointed to a Temporary
Regular Commission as a Second Lieutenant in the Gloucestershire
Regiment on 25th January 1917. |
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On 21st March 1918 the Germans
made a massive general attack, known as the Kaiserschlacht, or
Operation Michael, on a 50 mile front in the areas of the Third
and Fifth Armies between the River Scarpe, east of Arras in the
north to Barisis near the River Oise in the south.
The 19th Division was part of IV Corps, Third Army.
On that date the battalion was "stood-to" at 5.30am and moved to
assembly positions near Velu Wood at 1pm and counter-attacked
the enemy at 7pm. On 22nd March the battalion was
placed under command of the 154th Brigade (51st (Highland)
Division and were instructed to advance on Doignies at 4am.
The battalion resumed their original positions after suffering
many casualties and the enemy made up to three counter-attacks,
supported by artillery, which were beaten back. On
23rd March, the battalion were forced to withdraw to Bancourt,
fighting a rear-guard action near Velu Wood, leaving
stretcher-bound wounded to be captured the Germans.
Rennie Lammert was killed during these operations.
It may well be that his body was found by the Germans and buried
in Plot VII, Row B, Grave 52 in what is now known as Cambrai
East Military Cemetery. Plot VII was known to be
used for the burial of prisoners of war taken by the Germans.
His death was reported in The Times
published on 14th May 1918.
(WO 339/73291) |
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.
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Frederick King LAVERTON was born at 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 appointed to a Special
Regular Commission as a Second Lieutenant 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.
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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. Formerly 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.
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George
Reginald Stuart Layng was born on the 21st August 1895 at
Swatow, Kuang-Tung, China. His parents, Dr Henry and
Ada Louise Layng, later resided at "Coniston", Eldorado Road,
Cheltenham. He was educated
at Abingdon School, and at Cheltenham College between 1909 and
1913. On leaving Cheltenham College he was articled
to Messrs Winterbotham and Gurney, Solicitors, of Rodney Road,
Cheltenham.
At the outbreak of war he
enlisted in to the Public Schools Battalion of the Royal
Fusiliers before being appointed to a Temporary Regular
Commission in the Gloucestershire Regiment. On
................., on completion of his training, he was posted
for duty to the ........... Battalion Gloucestershire
Regiment........................................................................
On 24th October 1915 he was
posted for duty with 10th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment,
joining the battalion at Lillers, north west of Bethune, along
with 2Lt V G Nethercott, 2Lt H W Brewis and 2Lt H W Corke.
He applied for and was transferred to the General List on 21st
April 1916 for duty with Trench Mortar Batteries and was
subsequently promoted to acting Lieutenant on 1st August 1916
whilst serving with 1st Brigade Trench Mortar Battery.
On 18th August 1916 whilst the
10th Battalion were in trenches at Bazentin-le-Petit the
battalion War Diary reports that Lt Layng and Captain T H B
Rorie were killed by a shell whilst they were leaving battalion
HQ. Lt Layng may not have been killed outright as he
was taken to a Dressing Station at Warloy-Baillon.
He was either dead on arrival or succumbed to his wounds there
and he is buried the Communal Cemetery Extension in Plot III,
Row D, Grave 6.
His death was reported in The
Times published on 25th August 1916, with a short biography.
George Layng is commemorated on the Cheltenham War Memorial, the
Cheltenham College Roll of Honour, and the Christ Church,
Cheltenham, Roll of Honour.
WO 339/31301 |
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 23.
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.