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First World War (1914-1918)

Macfarlane, Harold Embleton, 1898-1917

  • GB-2014-WSA-11574
  • Person
  • 1898-1917

Macfarlane, Harold Embleton, elder son of Harold Macfarlane (q.v.); b. Sept. 11, 1898; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (H); left July 1916; temp. 2nd Lieut. R. F. C. Feb. 27, 1917; Flying Officer May 25, 1917; killed in action in France July 14, 1917.

Looker, Leonard Davies, 1888-1917

  • GB-2014-WSA-11359
  • Person
  • 1888-1917

Looker, Leonard Davies, only son of William Looker, of Westminster, by Katherine, daughter of John Price Davies, of Knighton; b. Sept. 16, 1888; adm. Sept. 27, 1900 (G); left Dec. 1906; a member of Lloyd's 1911; 2nd Lieut. 5th Batt. Royal West Surrey Regt. Dec. 19, 1916; went out to the western front Jan. 1917; m. Sept. 21, 1916, Molly, elder daughter of Richard John Davies, of Poynder's Road, Clapham Park; killed in action at Klein Zillebeke, near Ypres, Aug. 1, 1917.

Longton, Edward John, 1896-1915

  • GB-2014-WSA-11350
  • Person
  • 1896-1915

Longton, Edward John, eldest son of George Harold Longton, M.R.C.S., of St. Marylebone, by Ella Constance Clara, daughter of Major Pontifex, of Guildford, Surrey; b. April 24, 1896; adm. April 29, 1909 (G); left July 1914; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. (Res.) The Essex Regt. Dec. 30, 1914; attached 1st Batt.; went out to Gallipoli in May 1915; killed in action June 6, 1915.

Longhurst, Harold George Fairfax, 1888-1917

  • GB-2014-WSA-11337
  • Person
  • 1888-1917

Longhurst, Harold George Fairfax, brother of Arthur Lyster Longhurst (q.v.); b. Sept. 7, 1888; adm. Jan. 18, 1900 (H); exhibitioner 1902; left Easter 1907; temp. 2nd Lieut. 6th (Serv.) Batt. Berks Regt. Sept. 12, 1914; Lieut. Nov. 9, 1914; Capt. Nov. 17, 1914; Major May 5, 1917; acting Lieut.-Col.; went out to the western front July 1915, and was wounded in 1916; killed in action at Passchendaele Ridge Oct. 12, 1917; unm.

Logan, Hugh, 1885-1919

  • GB-2014-WSA-11304
  • Person
  • 1885-1919

Logan, Hugh, brother of John Montagu Logan (q.v.); b. May, 10, 1885; adm. May 6, 1897 (G); left July 1903; Trin. Hall. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1903; 2nd Lieut. 2/1st Leics Yeomanry June 20, 1915; Lieut. June 22, 1917; served on the western front; m. April 27, 1911, Phyllis, third daughter of Charles Robert Hemingway, of the Park, Nottingham; d. of pneumonia at the 51st Clearing Station at Tournai, Belgium, Feb. 24, 1919.

Logan, Edward Townshend, 1865-1915

  • GB-2014-WSA-11303
  • Person
  • 1865-1915

LOGAN, EDWARD TOWNSHEND, eldest son of Edward Logan, Upper Lawn, Chester, copper merchant, and Emily Eliza, dau. of Lee Porcher Townshend, Wincham Hall, Cheshire; b. Valparaiso, Chile 5 Nov 1865; adm. 22 Jan 1880 (G); left Aug 1882; 2nd Lieut., 3rd battn., Cheshire Regt., 27 Jun 1888; Lieut., 20 Jul 1889; Capt., 4 May 1891; Maj., 1 Apr 1907; Lieut. -Col., 6 Apr 1912; served in South African War 1900-2; joined South African Constabulary, becoming Commandant of Middleburg, Transvaal; returned to England 1907; went out to France Sep 1915 in command 5th battn., Durham Light Infantry; DSO 24 Mar 1901; mentioned in despatches LG 23 Apr and 10 Sep 1901; m. 22 Jan 1896 Hilda Emma Frances, widow of Walter Duckworth, West Kirby, Cheshire, and dau. of Carruthers C. Johnston[e ?], Chorlton Hall, Cheshire, sugar merchant; killed in action at Loos 25 Sep 1915.

Liberty, John Ince, 1888-1917

  • GB-2014-WSA-11103
  • Person
  • 1888-1917

Liberty, John Ince, only son of John Barnes Liberty (q.v.); b. Jan. 26, 1888; adm. Sept. 26, 1901 (A); left July 1905; a cattle farmer in Argentina; being at home on a holiday, enlisted in the H. A. C. Aug. 8, 1914; served in Egypt with B Battery and was invalided; 2nd Lieut. R. F. A. Oct. 22, 1915; Lieut. July 1, 1917; went out to the western front in April 1916; killed in action near Ypres, Flanders, Nov. 28, 1917; unm.

Lewis, Norman Victor, 1895-1916

  • GB-2014-WSA-11081
  • Person
  • 1895-1916

Lewis, Norman Victor, only son of Victor Erskine Lewis, of Hendon, Middlesex, by Edith, daughter of Francis Hope Eyre, of Linlithgow; b. March 12, 1895; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (R); left July 1912; a clerk in the Standard Bank of South Africa at Johannesburg; temp. 2nd Lieut. 12th (Serv.) Batt. E. Yorks Regt. March 11, 1915; temp. Lieut. 15th (Serv.) Batt. E. Yorks Regt. May 29, 1916; served in France; killed in action at Beaumont Hamel Nov. 13, 1916.

Lechmere, Nicholas George Berwick, 1881-1915

  • GB-2014-WSA-10899
  • Person
  • 1881-1915

Lechmere, Nicholas George Berwick, fifth son of Sir Edmund Anthony Harley Lechmere, Bart, M. P., by Louisa Rosamond, only daughter of John Haigh, of Whitwell Hall, Yorks; b. Sept. 20, 1881; adm. May 2, 1895 (A); left July 1897; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1900; 2nd Lieut. Scots Guards May 8, 1901; retired in 1906; Capt. 10th (Serv.) Batt. The Duke of Wellington's (West Riding) Regt. Oct. 7, 1914; attached 2nd Batt.; went out to the western front in June 1915; m. June 23, 1904, Mary Katharine, only daughter of Major John Pegg, of Basingstoke, Hants; killed in action at the Hohenzollern Redoubt, near Loos, Oct. 17, 1915.

Leach, Edward Savory Wykeham, 1891-1917

  • GB-2014-WSA-10884
  • Person
  • 1891-1917

Leach, Edward Savory Wykeham, brother of Wilfrid John Leach (q.v.); b. May 12, 1891; adm. Sept. 22, 1904 (A); left July 1908; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1909; 2nd Lieut. Ist Batt. E. Surrey Regt. Oct. 5, 1910; attached West African Regt. March 11, 1914; Lieut. April 14, 1914; temp. Capt. Sept. 1, 1915; Capt. March 18, 1916; served in the Cameroons Sept. 1914-Feb. 1916, when he was invalided home; went out to France March 1917; attached 7th Batt. E. Surrey Regt., and was made Company Commander; killed in action near Monchy-le-Preux May 3, 1917; unm.

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