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People & Organisations
First World War (1914-1918)

Le Doux-Veitch, Dallas Gerard, 1897-1916

  • GB-2014-WSA-10863
  • Person
  • 1897-1916

Le Doux-Veitch, Dallas Gerard, only son of Carl Richard G. le Doux, of East Molesey, Surrey, and stepson of John Gould Veitch (q.v.); b. Jan. 31, 1897; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (G); left Dec. 1914; assumed the additional surname of Veitch; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. Royal Su sex Regt. April 1915, attached 7th Batt.; went out to the western front June 28, 1916; killed in action at Pozieres, France, Aug. 4, 1916.

Le Blond, Royston Cecil Gamage du Plessis, 1887-1915

  • GB-2014-WSA-10858
  • Person
  • 1887-1915

Le Blond, Royston Cecil Gamage du Plessis, son of Francis Aubrey Le Blond, of Norbiton, Surrey, by Mary, daughter of the Rev. William Rigg, of Kingston-on-Thames; b. April 26, 1887; adm. as K.S. Sept. 26, 1901; left (with Triplett) July 1906; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1906; B.A. 1909; adm. to the Inner Temple; 2nd Lieut. 12th (Serv.) Batt. the Rifle Brigade Sept. 25, 1914; temp. Capt. Jan. 5, 1915; d. at Salisbury, Wilts, after an operation May 17, 1915; unm.

Last, Leslie Sydney, 1895-1918

  • GB-2014-WSA-10797
  • Person
  • 1895-1918

Last, Leslie Sydney, youngest son of Arthur William Last, of Sutton, Surrey, by Elizabeth Anne Balaam, of Sutton; b. Feb. 12, 1895; adm. April 29, 1909 (A); left Dec. 1911; Driver H. A. C. 1912; went out to Egypt with the B Battery in 1916; 2nd Lieut. R. F. A. (S. R.) Oct. 1, 1916; went to Salonika; attached R. F. C. Oct. 1917, obtained his wings Dec. 7, 1917, and was appointed instructor; killed accidentally while instructing a pupil near Cairo Feb. 21, 1918; unm.

Labertouche, Guy Neale Landale, 1871-1915

  • GB-2014-WSA-10644
  • Person
  • 1871-1915

Labertouche, Guy Neale Landale, only son of Peter Paul Labertouche, of Melbourne, Australia, by Eleanor Annie, daughter of Henry Scales, of New South Wales; b. June 21, 1871; adm. April 29, 1886 (H); left July 1888; 2nd Lieut. Suffolk Regt. Jan. 9, 1892; Lieut. Nov. 14, 1894; Indian Staff Corps Aug. 8, 1896; Capt. July 10, 1901; Double Company Commander 122nd Rajputana Infantry, attached the 119th Infantry, Feb. 4, 1906; Major Jan. 9, 1910; served on the N. W. Frontier 1897-8, China 1900, and in Great War I in Mesopotamia; m. Aug. 17, 1908, Janet Muriel, eldest daughter of Sir Richard Campbell Stewart, K.C. B., Madras Cavalry; d. April 14, 1915, of wounds received in action at Shaiba, Persian Gulf, the same day.

Kohnstam, Oscar Jacob Charles, 1898-1916

  • GB-2014-WSA-10629
  • Person
  • 1898-1916

Kohnstam, Oscar Jacob Charles, brother of Norman Mortimer Joseph Kohnstam (q.v.); b. Feb. 28, 1898; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (G); left Dec. 1913; joined the Inns of Court O. T. C. in Sept. 1914; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. (Extra Reserve) the Prince of Wales's (North Stafford­shire) Regt. March 31, 1915; attached Machine Gun Corps Dec. 14, 1915; went out to the western front Feb. 5, 1916; killed in the trenches at Carnoy on the Somme, France, June 29, 1916.

Kohnstam, Norman Mortimer Joseph, 1897-1918

  • GB-2014-WSA-10628
  • Person
  • 1897-1918

Kohnstam, Norman Mortimer Joseph, eldest son of Rudolph Kohnstam, of Hampstead, by Emily, daughter of Jacob Piza, of Maida Hill; b. Feb. 26, 1897; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (G); K.S. (non-resident) 1911; left Easter 1915; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. the Manchester Regt. May 10, 1915; Lieut. Feb. 1, 1916, and became Capt.; joined the Expeditionary Force at Gallipoli Oct. 1915 and remained at Suvla Bay until the evacuation in Dec.; served in the Sinai Peninsula Jan.-June 1916; went out to the western front in July 1916; killed in action March 22, 1918.

Knapp, Percival Ernest, 1874-1916

  • GB-2014-WSA-10563
  • Person
  • 1874-1916

Knapp, Percival Ernest, brother of Sir Arthur Rowland Knapp (q.v.); b. Dec. 20, 1874; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 25, 1888; left Dec. 1892; R. M.C. Sandhurst; 2nd Lieut. Devonshire Regt. Oct. 10, 1894; Lieut. Nov. 5, 1897, 2nd Madras Infantry July 30, 1898, 1st (afterwards the 51st) Sikhs Dec. 1898; Capt. Oct. 10, 1903; Double Company Commander Oct. 13, 1905; Major Oct. 10, 1912; served in the Tirah campaign 1897-8, in China at the relief of Peking 1900, in Egypt Nov. 1914-July 1915, at Aden July-Aug. 1915, and in Mesopotamia from Nov. 1915; mentioned in despatches; killed in action at Sheikh Saad Jan. 7, 1916; unm.

Kemp, Kenneth Reginald Flint, 1895-1918

  • GB-2014-WSA-10376
  • Person
  • 1895-1918

Kemp, Kenneth Reginald Flint, only son of Reginald Kemp (q.v.); b. April 17, 1895; adm. April 29, 1909 (A); left Easter 1910 on account of ill health; went to the Chelsea School of Art; showed much artistic promise; was elected an Assoc. of the Royal Society of British Artists in 1917, and three of his pictures were exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1916 and 1918; went to the western front with the Munro Corps attached to the Anglo-French Hospital Ccmmittee as a driver Nov. 9, 1915; was slightly gassed near Nieuport in April 1917, and was awarded the Croix de Guerre for saving life under fire April 25, 1917; returned home and obtained a commission in the R. A. S. C. as 2nd Lieut. Aug. 13, 1917, but was relegated to Home Depots on account of his health; d. of influenza Oct. 18, 1918; unm.

Kelsey, Leon de Barr, 1884-1916

  • GB-2014-WSA-10369
  • Person
  • 1884-1916

Kelsey, Leon de Barr, only son of Richard and Annie Kelsey, of South Kensington; b. March 3, 1884; adm. April 28, 1898 (H); left July 1901; studied architecture for six years and subse­quently entered his father's business; joined the Inns of Court O. T. C. April 22, 1915; 2nd Lieut. 23rd (Co. of London) Batt. the London Regt. June 11, 1915; went out to the western front Sept. 24, 1915; killed in action between Guinchy and Fiers Sept. 16, 1916; unm.

Kellie, Kenneth Harrison Alloa, 1874-1916

  • GB-2014-WSA-10350
  • Person
  • 1874-1916

Kellie, Kenneth Harrison Alloa, youngest son of George Kelly, of Shanklin, Isle of Wight, printer and publisher, by Julia Rosina, daughter of Francis Watts, of Pimlico; b. July 28, 1874; adm. Jan. 18, 1888 (G); left July 1893; Caius Coll. Camb. (adm. pensr. Oct. 2, 1893); B.A. 1898, M.A. and B.C. 1904; M.B. 1905; St. George's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1903; M.R.C.P. 1908; Physician to the Belgrave Hospital for Children 1912; practised in Queen Anne Street, Cavendish Square; assumed the surname of Kellie in lieu of Kelly; Lieut. R.A.M.C. April 1, 1915; Capt. April 1, 1916; went out to the western front May 15, 1915; was first attached to the Guards' Brigade, but was subsequently transferred to the Canadian contingent as Second Senior Medical Officer; m. Constance Hamley, of Chester; killed in action near Albert, France, June 25, 1916.

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