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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.