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GB-2014-WSA-11525 · Person · 1864-?

LYNCH, DREWRY NICHOLAS, brother of Edward Frederic Nicholas Lynch (qv); b. 19 Oct 1864; adm. 26 Sep 1878 (H); left Dec 1882.

GB-2014-WSA-11524 · Person · 1882-1925

Lynch, Cecil St. John, brother of Edward Herbert Lynch (q.v.); b. Jan. 26, 1882; adm. May 2, 1895 (H); left May 1898; R.M.A. Woolwich 1899; 2nd Lieut. R.E. Aug. 18, 1900; Lieut. Aug. 18, 1903; Capt. Aug. 18, 1910; Major Nov. 2, 1916; acting Lieut.-Col. Dec. 8, 1917 - Sept. 24, 1918; served in France in Great War I as D. A. D. G. of Transport and in the Afghan War 1919; D. A. D. of Works, India, July 28, 1919; mentioned in despatches L. G. Dec. 14, 1917; D.S.O. Jan. 1, 1918; m.; d. at Quetta, Baluchistan, Sept. 27, 1925.

GB-2014-WSA-11517 · Person · 1916-1970

Lygon, Hon. Richard Edward, son of William Lygon, 7th Earl Beauchamp PC KG, and Lady Lettice Mary Elizabeth Grosvenor, d. of Victor Alexander, Earl Grosvenor; b. 25 Dec. 1916; adm. Sept. 1931 (H); left July 1935; 2nd Lieut. Green Howards Nov. 1940, resigned commission on grounds of ill-health Feb. 1941; m. 30 Aug. 1939 Patricia Janet, d. of Rev. Thomas Kensit Norman, Rector of Mistley, Essex; d. 24 Feb. 1970.

GB-2014-WSA-11504 · Person · 1863-?

LUTYENS, FRANCIS AUGUSTUS, brother of Frederick Mansfield Lutyens (qv); b. 5 Jul 1863; adm. 31 May 1877 (H); left May 1880; m. 16 Jan 1912 Kathleen G., widow of Walter Charles Reid Watney, and dau. of Henry Gold, Hedsor, Taplow, Berks.

GB-2014-WSA-11468 · Person · 1881-1960

Luhn, Otto Gustav Ferdinand, son of Frederick Luhn, Ph. D., of Pimlico, b. Aug. 14, 1881; adm. Sept. 27, 1894 (H); Q.S. (non-resident) 1896; elected to an exhibition at Ch. Ch. Oxon. with a Triplett gratuity July 1900, matric. Michaelmas 1900; B.A. 1904; M.A. 1907; B. Ch. 1907; D. P. H. Dublin 1910; Guy's Hospital; sometime West African Med. Staff, South Nigeria; Med. Officer to the Sarawak Govt; d. 1960.

GB-2014-WSA-11467 · Person · 1899-1969

Lugard, John Wykeham, son of Cecil Edward Hyde Travers and Florence Caroline Lugard, b. Sept. 3, 1899; adm. Sept. 24, 1914 (H); left July 1915; enfoted in Public Schools Batt. Royal Fusiliers April 1915; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1917; 2nd Lieut. Royal Lancs Regt. Aug. 21, 1918; Lieut. Feb. 21, 1920; served in France Sept. 1918 - April 1919; Capt. King's Own Royal Regt. May 9, 1930; Major Aug. 1, 1938; temp. Lieut.-Col. June 15, 1941; Lieut.-Col. Aug. 29, 1945; temp. Col. Jan. 21, 1944; Colonel Sept. 5, 1947; Instructor, School of Small Arms, India, 1927-30 and Military Coll. of Science 1933-6; Staff Capt. War Office 1936-9; dep. asst. dir. War Office 1939-43; Member of the Ordnance Board 1943; sup. of experiments Inter­ Services Experimental Estab. Pendine; Oct. 1, 1947; retired pay Feb. 9, 1951; International Staff of N.A.T.O. Jan 7, 1952; councillor, Banbury Rural Dist. May 4, 1954; consultant in armaments, Reg. Brit. Arms Soc., Jan. 11, 1956; m. 1st. June 10, 1933, Adelaide Janet, daughter of Col. Edmond Ludlow Parry, D.S.O., Indian Medical Service, of Sidmouth, Devon; 2nd Nancy Martin John; d. 1969.

Lowenstein, Edgar, 1904-1962
GB-2014-WSA-11416 · Person · 1904-1962

Lowenstein, Edgar, son of Gottfried Lowenstein, of Hampstead, b. Jan. 6, 1904; adm. Sept. 27, 1917 (H); left July 1921; a stockbroker; served with R. A. 1939 until invalided out 1941; m. 1933, Jane Hessmann, of New York; d. May 1962.

Lowe, Stanley Philip, 1883-?
GB-2014-WSA-11412 · Person · 1883-?

Lowe, Stanley Philip, brother of Herbert Ross Lowe (q.v.); b. Sept. 17, 1883; adm. April 28, 1898 (H); left April 1901; Victoria Univ. Manchester; temp. 2nd Lieut. A.S.C. July 12, 1915; Lieut. June 23, 1916; acting Capt. July 7, 1917; served in France and Flanders; men­tioned twice in despatches; O.B.E. June 3, 1919; a civil engineer at Sougher, British East Africa; m. Elinor Constance Partridge.

GB-2014-WSA-11411 · Person · 1904-1986

Lowe, Richard Geoffrey Harvey, brother of Lionel Harold Harvey Lowe (q.v.); b. June 11, 1904; adm. April 26, 1918 (H); Captain of the School 1922; elected to Trin, Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies) July 1923, matric. Michaelmas 1923; played football (Association) against Oxford 1923-6; Hon. Sec. C. U. A. F. C. 1924, Capt. 1926; played cricket against Oxford 1925-7; B, A. 1926; a schoolmaster at Farnborough Preparatory School, Rants.; Head Master of The Wick and Parkfield School, Haywards Heath, Sussex; m. June 1, 1929, Joan Dorothy, daughter of Major Cyril Lewis, of West Byfleet, Surrey; d. 5 July 1986.

GB-2014-WSA-11409 · Person · 1897-1960

Lowe, Sir Lionel Harold Harvey, elder son of Lionel Harvey Lowe, of Bromley, Kent, by Florence Edith, daughter of Thomas Watts, of Thurnby, Leics; b. Dec. 28, 1897; adm. Sept. 28, 1911 (H); elected to Trin. Goll. Gamb. (with Samwaies) July 1916, matric. Easter 1919; 1st class Mathematical Tripos, pt. i, 1920; 2nd class Economics Tripos, div. 2, pt. ii, 1921; B.A. 1921; 2nd Lieut. R.G.A. April 1, 1917, Lieut. Oct. 1, 1918; served in France and Belgium with 156th Heavy Battery July 1917 - Aug. 5, 1918, when he was wounded at Boe­ schepe; chartered accountant; A. C. A. 1929; F. GA. 1940; partner in Thomson McLintock & Co. 1935-46; director of finance, Cereals Divn., Ministry of Food, 1939-42; director of finance, Ministry of Fuel, 1942-5; member of the National Coal Board 1946; member of the Hops Marketing Board; director of Milford Docks Co. 1954; knighted 1951; m. Sept. 19, 1925, Marjorie, only daughter of Arthur Forward, of Bickley, Kent; d. Aug. 30, 1960.