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.
Lecky, Henry Collier, second son of John Lecky, of Barnes; b. Sept. 14, 1878; adm. April 27, 1893 (A); left July 1896; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1896; B.A. 1900; M.B., B. Ch., and M.A. 1903; D. P. H. 1906; St. Thomas's Hospital; practised at Putney; d. March 31, 1908.
Lees-Smith, (Edward) Christopher John, brother of Patrick Hastings Lees-Smith (qv); b. 5 Mar. 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (A); left Mar. 1938; RA 1939-45 (Maj., DAQMG Middle East); Corpus Christi Coll. Oxf., matric. 1946, BA 1949, MA 1964; ord. deacon 1950, priest 1951 (Durham); Curate St Luke's, Pallion, Co. Durham, 1950-3; a Brother of the Society of St Francis, Hilfield, Dorset (known as Brother Edward), 1954-; Guardian of the Friary, Alnmouth, Northumberland, 1963-74; Chaplain of the Third Order of the Society of St Francis 1974-1991; d. 25 Feb. 2010.
Lees-Smith, Patrick Hastings, son of Rt Hon. Hastings Bertrand Lees-Smith DSc PC MP, Pres. of the Board of Education, and Joyce, d. of Sidney Herbert Holman of Highgate; b. 4 Nov. 1919; adm. Sept. 1933 (A); left July 1935; RA 1940-5 (Capt.); Nat. Coal Board 1947-52; a carnation grower 1952-60; retd because of ill health; m. 6 June 1949 Elizabeth Isobel May, d. of John Wishart Kerr, med. practitioner, of Cambuslang, Glasgow; d. 18 June 1997.
Leighton, Albert Lewis, son of Albert Leighton, of Esher, Surrey, by Alice Esther Gillot, daughter of Charles Jeremiah Needham, of Sheffield, Yorks; b. Dec. 22, 1895; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (A); left July 1914; temp. 2nd Lieut. Sept. 22, 1914, 13th Service Batt. King's Royal Rifle Corps Oct. 22, 1914; Lieut. Jan. 1, 1915; acting Capt. Sept. 14, 1917; invalided; In structor Officer Cadet Batt. Feb. 1918 - Oct. 1921; served in France July 1915 - Oct. 1917; M.C. Aug. 16, 1917; local government publisher since Feb. 1919; Capt. R. A. S. C. June 17, 1940; d. Feb. 4, 1958.
Leighton, Percy Lewis, brother of Albert Lewis Leighton (q.v.); b. April 16, 1898; adm. Sept. 23, 1909 (A); K.S. 1913; left July 1915; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1915; 2nd Lieut. Queen's Royal West Surrey Regt. April 7, 1916; Lieut. Oct. 7, 1917; served in France in Great War I (wounded) and on the N. W. Frontier 1920; retired from the Army 1921 and became a local government publisher; Lieut. Pioneer Corps retaining seniority as Capt. R. O. The Queen's Regt., Aug. 13, 1940; Major; served in Egypt; m. Feb. 6, 1947, Nancy Potter, daughter of T. E. Limener, of Thames Ditton, Surrey; d. April 5, 1955.
Leslie, David Clement Maxwell, son of Samuel Clement Leslie CBE DPhil, head of Treasury Economic Information Unit, and Doris Frances, d. of Max Falk, co. chmn., of Hampstead; b. 18 Dec. 1924; adm. Sept. 1938 (A); left July 1940; Wadham Coll. Oxf., matric. 1942; RNVR 1944-7; BA MA 1949 (1st class hons Physics), DPhil 1951; missile development Armstrong Whitworth, Coventry, 1950-4; RAE Farnborough 1954-8; UK Atomic Energy Estab., Harwell 1958-68; Prof. of Nuclear Engineering, Queen Mary Coll. Lond. 1968-84, Prof. Emeritus 1984-, and dir. of Turbulence Unit 1975-90; Sci. and Tech. Committee of Euratom 1973-86, chmn. 1980-4; Electricity Supply Res. Council 1981-9, dep. chmn. 1984-9; m. 14 June 1952 Dorothea Ann, d. of Norman Wenborn of Tewin Wood, Welwyn, Herts; d. 1 Dec. 1993.
Lethbridge, Noel Bridgeman, brother of Montagu Henry Bowater Lethbridge (q.v.); b. Dec. 23, 1891; adm. Jan. 18, 1906 (A); left July 1907; 2nd Lieut. York and Lancs. Regt. Feb. 14, 1912; Lieut. Jan. 1, 1914; Capt. Oct. 1, 1915, served in Great War I and was twice wounded; m. 1st Muriel, only child of Thomas George Chandler, of Satwells Barton, Henley on-Thames; 2nd Jan. 20, 1937, Evelyn, daughter of Major Thomas Farley, Norfolk Regt., of Henley-on-Thames; d. Oct. 2, 1958.
Levey, Bruce Edward George, son of Edward Rundle Levey FCA, of Teddington, Middx; b. 5 May 1916; adm. May 1930 (A); left July 1933.
Lewis, Edward Reginald Charles, brother of Frederic Isaac Harry Lewis (qv); b. 22 Aug. 1913; adm. May 1927 (A), (B) Sept. 1928; left July 1929; AA Sch. of Architecture, ARIBA 1936; 2nd Lieut. RE Feb. 1942, invalided June 1944; architectural dept GLC 1951-73, retd 1973; m. 1st 1938 Michal Augusta, d. of Mark Hambourg, pianist; 2nd Sept. 1968 Betty, d. of Alfred Burt, building contractor, of Poole, Dorset; d. 24 Oct. 1988.