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Pte. Joseph Letters
British Army 8th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders
from:Glasgow
(d.8th Feb 1918)
Joseph Letters was born in Glasgow of Irish parents in 1886. Joseph married Catherine Cassidy in Glasgow in 1908. By the time Joseph left for the war in 1915, he and Catherine (Kate) had 4 children, Jane (Jeanie), Joseph, James and Elizabeth (Lizzie). After his death in 1918 Kate never sang again and remained a widow till her death in 1970. Lizzie was the only one of their children to stay in Scotland, Jeanie, Joe and James emigrated to the United States of America.
Pte. Sydney Scott Letts
British Army 16th Battalion Middlesex Regiment
from:Chelsea
(d.9th July 1916)
Sydney Letts was 36 when he died of wounds received on 1st of July 1916 at Beaumont Hamel. He was a stretcher bearer. Although in the Public Schools battalion, he was only a cellar hand in Chesea. After being wounded in the thigh, he was sent to No. 1 Stationary Hospital in Rouen. He had gas gangrene and but was quite aware and able to talk to the orderly about Chelsea life and smoke his pipe, he was given champagne to help with his blood but died at around 0515 on 9th of July. (All this information from correspondence between his widow and a hospital orderly, but may have been edited by the orderly to make things easier for her). He is buried at St Sever Commonwealth War Cemetery, Rouen.
Thomas Letts
British Army Worcestershire Regiment
from:Digbeth, Birmingham
Thomas Letts was my Great Uncle and brother of my Grandfather who also served in The Worcestershire Regiment. He was injured, sent home and re-enlisted on 29th May 1917. Thomas was never really well after returning home and died a few years later.
Pte. C. Letzky
Army 2nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry
VAD. Levack
Voluntary Aid Detachment No. 32 Stationary Hospital
Rflmn. Louis Xavier LeVaillant
New Zealand Expeditionary Force New Zealand Rifle Brigade
(d.14th December 1918)
Rifleman Louis Le Vaillant served on Western Front in 1917 and 1918. He was 42 when he died and is buried in the Akaroa Anglican Cemetery, Banks Penisula District, New Zealand.
Bertie Leveridge
British Army 1st Btn. Norfolk Regiment
from:Letheringsett, Norfolk
(d.21st Aug 1918)
Bertie Leveridge was the son of William and Emma Leveridge. He was born in 1890 and baptised in Letheringsett on 22nd June 1890. Bertie enlisted in Cromer with the 1st Battalion, Norfolk Regiment and fought in France and Flanders. He was killed, aged 28 on 21st of August 1918 in France. He is remembered with honour at the Gommecourt British Cemetery No 2 Hebuterne.
L/Cpl. Walter Clare Leverington
British Army 2nd Battalion Welch Regiment
from:28 Balaclava Walter Road, Bermondsey, London
Walter Leverington enlisted 1907 in Cardiff. Between 1910-1911 he was with his regiment in Eygpt. 1914 he sustained a gunshot wound to his left shoulder. He was sent to the 1st Eastern General Hospital, Cambridge.
Able Sea. Ernest William Leverton
Royal Navy HMS Defence
from:Wadebridge, Cornwall
(d.31st May 1916)
Ernest Leverton served with the Royal Navy during WW1. He was killed in action on the 31st May 1916, aged 31 and is commemorated onthe Plymouth Naval Memorial in Plymouth. He was the son of Joseph and Elizabeth Leverton, of St. Austell, Cornwall; Husband of Jessie Beda Leverton, of The Grey House, Wadebridge, Cornwall.
Admiral Arthur Cavenagh Leveson MID
Royal Navy 2nd Battle Squadron
from:England
Admiral Sir Arthur Cavenagh Leveson fought in the Battle of Jutland on 31st May 1916
Lt. R. M. Leveson
Army 10th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Charles Robert Levett
British Army 2nd Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Hailsham, East Sussex
Charles Levett enlisted in territorials in 1912. He was mobilised on the 5th of August 1914 and posted France on the 22nd of August 1914. Wounded sometime in late 1915 or early 1916 by bullet lodged in right shoulder, he was discharged as no longer fit for duty on the 18th of July 1916.
Cpl Joseph Richard Levett
British Army 1/5th Royal Sussex Regiment
from:Hailsham East Sussex
this was my great uncle. He died of wounds after the war. He played football for Hailsham Town and was wounded twice in action. He wrote a letter from the front thanking the town for sending cigarettes to the "Hailsham boys". I did have a newspaper article on A Company (Hailsham) 1/5th Battalion taken at Dover Castle before they went out to France. Joe is in this photo.... I would love to see a copy of the original
Pte William Henry Levey
British Army 17th Btn. Middlesex Regiment
from:Buckland, Portsmouth
(d.1st Oct 1917)
William Levey arrived in France on 13th Feb 1917 and joined 17th Middlesex Btn on 2nd March. He was taken prisoner during the Battle of Oppy Wood France on 28th April 1917. He died as a P.O.W. from Dysentry in No.5 Dysentry Section in the forward or field Regiment, Douai or Denain on 1st October 1917. He was buried in Denain Communal Cemetery.
Capt Keith Maurice Levi MiD
Australian Imperial Forces Army Medical Corps
from:Melbourne Victoria Australia
(d.7th Aug 1915)
Keith Levi served with Army Medical Corps
Pte. Albert Levick
British Army 12th Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Sheffield
(d.1st July 1916)
Pte. Charles William Levick
British Army 4th (Hallamshire) Battalion York and Lancaster Regiment
from:Sheffield
(d.3rd July 1916)
Charles Levick was born in 1886 and was a furnace man in the steelworks of Sheffield. He enlisted on 7th June 1915. Charles was 29 years 7months old stood 5 foot 9ins weighed 130 pounds. At the time of his enlisting he was living at 29 Blackburn Street in Sheffield. He had a wife named Ethel a son Charles and an daughter Winnie.
Charles was killed in action 3rd of July 1916 and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial. From his Army records Ethel received a pension of 18/6 per week for her and her 2 children.
Lt. Richard William Levinge
British Army South Irish Horse 8th Hussars
from:Westmeath, Ireland
Pte. Andrew William Levins
British Army 6th Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:Dublin, Ireland
Pte. A. Levinson
Canadian Expeditionary Force Lord Strathcona's Horse (Royal Canadians)
(d.10th Oct 1918)
Private Levinson is buried in the Giessen Jewish Cemetery in Germany.
Pte. William Elijah Levitt
British Army Army Cyclist Corps
from:Hull
My grandfather, Billy Levitt grew up in Hull and enlisted in the British Army on 25th May 1914 making him 18 years of age. He was the youngest of about 10 siblings and was a plumber's apprentice before entering the army. He was transferred to the Army Cyclist Corps toward the end of 1916. Although I never knew him I have gained knowledge about him from his Army papers. He was transferred back to the UK for demobilisation on 25th January 1919.
Charles McKnight Levy
Australian Imperial Force 1st Australian Tunnelling Company
from:Warrnambool, Victoria.
Pte. John Joseph Lewarne
British Army Army Service Corps
from:London
My paternal grandfather, John Lewarne served as a mechanic with the Army Service Corps during WW1 but was discharged on 8th of September 1917 due to sickness (Kings Regulations, Para 392 xvi). I know that he was gassed and died in 1935. I would like to know more about him.
Pte. Thomas Henry Lewington
British Army 2/14th (London Scottish) Battalion London Regiment
from:Lee Common, Gt Missenden, Bucks
Thomas Lewington was my 1st cousin 3 times removed and he ran the Post Office in Lee Common in Buckinghamshire.
Pte. William Lewins
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Tantobie
Pte. Albert Lewis
British Army Glamorgan Yeomanry
from:Glyncorrwg
(d.23rd Sep 1918)
Albert volunteered for the Glamorgan Yeomanry and served in Egypt with them in 1916. They were called to France in May 1918, and on September 18th whilst fighting at Giuillemont Farm near the Hindenburg Line, he was wounded, and he died on the 23rd. Albert is buried at St Emillie Valley war cemetery.
Pte. Albert Lewis
British Army Glamorgan Yeomanry
from:Glyncorrwg
(d.23rd Sept 1918)
Gnr. Albert H. Lewis MM.
British Army 216 Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Croydon
Albert William Lewis
British Army 26th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
Albert William Lewis served with the 26th Royal Fusiliers
Stkr1. Albert Thomas Lewis
Royal Navy HMS Vanguard
from:9th July 1917
Albert Lewis was killed in action 9th July 1917, aged 21. He is commemorated on the Chatham Naval Memorial in Kent.
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