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Sgt. David Lightbody
British Army 9th Battalion Cameronians
from:Cardenden
(d.24th October 1916)
Pte. William Lightbody
British Army 15th (North Belfast) Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
from:Groomsport, Bangor, Co.Down
The information I have on William Lightbody is very limited. He came from Groomsport, Bangor, Co. Down. He was my grandfather's brother. His medals were passed down to me which I have had in a box for over 40 years. Before I got them thy were in my grandfather's possession so he must have gotten them after William died. I don't know when he died. I feel he needs to have his name out there. I now have his medals hanging proudly in a glass case in my house. I'm just sorry I can't provide any more information on him.
L/Cpl. Robert Lightburn
British Army 11th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
from:South Moor, Stanley Co. Durham
(d.23rd Apr 1917)
Lance Corporal Robert Lightburn, my father's brother in law, was killed (aged 29) in the Second Battle of Arras, he was serving with 11th. Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. My father's step brother, Emmerson Beckwith (aged 25) was killed just 6 days before in the same battle, but different sectors. The two families lived within 1 mile of each other in the same mining village in North West Durham
Pte. Alfred John Lightfoot
British Army Cheshire Regiment Royal Army Ordnance Corps
from:Wrexham
Alfred Lightfoot was my husband's father. He is known to have fought in France but unfortunately his war record cannot be found. It was probably one of the many which were destroyed. He said very little about his experience but it is believed he was gassed and hospitalised in Rouen. He survived the war.
Pte N Lightfoot
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:29, Grimshaw St., Darwen, Lancashire
(d.2nd Nov 1918)
Lightfoot, N. Private, 66255, Killed on 2nd November 1918. Aged 19 years.
Buried in Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas de Calais, in grave X. A. 12.
Believed that the Commonwealth War Graves Commision may have shown him incorrectly as a memeber of 9th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers. This will require further research, but will record in both Btn's at this time.
Son of William and Emily Lightfoot, of 29, Grimshaw St., Darwen, Lancashire.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Sgt.Maj. Richard Lightfoot
British Army 15th (Birkenhead Bantams) Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:Birkenhead
Richard Lightfoot was my Grandad. He served with the 15th Cheshires, the Birkenhead Bantams. He was captured at the Somme and spent the war in a prisoner of war camp in Germany from where he escaped and got recaptured three times. I Have a news item from the Birkenhead News with his photo saying he was missing in action.
Later on in the second world war he was based in Chester and then lived at the drill hall Birkenhead.
Pte. William Lightfoot
British Army 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Wynyard Street, Silksworth
(d.1st July 1916)
Pte. H. Lightowler
British Army 14th Btn. D Coy. Northumberland Fusiliers
Pte. H. Lightowler was part of the "D" Coy, 14th Platoon, 14th Northumberland Fusiliers, B.E.F. France during the Great War
Pte. James Liley
British Army 9th Btn. Sherwood Foresters Notts and Derby Reg.
from:Collingham, Notts
(d.26th Sept. 1916)
Pte. Patrick Lillas
British Army 19th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Clare St., Salford, Manchester
(d. 25th November 1916 )
Pte. Augustus George Lilley
British Army 1st Btn. Irish Guards
from:East Ham, London
George Lilley served with the 1st Irish Guards.
Gnr. Ernest Lilley
British Army Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Kimberley, Nottinghamshire
(d.10th August 1916)
I came across the grave of Ernest Lilley in Kimberley, Nottinghamshire, cemetery whilst researching Military burials in our local cemetery. The headstone reads:- In loving memory of Gunner Ernest Lilley, son of Enoch and Mary Ann Lilley, who died Aug 16 1916 in 1st. Military Hospital Fazakerley, Liverpool aged 21 years. Rest after weariness, peace after pain.
2nd Lt. Frederick Lilley
British Army 5th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment
(d.24th April 1918)
Rfn. John Lilley
British Army 2/9th (Queen Victoria's Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
from:Ashtead, Surrey
(d.27th Jul 1917)
Rflmn. John Lilley
British Army 9th (Queen Victorias Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
(d.27th Sep 1917)
Pte. William Corless Lilley
British Army 36th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:Wandsworth, London
(d.2nd Jun 1917)
L Cpl W Lillico
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.4th Nov 1918)
Lillico, W. Lance Corporal 19/514, Killed in action on 4th November 1918.
Buried in Cross Roads Cemetery, Fontaine-Au-Bois, Nord, in grave IV. C. 23.
The 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers records show that L Cpl Lillico was a member of the 19th Btn with service number 19/514. He was on Attachment to the 2nd Btn, Northumberland Fusiliers at the time of his death.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Lt. Alexander William Hewson Lillie
Royal Naval Reserve H.M.S. Pretoria
from:Whitby, Yorks.
(d.10th Oct 1917)
Lieutenant Alexander Lillie was the Son of the Rev. Gordon Lillie of Whitby, and the late Elizabeth Lillie, husband of Marion Lillie of Strathroy, 4, Mayfield Rd., Whitby, Yorks. He was aged 44 when he died and is buried in the Port Louis (Roche-Bois) Eastern Cemetery in Mauritius.
James Lillie
British Army Northern Cyclists Battalion Army Cyclist Corps
from:Blyth, Northumberland
Pte. Claude Clement Phinehas Lillington
British Army 2/4th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment
from:Aston Tirrold, Berkshire
(d.31st Jul 1917)
Pte. John James Lillis
Australian Imperial Force. 37th Btn.
from:Korrumburra
(d.9th Jun 1917)
Pte. John James Lillis
Australian Imperial Force. 37th Btn.
from:Richard St., Korumburra, Victoria
(d.8th Jun 1917)
John Lillis was born in Outtrim and attended Gippsland Victoria school and Korrumburra State School. Prior to enlistment he had served as a cadet from age 14-18yrs and he worked as a printer. His mother was Hannah Elizabeth, father John James Lillis.
John Was killed in action on Messines Ridge, aged 19yrs and 1 mth Whilst serving with 3rd Reinforcement, 37th Btn. Some records show he may of served in B & C company. He has no-Known grave and is listed on Menin gate Memorial.
Pte. Horace Willie Lillywhite
British Army 3rd Btn. Bedfordshire Regiment, Royal Army Ordnance Corps
from:Connington, Huntingdonshire
(d.31st March 1916)
Pte. Fred Limb MM
British Army 1st Btn. Sherwood Foresters
from:Belph
Pte. John F Limerick
British Army 1st Btn Sherwood Foresters
from:Nottingham
(d.27th Apr 1915)
My uncle Jack was the eldest of nine children, he is buried in the Rue-Petillon Military Cemetery at Fleurbaix.
2nd Lt. George Alfred "Limmie" Limouzin
Royal Flying Corps 26 Squadron
from:Ngqeleni, Eastern Cape, SA
George Limouzin, generally known as Limmie, joined the South African Army as a lieutenant in the First City (Grahamstown) Regiment which was soon thereafter amalgamated with the Queenstown Rifle Volunteers and incorporated into the new Union Defence Force as the 4th Infantry (First Eastern Rifles).
He was in Britain in August 1914, possibly seconded to the Royal Garrison Artillery on a training course, because he returned to South Africa having seen action with the British Expeditionary Force at Mons and, possibly, Ypres (for which he was later entitled to wear the 1914 Star). On his return to South Africa he spent several months in what was German South-west Africa (now Namibia) as a flying observer or artillery 'spotter' until the German capitulation in July 1915. At that point he had been invited by Capt. Allister Miller, to join the nascent Zuid Afrikaanse Vlieenier Korps (the predecessor to the South African Air Force) which was to be amalgamated with the Royal Flying Corps to increase the air-power in the European theatre.
George passed his flying licence in a Farman bi-plane at the military school airfield at Shoreham and was awarded an aviator's certificate (No. 2419, dated 29 January 1916) by the Royal Aero Club. He was posted to No. 26 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps, an essentially South African unit with a motto in Afrikaans: In Wagter in die Lug. The squadron was sent to East Africa and, operating from rough temporary airfields, flew their Farman FE2's on reconnaissance and occasional bombing missions against the German forces in what is to-day Tanzania.
It appears that in early 1918 George, who had been gazetted as a full lieutenant in 1916, fell ill with malaria and had to be shipped home - ironically his route was via the Cape. He was admitted to a military hospital in St.James in the Cape in June 1918, and to the London General in August and, finally, to a military hospital in Colchester in November 1918.
26 Squadron had, however, been disbanded at Blandford in July 1918, so George returned to the Royal Garrison Artillery at Winchester until the end of the war, and was thus entitled to wear the Inter-Allied Victory Medal. He remained with the Royal Garrison Artillery until he relinquished his commission (with the right to retain his rank) on 12 June 1919, entitled to add the 1914/18 General Service medal and the British War Medal to his decorations. He was still in London when the victory was celebrated in July 1919 (and he later recalled drinking champagne at the Cafe Royal at nine pence a glass).
George Limouzin remained on the British Army records and an entry in 1931 shows that he had returned to south Africa at about that time. Precisely what role he played in WWII has not been determined, but his sister, when writing to him in May 1941 addressed the envelope to George as 'staff sergeant' at an address in Pretoria. George Alfred Limouzin died, aged 96, in Pretoria, in 1977; he had willed his body to science so has no memorial.
Cpl. Harry Limpus
Australian Imperial Forces 1st Australian Tunnelling Coy.
Pte. Henry Linch
British Army 7th Battalion Hampshire Regiment
from:Bournemouth
Henry Linch served with the 7th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment.
L/Sgt. James Lincoln
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.8th July 1916)
L/Serj James Lincoln of the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers was killed in action on 8th of July 1916. Age unknown. Buried in the Serre Road Cemetery No.2. No Family details shown.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
L/Cpl. W W Lincoln
British Army 23rd Btn. London Regiment
(d.10th November 1915)
Lance Corporal W. W. Lincoln. At the time of his death he was serving with the 23rd Battalion London Regiment, service no. 3786. On the 4 November 1915 the 23rd London Regiment of the 142 Brigade, 47th Division, were relieved from the front line near Loos in Northern France and moved back to the reserve trenches. From there they moved to Philosophe, Mazingarbe, France.
On the 10th November 1915 a shell landed on one of the billets occupied by C Company, 23rd Battalion London Regiment killing seven men outright including Lance Corporal Lincoln. He is buried in the Philosophe British Cemetery, Mazingarbe, Pas de Calais, France.
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