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World War 1 One ww1 wwII greatwar great 1914 1918 first battalion regiment
Pte. M. Lally
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Ryhope Colliery
M Lally had his leg amputated, he lay on the field for three days
Sgt. Michael Lally
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:North Shields
Gnr. Maurice Chevrier Lalonde
Canadian Expeditionary Force 46th Btn. Saskatchewan Regiment
from:2,1406 Barclay St. Vancouver, British Columbia.
(d.6th Apr 1918)
Maurice Lalonde was the youngest of three brothers, all of whom joined up in the Great War with the Canadian Expeditionary Force. Maurice was my Uncle, he joined the 49th University Canadians and then served with the 46th Btn. Saskatchewan Regiment and was in charge of a machine gun crew of three men, sadly they all lost their lives together during the Battle for Arras in France. He is buried in Rochlincourt, France where his grave is perpetually cared for.
His brothers, both members of the RFC then the RAF, survived the war and returned to Canada. Leon Arthur Lalonde one of the brothers was my father.
Pte. Eugene "Brock" Lalor
British Army 6th Btn Connaught Rangers
from:Abbeyleix
Lt. Leonard William Henry Lamaison
British Army 2/5th Btn. Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Southwold, Kenley, Surrey
(d.2nd Jul 1916)
Leonard Lamasion was the son of the late William and Marian Lamaison, of Southwold, Kenley, Surrey. He was 40 years old when he was killed during an intense bombardment of the front line at Moated Grange, Laventie, his friend Lt Truman was killed and another friend James Budd was badly injured. His wife Charlotte Florence Barton (formerly Lamaison) lived at Esmeryl, Dehra Dun, India. He was buried in the Rue-du-Bacquerot no.1 military cemetery at Laventie
VAD. Lamb
Voluntary Aid Detachment No. 46 Stationary Hospital
Dvr. Alexander Lamb
British Army 21st Battery, 2nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:England
(d.2nd Oct 1915)
Alexander Lamb served with the Royal Field Artillery 21st Battery, 2nd Brigade. He was executed for desertion on 2nd October 1915 and is buried in Vlamertinghe Military Cemetery in Belgium.
Pte. D. Lamb
Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte Lamb was wounded whilst serving at Heugh Battery during the Bombardment of the Hartlepools on the 16th December 1914.
Sgt. E. Lamb
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Shotton Colliery
Pte. George Lamb
British Army 2nd Battalion Durham Light Infantry
(d.28th Oct 1914)
George Lamb died aged 22, he was born in Jarrow in 1892, son of William and Elizabeth Lamb. In the 1911 Census he is listed as George Lamb, age 18, a Colliery Pony Driver, living at 12, Ormonde Street, South Shields. He first served in WW1 on the 8th of September 1914.
George is remembered on the Ploegsteert Memorial and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.
Pte. George William Lamb
British Army 7th Battalion Border Regiment
(d.13th Sep 1915)
George Lamb died age 21, he first served in France on the 24th of July 1915. He was born in Jarrow 1894, son of George William and Hannah Mary Lamb (nee Richardson) of 4 Oak Street Jarrow. In the 1911 Census, George William Lamb, age 17, a Cleaner in a Blast Furnace Fitting Shop & Black Engine House, is listed as living with his parents George William & Hannah Mary Lamb & his many siblings at 49, Grange Road West, Jarrow
george is buried in Brandhoek Military Cemetery and is commemorated on the Palmer Cenotaph Jarrow.
Gnr George Christelow Lamb
British Army 131st Bty. 14th Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Seaham
Pte. Gideon Lamb
British Army 5/6th Btn. Royal Scots (Lothian) Regiment
from:Edinburgh, Scotland
Pte. James Lamb
British Army 6th/7th Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers
(d.12th Aug 1916)
James Lamb died age 36, he was born in Jarrow, enlisted in Paisley and was living Govan Son of John and Margaret Lamb of 8 Marr Street Govan Glasgow
James is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
Pte. James Lamb
British Army 7th Btn. Seaforth Highlanders
from:Dundee
My grandfather, James Lamb, from Dundee was born in May 1899 and was a Jute Factory Overseer at the time of his marriage in 1923. I believe he enlisted while under the age of 18. I possess an original certificate showing that he donated blood for transfusion at No.36 Casualty Clearing Station on 28th of October 1918. He lived to be 85.
Pte. John Alfred Lamb
British Army 162nd Company Machine Gun Corps
from:Coventry
(d.26th Apr 1917)
John Lamb was born on 5th of September 1895 in Coventry, St Peter, Warwickshire. He lived with parents William and Lucy Lamb and 7 siblings. He joined the Army in 1914 and died on the 26th of April 1917 at St Quentin, in France. Before enlisting he worked as a machinist in The Challenge Cycle Company in Coventry
Cpl. Joseph Lamb
British Army 22nd Btn. B Coy. 8Plt. Manchester Regiment
from:38 Ben St, Clayton, Manchester
Joseph Lamb was a stoker at Stuart St power station immediately prior to WW1 though he had previously worked in a cotton mill.
On the 1st of September 1914 he attested with the 12th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps as a private No 531, but this was short lived as he was discharged 1 month later under Kings Regulation 392, 111 (unlikely to become an efficient soldier).
Evidently, not put off by this hitch, he then joined the 22nd Manchester Regiment, "B" Company, VII Platoon as a Private on the th of January 1915. His initial training took place at Stretford Rd Barracks, Hulme, Manchester. During this period the 22nd Manchester's had no billets, uniforms or weaponry and in fact returned home at the end of each day's training. The Battalion then moved to Morecambe followed by Grantham and then Larkhill Camp, Salisbury Plain.
They were then sent to France via Folkestone to Boulogne. Due to appalling weather they were billeted overnight until the sea calmed down though the sailing could not be described as calm. The battn then continued advanced training before tasting their first "active service" in trenches facing Thiepval (at that point a heavily defended German stronghold) under the watchful eye of the 1st Bttn Hampshire Regt.
The 22nds remained in France and were billeted at Fricourt the night before the opening of The Battle of the Somme. On the opening of the battle they held trenches midway between Fricourt and Mametz and went over the top in an attempt to capture/liberate the German held village of Mametz. The objective was achieved and proved to be one of the few successes of the day which saw 60,000 allied casualties.
The 22nds lost officers killed May, Bland, Mellor, Gomersall, Peak, Brunt, Swan, Nansen, Price and Gill. Officers Wounded: Lloyd, Worthington Prince, Cotton, Wood, >Workhouse and Riley wounded. 120 other ranks were killed and 241 others were wounded or missing.
In late September Joseph Lamb was listed as wounded on The Times daily casualty lists though I can find no detail of the nature of the wound. They remained in the Somme region and took part in the Battle of Bullecourt in May 1917. This battle proved to be another fiasco largely due to the failure of British tanks to reach, let alone disrupt the enemy front line.
My other grandfather was captured during this battle.
The Battalion moved to Belgium in September 1917 to take part in the 3rd battle of Ypres (Paschaendale). On the 2nd of October 1917 Joe Lamb was in dugouts in a railway embankment west of Zillebeke Lake. On the night of the 3rd the Battlion marched up to Polygon Wood in preparation for the Battle of Broodseinde Ridge. The Manchester's attacked Broodseinde Ridge early on the 4th and he was hit by a shell and lay injured in a shell hole. A German soldier was in the same shell hole and managed to dress Joe's badly wounded leg. Upon the arrival of other British troops Joe Lamb managed to talk them out of shooting the German soldier who was subsequently taken as a POW.
Joe Lamb was evacuated to Britain and spent some time at Colchester Military Hospital though by this time he had lost a leg 2 inches above the knee. He received further treatment at the 2nd Western Military Hospital on Whitworth St, Manchester. It was here on 1st of July 1918 that his artificial leg was "successfully fitted".
He later returned to work for the Electricity Dept as a storeman. He was never a well man after the war and died aged 47 in 1943. His brother in law (another Manchester Pal) died in the same hospital on the same day with neither widow (sisters) realising the other was there. During his recuperation Joe took offence to a grocery boy's taunts aimed at the injured soldiers. When the boy entered the hospital Joe, regardless of his missing leg stole and hid the boys delivery bike. Try explaining that to your boss!
Pte. Lawrence Lamb
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newcastle
(d.1st July 1916)
Lawrence Lamb is named on the Thiepval Memorial
Percy Lamb
British Army 90th Brigade, A Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Durham
Pte. Peter Lamb
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Usworth
Peter Lamb was a Battalion Bomber, He took part in the trench raid on the night of the 2th5-26th of June 1916. he was wounded in October 1916
Pte. Robert Robson Lamb
British Army 21st Btn Durham Light Infantry
Served with 18th DLI
Pte. Thomas Lamb
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.1st May 1915)
Pte. Thomas Lamb
British Army 24th (Oldham Pioneers) Btn. D Coy. Manchester Regiment
from:Oldham, Lancashire
Thomas Lamb, joined the 24th Manchester Regiment (Oldham Pioneers) at the start of 1914 war. He served in France and fortunately returned to Oldham where he continued in his trade as a Master Clogger.
In 1951, he, along with other members, was presented to Her Majesty the Queen Mother. A photo of this event was published in the Manchester Evening News in December 1951. I have some photographs of him and some Post Cards he wrote to my Grandmother.
Pte William Lamb
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:16, Burder St, Limeside Rd, Hollinwood, Oldham
(d.19th Oct 1918)
Lamb, William. Private, 66116, Killed in action on 19th October 1918. Aged 19 years.
Buried in Moorseele Military Cemetery, Wevelgem, West-Vlaanderen, in grave D 8.
Son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lamb, of 16, Burder St, Limeside Rd, Hollinwood, Oldham.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Pte. William Lamb
British Army 6th Perthshire Btn. Black Watch
from:Hydro Lodge, Crieff
(d.30th Jul 1916)
I am not sure of William Lamb's story. It is listed that he died from wounds he received in Flanders. Not sure if he is buried in France or back in Scotland. There is a family gravestone in Crieff, with his details on it. He is my Great Uncle. He left a wife Mabel
Pte. William Lamb
British Army 9th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Newcastle
(d.20th July 1917)
Ordinary Seaman Peter James Lambell
Royal Navy HMS Amphion
from:6, Back Street, Woolwich, London
(d.6th Aug 1914)
My great uncle, Ordinary Seaman Peter Lambell, went to HMS Ganges when he was 16. He served on HMS Donegal, Vivid and Magnificent and on 2nd April 1913 went to HMS Amphion. He died on his 18th birthday, the 6th of August 1914. He was the son of Peter James and Mary Lambell, of 6 Back Lane, Woolwich, London.
Dvr. Ernest Lambert
British Army 153rd Brigade, C Bty. Royal Field Artillery
from:Wandsworth
Stoker. George Lambert
Royal Navy HMS Defence
from:30 Headlam Street, Stockton on Tees
(d.31st May 1916)
George Lambert was lost at sea during the Battle of Jutland. He was the son of homas and Mary Lambert and husband of Alice.
Rifleman George Henry Lambert
British Army 1st Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Lower Hartshay, Ripley, Derbyshire
(d.17th Feb 1917)
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