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Thomas Frederick Langley
British Army 8th Battalion Middlesex Regiment
from:Brentford, Middlesex
Thomas Langley attested aged 15 years and 6 months on 19th July 1912. On 5th August 1914 he was in Embodied Service but on 25th September 1914 he was discharged Medically unfit. I have been unable to find further details regarding Thomas.
Major. John duPlessis Langrishe DSO MID.
British Army 12th Field Ambulance Royal Army Medical Corps
from:Kilkenny, Ireland
Capt. Jack Langrishe was a Regular Army doctor, having joined the British Army in 1907 after graduating from Trinity College, Dublin. He served in India from Sept. 1908 to Aug. 1913 and in the British Army hospital in Queenstown, Ireland, from Sept. 1913 to Sept. 1914.
He went to France in Sept. 1914 as regimental medical officer to 38th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. On 19th January 1915 he was appointed to 16th Field Ambulance, 16th Infantry Brigade, then in Flanders. He then joined the staff of the A.D.M.S. 14th Division on 10th Nov. 1915 in Flanders, later on the Arras and Somme fronts. On 6th of November 1916 he took command of 12th Field Ambulance with the acting rank of Lt. Colonel, retaining this post and rank until 1st March 1919. The Field Ambulance supported the actions in a number of sectors, finally being involved in the advance from Arras to Cambrai in October 1918. The Field Ambulance remained in being until March 1919. Jack was promoted to Major (substantive) on 28th January 1919, retaining his acting rank of Lt. Col. until relinquishing command of the Field Ambulance. He was Mentioned in Despatches by Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig on 7th November 1917 (L.G. 24.12.1917) and appointed to the Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) the same month (L.G. 1.1.1918); he was invested by H.M. King George V at Buckingham Palace on 23rd November 1918. He continued to serve until retirement on 2nd May 1928.
Pte. Samuel William Langston
British Army 8th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment
from:Tipton, Staffs
(d.9th Aug 1916)
William Langston
British Army Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:London
My wife's granddad William Langston lost an arm apparently on the 11th Jan 1916, the war diary records state they were relieved on the 10th but lost 9 men and had 27 injured. Strange when you read it and can put a person to the report. He lived a good long life and had three children.
S/Sgt. Henry Langtip
Australian Imperial Force 4th Light Horse Regiment
Henry Langtip was born at Port Albert, Victoria, in 1888. Known as Harry, the 27-year-old farmer enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force on 25th January 1916. His brothers Bertie and Leslie enlisted at the same time and another brother, Ernest, enlisted the following day. All four brothers were allocated to the 4th Light Horse Regiment, and after several months of training they left Melbourne aboard HMAT Itria on 18th April 1916.
For the remainder of the year Henry Langtip and his brothers participated in training and performed mostly guard duty in the Suez Canal zone with the 1st Light Horse Double Squadron and then the Imperial Camel Corps. In February 1917 the brothers were transferred for the last time to the 4th Light Horse Regiment. In his diary Henry recorded the events of 31st October when, after a long and terrible ride through the desert all night, he and his brothers participated in the famous charge at Beersheba that helped break the Turkish defensive line. The unit moved into Palestine and then Transjordan, participating in several further raids and battles. Langtip's brother Leslie was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for his actions in the advance towards Damascus.
On 15th June 1919 Langtip and his brothers embarked for home with the rest of their regiment. All four brothers had survived the war and some of the most daring feats in the Egyptian and Middle East campaigns. War would return to the region some two decades later and on 12th November 1940, while Axis forces bombed the towns of Palestine, Henry Langtip died at Rutherglen, Victoria.
Pte Arthur Edward Langton
British Army 10th Btn (1st Hackney Rifles) London Regiment
from:Hackney
Major John Henry Langton DSO
British Army 1/4th Btn. Welsh Fusiliers
from:Cambridgeshire
Served with the 1\4 RWF 2nd February 1917 through to end of hostilities, leading the Battalion as Lt Col in the final 100 days.
Pte. John Thomas Langton
British Army 1st Btn Border Regiment
from:8 Farrimond's Yard, Scholefield Lane, Wigan, Lancashire.
(d.1st July 1916)
Pte. John Willy Langwade
British Army 10th Scottish Battalion Kings Liverpool
from:Manchester
Pte George lanham
British Army 7th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Keyingham
(d.12th May 1917)
Pte. George Lanham
British Army 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
(d.12th May 1917)
Frank Lankshear
Royal Flying Corps 6 Squadron
from:13 Poyser Street, Bethnal Green, London
(d.21st August 1917)
Frank Lankshear served with the Army Ordinance Corps and No.6 Squadron, RFC.
Dvr. Nicolas Lannan
Royal Army Medical Corps 2/1st South Midland Field Ambulance
from:Yardley, Birmingham
Nicolas Lannan served with the Royal Army Medical Corps, attached to the 2/1st South Midland Field Ambulance as a driver aged 20 and did 2 years service.
Pte. C. F. Lanning
British Army 4th Btn. London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers)
(d.18th January 1916)
Private Lanning was buried in the Polemidia Military Cemetery in Cyprus, Grave 65.
Pte. P. Lannon
British Army 3rd Btn. Royal Irish Regiment
(d.26th March 1916)
Private Lannon was 46 when he died and is buried in the north-east part of the Clara Old Graveyard in Co. Kilkenney, Ireland.
Pte Leonard Lansdale
British Army 11th Btn Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Stockport
(d.17th May 1916)
Leonard was my great uncle who was one of the first soldiers to sign up to this battalion. During the war he served as a drummer in the battalion band and subsequently was a stretcher bearer. During an attack on Vimy Ridge, namely Crosbie Craters, all the officers were killed leaving the NCO's to take charge of the attack. The attack was successful and the units took the German strong points. The position was held for five days until the Germans, aided by information given by a deserter, reorganised a counter attack to re take the ground lost. The NCO Sergt Major J Moran was injured (mortally) during the counter attack and my uncle Leonard Lansdale went to give him aid and retrieve the Sergt Major to the safety of British lines. Leonard was shot by a sniper and killed instantly whilst trying to rescue his NCO. They are both buried, side by side, at Ecovires Military Cemetery Mont St Eloi. Here is an extract written by Pte W Hunt to his mother Mary Lansdale: "He was one of the drummers we had in the Band and I still always think of him when we are playing in the rest camp after coming out of the trenches. A better chum no-one could wish for and he was liked by all in the Company. I hope you will accept my regret and sympathy for the loss of a dear and brave boy."
Pte. G. S. Lapping
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
Pte. Harry Lapping
British Army 12th Btn. Highland Light Infantry
from:Old Monkland
(d.1st Aug 1917)
Great Uncle Harry Lapping is remembered on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Pte. Joseph Henry Lapslie
British Army 18th Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers
(d.30th Jul 1916)
Pte. Joseph Henry Lapslie served with the 18th Battalion Lancs Fusiliers. He was killed in action on the Somme and is commemorated on the Thievpal memorial.
2nd Lt. Owen Heckford Lapthorn
British Army 102nd Bde. D Bty Royal Field Artillery
from:"Glenelg," Gosport, Hants.
(d.28th May 1917)
Pte Joseph Lapworth
British Army 5th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment
from:Swindon
(d.8th March 1919)
Joseph Lapworth died of his wounds on 8th March 1919. He was sent to Cork Hospital in Ireland shortly before his death.
Gnr. Francis Emlyn Larder
British Army C Bty, 232nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Sheffield
(d.30th Mar 1918)
Francis Larder was born in 1898, to Francis and Mary Ann. Francis was a gardener when he and Mary Ann Larder (nee Hardy) married in 1881. There was a previous marriage, but his first wife had died, leaving two children. Francis and Mary Ann had twin girls who were born and died in 1882. They went on to have three sons, Francis, who was born in Walkley was their youngest. By the 1901 census the family was living at 32 Stafford Street and Francis was employed as a domestic coachman. He died when Francis was just four years old.
Francis served in C Battery, 232nd Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery. He died on the 30th of March 1918 and is buried at Guise (La Desolation) French National Cemetery at Flavigny-Le-Petit. The inscription reads "The dearly loved son of F. & M.A. Larder Sheffield".
The gravestone at Fulwood containing his parents and some of his siblings has the inscription: "Also Francis E. Larder RFA, aged 20 killed in action, interred at Guise in France 21st of March 1918." By the time of Pte Francis Larder's death, his mother Mary Ann was living at 27 Hands Road, Crookesmoor.
In the Roll of Honour, in the Sheffield Daily Independent on 2nd of November 1918, "Larder F wounded and missing since March 21st, Gunner Frank Larder now officially reported died of wounds, a prisoner of war, the dearly loved son of Mrs M.A. Larder."
Pte Arthur James Large
British Army 1st Btn Gloucester Regiment
from:Northleach, Gloucestershire
Pte. Frank Large
British Army 10th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment
from:Greet, Cheltenham
My great-grandfather Frank Large, was a labourer and platelayer with Great Western Railways and joined up with the 10th Gloucesters on the 9th of August 1914 aged just 21. He was one of the first to answer Kitchenerā€™s call to arms. He went to France in August the following year. To the best of my knowledge from paperwork and accounts told by my grandfather Herbert Large, he went over the top on the 25th of September 1915 at Loos. His pension records detail several interesting things I would like to share:
From family stories, he was one of the few to return to his village, where he found out that his fiancee had been killed by the Spanish flu. Whereas it was often the other way round for wives and fiancees to be left behind as the men were killed off. He returned and worked on the railways and raised a family. He never spoke a lot about the war as many did not, but towards the end he spoke to my grandfather and a few funny stories came out. Most of them were about the acquisition of alcohol through various means. I have his pension records, which are an interesting read. I have a copy of the War diaries for the 10th Gloucesters which is also interesting to read and details an inspection by the King. One of the most poignant facts I observed with the diaries is the change of handwriting as the war progresses and officers are killed, often with the new writer detailing his predecessorā€™s passing and the details.
- His records detail that he served in France for 38 months out of the 51 months the war ran.
- He was wounded in the left forearm by a bullet. My grandfather always said that the bullet went through his arm. Funnily enough, my grandfather was nicked by a bullet in the same arm in WW2 in the Far East with the Royal Marines.
- He received field punishment number one for being late on parade on at least one occasion; a few other times, he was confined to barracks.
- He was made lance corporal, but reverted to private at his own request.
- He is detailed as having moved to the 8th Gloucesters for a time.
- He is detailed as having worked as a stretcher bearer, or at least qualified as such as far as I can tell.
- He also was in the 74th Battalion of the Machine Gun Corps towards the end of the war. He has two service numbers, one for the Gloucesters and one for the MGC.
There was also a William Ingles who served with the 10th Gloucesters and won the DCM on the 25th of September but was killed two weeks later at the Hohenzollern redoubt. My great-great-grandmotherā€™s maiden name was Ingles and I have often wondered if they were related somehow.
Private Frank Large
British Army Gloucestershire Regiment
from:Winchcombe, Gloucestershire
Pte. Isaac James Largue
British Army 26th Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Burnopfield
(d.1st July 1916)
Pte. William Largue
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Burnhopefield
William Largue was discharged in 1919
Pte. Herbert Larke
British Army 2/8th Btn Lancashire Fusiliers
(d.21st March 1918)
If we had a story of daring do we would tell it but we don't. The generations have gone by and taken the secrets to their graves all we have is a piece of paper stating where and when and a faded photo. We hear of a broken family loosing a son from a small Essex village called Blacmore. Probably never even heard of by some people. All we know is name rank number and a stone on a wall in Poziers. No grave, not even a mention on the village memorial to the war dead of WW1 how very sad.
Pte. James Albert Larkin
British Army 8th Btn. East Kent Regiment
from:Iden, nr Rye, East Sussex
(d.20th Dec 1916)
I have no connection to James Albert Larkin, however I am part of the creation of the database for all service personnel who gave their lives and the memorials where they are remembered, and in researching an action around his death date and wanted to add him to this roll of honour.
Pte. John Larkin
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Scots
from:Dumbarton, Scotland
(d.9th Apr 1917)
John Larkin was my great uncle he died on the 4th of April 1917 taking the village of Les-Mofflaines from the Germans.
I have found the cemetery in France where he is buried and intend to visit his grave very soon. I will be the first member of the family to visit his grave since his death. I found all his information om the Commonwealth War Grave Commission web site.
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