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256695 Able Sea. Jean Auguste LeLievre Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve Hawke Btn. from:St Peters, Jersey (d.2nd April 1918) Jean Le Lievre was in the Jersey Militia for 5 years before he got called up into the British Expeditionary Force via the Royal Naval Volunteer Division, Hawke Battalion. He deployed in 1917 and 1 month after deployment to the trenches of the Western Front he was gassed by the Germans, that was October 1917. They patched him up and threw him back into the line, just in time for when the Germans mounted their biggest and final offensive of the war. It is thought that he was in Bapaume near Arras France and his unit was overrun in late March 1918. He was injured, taken prisoner before being treated in Field Hospital, Beaulencourt for gun shot wound to the skull, and died on the 2nd of April 1918, aged 25 years. He was the husband of Mrs. Jeanne Philomene Le Lievre (nee Botrel of Val-de-la-Mare, St. Peters, Jersey Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**