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AM1 James Francis Leafhead
British Army Royal Flying Corps
from:Leeds
Frank Leafhead never talked about it, but he once told me they had DH9s.
Spr. John Edward Leah
British Army 646th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
from:Manchester
(d.23rd Aug 1918)
Pte. William Leah
British Army Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Hyde
My Grandfather, William Leah was reported as missing in action, but my father said he returned home years later. I have not been able to get any further information.
Pte. James Leahy
British Army 2nd Btn. Rifle Brigade
(d.13th Mar 1915)
My great great great uncle, James Leahy, fought in the First World War. We traced him through the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.His name is on the Le Touret Cemetery. We visited there about 4 years ago and it is kept really beautifully.W e also visited the Royal Green Jackets in Winchester where we were given a copy of his Battalion diaries for the days up to, and a few days following, including the day he was killed in action at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. We also visited the area where the battles would have taken place very very moving. We laid flowers around the area we looked at for our James, as well as laying them at the cemetery where his name is engraved. There is also a book at the Cemetery which is available for relatives to look at which, when we looked it, had James' parents' names in there.
If any one has any photographs of the 2nd battalion Rifle Brigade I would love to see them.
Pte. George Leak
British Army 7th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Hull
(d.24th Sept 1915)
Pte. George A. Leak
British Army B Coy., 4th Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Hull, Yorkshire
(d.15th Sep 1916)
Pte John Leak VC
Australian Army 9th Battalion
from:Australia
Pte. Albert Ernest Leake
British Army 15th Battallion Royal Warwickshire Regiment
from:Mary St, Balsall Heath, Birmingham
(d.26th July 1916)
A/Cpl. Harold George Leake
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. William Lean
British Army Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry
from:Collins Arms, Higher Fore Street, Redruth
William Lean signed up for service on 9th of Oct 1916 aged 27 (finishing in 1919). Whilst serving in Egypt he is recorded as being a driver. He also served with the Machine Gun Corps in 75th Division.
Major Benjamin Bennett Leane MID.
Australian Imperial Force 10th Infantry Battalion
from:Australia
(d.10th Apr 1917)
Benjamin Bennett Leane was born at Prospect in South Australia on 3 June 1889. His family would become famous for their wartime service. After attending school in Prospect Benjamin trained in engineering and was working as a clerk and warehouseman when he enlisted for service in the First World War. At 25 Benjamin enlisted with the Australian Imperial Force on 19 August 1914, having already spent four years with the 10th Infantry Regiment of the part-time Citizens' Forces. Out of the six Leane brothers, he was one of the five that enlisted for service. Leane departed Adelaide with the 10th Infantry Battalion aboard HMAT Ascanius on 20 October 1914.
In the early hours of 25 April 1915 Leane landed on Gallipoli. That day he was wounded by a gunshot wound to his left forearm and was soon after evacuated to England for convalescence. After returning to the peninsula in August, Leane was Mentioned in Despatches, promoted to lieutenant, and temporarily made adjutant of the unit. During this time Leane adopted the approach of writing detailed diary entries as though he were talking to his wife, Phylllis, something that he was not able to do in his letters home.
The following March the newly promoted captain was made adjutant of the 48th Infantry Battalion. It became known as the "Joan of Arc" (the Maid of Orleans) battalion because it was "made of all Leanes": it was commanded by Leane's brother Raymond, Leane himself was adjutant, and several of his nephews were scattered throughout the battalion. The battalion was sent to the Western Front where its first major action was at Pozières in August 1916. Leane continued to distinguish himself that year, promoted to major and awarded of the Serbian Order of the White Eagle.
On the eve of the first battle of Bullecourt on 10 April 1917, Benjamin Leane was killed in action by an artillery shell. He is buried at Queant Road Cemetery, France. The war would also take the lives of two of his nephews and his brother Allan. During the inter-war years Leane's mother passed away. His brothers Raymond and Norman went on to serve in the Second World War with the Volunteer Defence Corps.
2nd Lt. Charles Allen Learmonth
British Army
from:Dublin
(d.9th Oct 1917)
2nd Lieut. Charles Learmonth, of the 1st/7th West Yorkshire Regt. (Leeds Rifles) fell in action at Paschendaele on the 9th of October 1917. He also served as a Volunteer in the Transvaal Scottish in the South West African campaign. He was of a lovable disposition and deeply regretted by his colonel and Brother officers.
Henry Davidson Learmonth MM.
British Army 7th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Alnwick
Pte. John Learmonth
British Army 9th Btn. Royal Scots
(d.21st March 1918)
Major Okill Massey Learmonth VC MC.
Canadian Expeditionary Forces 2nd Btn. (Eastern Ontario Regiment),
(d.19th August 1917)
Okill Learmonth died of wounds 19th August 1917 and is buried in the Noeux-les-Mines Communal Cemetery in France.
An extract from the London Gazette, No. 30372, dated 6th Nov., 1917, records the following:- "For most conspicuous bravery and exceptional devotion to duty. During a determined counter-attack on our new positions, this officer, when his company was momentarily surprised, instantly charged and personally disposed of the attackers. Later he carried on a tremendous fight with the advancing enemy. Although under intense barrage fire and mortally wounded, he stood on the parapet of the trench, and bombed the enemy continuously and directed the defence in such a manner as to infuse a spirit of utmost resistance into his men. On several occasions this very brave officer actually caught bombs thrown at him by the enemy and threw them back. When he was unable by reason of his wounds to carry on the fight he still refused to be carried out of the line, and continued to give instructions and invaluable advice to his junior officers, finally handing over all his duties before he was evacuated from the front line to the hospital where he died."
Pte. James William Leary
British Army Royal Irish Rifles
from:2 George Place, Brady St., Whitechaple, London
My Grandfather James (William ) Leary enlisted under age in WW1 into the Royal Irish Rifles,Regiment (Unknown ). He fought in France on 22nd December 1915 and was wounded . He was awarded the Victory/British/Star.1914-1918 Any Information I would be greatful to receive.
Sgt. William James Leary
British Army 4th Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
William Leary was transferred from Cardiff where he was hospitalised to the 4th Royal Dublin Fusiliers before his medically unfit discharge.
Pte. Harold Thomas Leash
British Army 1st Battalion Royal Scots
(d.4th May 1915)
Harold Thomas Leash of the 1st Battalion Royal Scots was lost in fighting at Sanctuary Wood, Zillebeke, Belgium. Harold is remembered in Ypres at the Menin Gate.
Capt. James Cunliffe Leask MC.
British Army 5th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Gosforth, Newcastle
(d.30th Mar 1918)
James Cunliffe Leask was born in Dublin, the son of Robert Heddle and Anna Leask in 1875. He married to Mary Anderson and lived at Gosforth, Newcastle on Tyne. He was killed in action at Demvin, France on the 30th of March 1918.
Pte. Thomas Leask
British Army Seaforth Highlanders
from:Shetland
(d.11th October 1916)
Thomas Leask served with the Seaforth Highlanders.
2Lt. Thomas Herbert Leason
British Army 9th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Pontefract
(d.16th Sep 1916)
Son of William Herbert Leason and Dinah Leason, Thomas Leason was born in Ganton, Yorkshire in 1891 and was the elder brother to John William Leason born 1894. Thomas joined Leeds Boys Modern after obtaining a West Riding School Scholarship. He passed his King's Scholarship in 1911 and attended Leeds City Training College leaving in 1914 to begin a career of teaching.
Thomas joined the Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, going to France at the beginning of 1916. It was reported at the time that he had lost his life on the Somme Battlefield on 1st of July 1916, however Thomas survived and carried on fighting, passing away in the September of that year aged 25 years. A memorial service was held for Thomas at Adel Church near Leeds where Thomas had been a Choir Boy conducted by Canon Draper. The service was attended by the Leeds Boys Modern Cadet Force and the Schools Scout Troup. Thomas is buried at Dartmoor Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt. France.
Pte. John Leatham
British Army 2nd Btn Yorkshire Regiment
from:Saltburn, Yorkshire
(d.12th March 1915)
I believe John Leatham was killed during the Neuve Chapelle according to the date. He is commemorated on Le Touret Memorial, France
2/Lt. G. A.M. Leathem
British Army 11th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
Cpl. Charles Henry Leather
British Army 9th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
My grandfather Charles Henry Leather sent a book to my grandmother from Vimy Ridge inscribed inside 'to sweet little goosie, Tamara, from her young man Harry. Sept 17th 1917. From Vimy Ridge.
Pte. George Leather
British Army 9th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
from:Painthorpe Terrace, Crigglestone
(d.1st Jul 1916)
Leatherbarrow
Army 9th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Robert Leatherby
British Army 5th Btn Machine Gun Corps
from:Broad Oak Brede
(d.27th September 1918)
Robert Leatherby lost his life on the 27th of September 1918
Pte. Hartley Leaver
British Army 2/6th Btn. Manchester Regiment
(d.25th July 1918)
Hartley Leaver served with the 2/6th Battalion Manchester Regiment during WW1 and died as a Prisoner of War on the 25th July 1918, aged 24. He is buried in Niederzwehren Cemetery, Germany. He lived at Robin Houses, Briercliffe.
Pte. Hartley Leaver
British Army 2/6th Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Robin Houses, Briercliffe
(d.25th Jul 1918)
Hartley Leaver died as a Prisoner of War on the 25th of July 1918, aged 24. He is buried in the Niederzwehren Cemetery in Germany.
Pte John Ronald Leavitt
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:York
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