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Pte. Arthur George Lefever
British Army 5th (City of London) Btn. London Regiment
from:St Stepens Rd, Bow, London
Arthur Lefever served with the 5th Btn London Regiment.
L/Cpl. Frank W. Lefevre MM.
Royal Navy Royal Marine Light Infantry
from:Plymouth
Frank Lefevre joined the Royal Marines on the 8th June 1895 at the age of 18. He served on many different ships during WW1, but notably acted as a bodyguard for Prince Albert (the future King George VI) when the Prince was assigned as a Midshipman to HMS Collingwood and witnessed the Battle of Jutland. Later, the King recognized Frank Lefevre and spoke to him by name when he was inspecting troops after the war.
Capt. Charles "Charlie" Legard M.C.
British Army 7th Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Heighington
This photo taken in the trenches secretly I believe-by Captain Bernard Neville of the 7th Battalion Lincolnshires who was killed in action in 1916 at The Bluff near Ypres. The photo shows Captain Charles Legard MC on the right (my grandfather), in the middle Lt C H Waldron, and Captain White MC the battalion doctor: It was taken at Y Wood on the Menin Road, Ypres in December 1915.
His two brothers, Bruce and Geoffrey Legard (commemorated at St Johns Church Washingborough), were killed in action on 27th of Octber 1914, and 8th of May 1915 respectively. They were in Queens First, West Kent Regiment, and Northumberland Fusliers. Another brother, Roger Legard was in the Lincolnshire Yeomanry. Bruce was a keen horseman, and hunted with local packs I believe.
Lt. Geoffrey Phillip Legard
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.8th May 1915)
Lieutenant G.P. Legard went to Chartherhouse School in Surrey. His battalion, 2nd Northumberland Fusiliers, was part of 84 Brigade, 28th Division. On 8th May 1915 this formation took part in the Battle of Frezenberg Ridge, an engagement that forms part of the Second Battle of Ypres, famous for the German gas attack on 22 April. He was killed in action aged 22 years, and his body was never found. He is commemorated at Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial.
Another of his brothers was killed in action, Captain G B Legard of the 1st Battalion, Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment). He's commemorated at Cabaret-Rouge British Cememtery, Souchez.
Roger Alexander Legard
British Army Lincolnshire Yeomanry
from:Heighington, Lincolnshire
Roger Legard served with the Lincolnshire Yeomanry.
L/Cpl. Edward John Legg
British Army 12th Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:Williamstown, Victoria, Australia
(d.7th Oct 1916)
Edward Legg was born 29th of December 1889 in Richmond, Victoria, Australia. He was a Seaman from Williamstown, Victoria, Australia, he had landed in England and was waiting for a ship, when war broke out. On the 8th of September he enlisted at the Admiralty Recruiting Office in London, went directly to Rifle Depot, Winchester. On the 10th her was posted to the 9th Battalion, Rifle Brigade, 14th (Light) Division but on the 1st of October was transferred 12th Battalion, Rifle Brigade, 20th (Light) Division. He landed in France with 12th Rifle Brigade on the 21st of July 1915.
On the 6th of June 1916 he was wounded, a gun shot in right eye and forehead while in the Potijze sector of the Ypres Salient. He was admitted to 17th Casualty Clearing Station the next day and evacuated via No 6 Ambulance Train to No 1 Canadian General Hospital, Etaples where he was admitted on the 8th of June. On the 10th he was transferred No 26 General Hospital and on the 27th to No 20 Infantry Base Depot, Etaples for convalescence.
Edward rejoined the 12th Rifle Brigade on teh 7th of July 1916 near Ypres. from the 15th to 19th he was treated at a Local Field Ambulance for scabies. He was wounded, gun shot to face a second time on the 13th of August 1916 and admitted to No.29 Casualty Clearing Station and evacuated via No 21 Ambulance Train the next day. On the 16th he was admitted No 25 General Hospital at Hardelot his injuries recorded as GSW and he was also noted as suffering from urticaria. He was transferred No 47 Infantry Base Depot, Hardelot for convalescence on the 6th of September and on the 8th was appointed Lance Corporal (unpaid) rejoining 12th Rifle Brigade at Corbie two days later.
Edward was recorded as missing in action on the 7th of October 1916 and officially presumed to have died on or since that date on the 9th of November 1918.
Lt. H. G. Legg
Army 22nd Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Thomas John Legg
British Army 1st Btn. Somerset Light Infantry
Thomas Legg arrived in France on the 21st of August 1914. He was taken prisoner of war in August 1914 to and held throughout the conflict.
Gnr. William James Legg
British Army 152nd Heavy Bty. Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Plymouth
(d.12th Nov 1918)
William Legg was the son of A. and Bessie Legg of Turrett Grove, Mutley, Plymouth.
Sgt. Robert Leggat
British Army 9th Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
(d.30th March 1916)
Robert Leggart died on the 30th of March 1916 and is buried in Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension. Robbie was a Serjeant in the 9th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) and was a professional solder having enlisted prior to 1906. He was killed on 29 or 30 March 1916 while leading his men when his hand grenade blew up in his hand.
C.E.R.A.1 William Leggat
Royal Navy HMY Alexandra
Pte. Robert Leggate MM.
British Army 9th Btn. Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)
from:Strathaven
Robert Leggate, my father's brother, was born in 1892 and served through the war with his 2 brothers. My father served with the RFA and youngest brother with the Cameronions, both survived. Uncle Robert was awarded the Military Medal at Passaendale. This was noted in Hamilton Adviser in 1918 when his father was notified at 46 Glasgow Rd. Strathaven.
Robert married a young woman from South Uist, Catherine Mc.Intyre. His wife died in 1924 of TB or consumption, as was known then. His children all died at a very young age. All are buried in Shots Auld Kirk Graveyard. He remarried and had a daughter, Madge who at the age of 21 died of TB. Robert died in1954 at work from a heart attack. His wife, Annie and son Jack moved to Canada. I met him on a few occasions and loved being in his presence. In talking to my father, no mention of war did I ever hear but at such a young age 12 yrs. I didn't take too much in but my father and him were just jokers between them. I am the youngest of 10 have some great memories having visited some of the war graves in Belgium on 3rd August 2014.
Capt. E. W. Leggatt
Royal Flying Corps
Captain Leggatt was a prisoner in Holzminden POW camp. He escaped on the night of 23-24 July 1918 and reached freedom in Holland.
Gnr. Sidney Jackson Legge
British Army 8th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Cambridgeshire
Sid Legge was born in 1896 and left home in Cambridgeshire to join the Army in 1913. He was then 7269 Private S. Legge of the 3rd Battalion of the Bedfordshire Regiment. He attained his Third Class Certificate of Education on the 18th July, 1913 at the Army School in Colchester.
It appears that at the outbreak of the Great War he was transferred to the Royal Garrison Artillery and posted to the 8th Siege Battery and became 39552 Gunner S. Legge. He was shipped to France in 1914 with his Regiment, and spent the whole war there, apart from leave, till the armistice in 1918. He was engaged in a battle on the 21st and 22nd May, 1916 on the Western front for which the 8th Siege Battery was mentioned in dispatches. At one stage of his service he was wounded in action.
He was demobbed after the war and married Daisy Richardson in 1919. He then took up a position as a postman in Scotswood, Newcastle Upon Tyne. He died in Wolverhampton in 1981.
Gnr. Sidney Jackson Legge
British Army 8th Seige Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Cambridgeshire
Sidney Legge served with the 8th Seige Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery.
Pte. Robert Henry Leggott
British Army 4th Battalion Grenadier Guards
from:Round Close Farm, Guisborough
(d.25th September 1916)
The Commondale Village WWI Commemoration booklet list two Commondale men who went to London in 1914 and joined the 4th Btn Grenadier Guards. The information below is attributed to Franka and taken from this publication:
Robert Leggott 19208 joined the 4th Btn Grenadier Guards at the same time and was killed on 25th September 1916 and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial
His friend Alfred Cockrill 19205 died at Chalfont Colony, The National Society for the Employment of Epileptics, Chalfont St Peter, Buckinghamshire on the 20 August 1920 as a result of a gun shot wound to the head suffered while serving with the 4th Btn in July 1916.
Cpl. Robert Henry Leggott
British Army 4th Btn. Grenadier Guards
from:Commondale, North Yorkshire
(d.25th Sep 2016)
The first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1st of July 1916, is known as the worst day in the history of the British Army, with nearly 60,000 men, all volunteers, killed, wounded or listed as missing. The campaign, which only ended 141 days later, saw more than 400,000 British casualties, and the scarred communities they left behind were determined to mark their loss, erecting memorials to the dead.
Those in Yorkshire show how the war affected almost all communities, from tiny rural villages to the big industrial cities of Bradford, Sheffield and Leeds. Among those receiving Grade II listing from Historic England for the first time is the simple stone marker at Commondale in the North York Moors, that represents the sacrifice of just two men, boyhood friends and fellow shepherds Robert Leggott and Alfred Cockerill.
The pair signed up together in 1914, with Leggott, who was just 17, lying about his age to enlist. He was killed at the Somme on September 25, 2016, and his body was never found. In 1920, Lady Gisborough, who was horrified at the loss of the two local shepherds, had the Shepherd's Memorial erected on Gisborough Moor above the village of Commondale.
Robbie's family continues to farm on the moors to this day, his great-nephew James Johnson being responsible for providing this information.
Pte. Frederick Leigh
British Army 2nd Btn. Gloucestershire Regiment
from:East Dundry, Bristol
I was trying to discover who from my family had served in the First World War and I found that I had two great uncles - Frederick Charles Leigh and William Edward Leigh - who had served. Both were serving at the outbreak of the war, Frederick in the Gloucesters and the William in the Royal Marines. My plan is to put together their story to pass on to my children and grandchildren.
A/Bmbdr. Abraham Leighton
British Army 34th Brigade, 70th Bty. Royal Field Artillery
from:Walsall
(d.23rd Mar 1918)
Abraham Leighton served as a driver with the Royal Horse Artillery and then with 70th Battery, 34th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. He is remembered on the Arras Memorial.
Pte. Harry Leighton
British Army Highland Light Infantry
Spr. Herbert Leighton
British Army Royal Engineers
from:Sheffield
Lsgt. James Leighton
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Gateshead
James Leighton took part in the trench raids on the nights of the 5th-6th and 25th-26th of June 1916. he was wounded in November 1916
L/Cpl. Joseph Leighton
British Army 8th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
(d.24th Jul 1916)
Joseph Leighton was born in Jarrow and enlisted in South Shields. He served in France from the 3rd of October 1915. He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.
Rflmn. William Alexander Leighton
British Army 7th Btn Royal Irish Rifles
(d.19th May 1916)
Only seventeen years old, when he was killed in action, William Leighton was the son of James and Rosie Leighton, Islandeffrick, Coleraine County Londonderry.
Rfm David A. Leinster
British Army 10th Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Belfast
(d.24th Dec 1917)
Pte. William Charles "Frank" Leinthall
British Army 2nd Btn Monmouthshire Regiment
from:Ty-Leinthall, Chapel Road, Abergavenny
(d.18th Aug 1917)
William Leinthall joined the 3rd Btn Monmouthshire Regiment (Territorial Force) on 2nd September 1914. In 1915 he was posted to the 2nd Btn. He served France from 13 Feb 1915 to 1st Jul 1915, 29 Sep 1915 to 30 Oct 1915 and 15 Aug 1916 to 18 Aug 1917. He was wounded in action on 22nd April 1915. William was killed in action, undoubtedly, at the 3rd Battle of Ypres (Paschendale). His mother was Annie Leinthall of 39 Chapel Road, Abergavenny.
Pte. Mathew Bryce Leitch
British Army Machine Gun Corps
from:Liverpool
My Dad, Matthew Leitch served with the Machine Gun Corps
Lt. Walter Alfred Leland
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
(d.4th Jun 1915)
The only known WW1 casualty on my family tree, Walter Leland was born on 3rd of March 1893 in Liverpool, the first child of Alfred and Eugenie (nee Gollin), and was registered as Walter Alfred Lazarus. He was educated at Charterhouse where he was a crack rifle shot, winning several medals for the rifle club. He moved to Sydney in 1912, to join the Australian firm of Gollin and Son for his planned career in 'commercial pursuits'. On the outbreak of war he immediately decided to return to England on the first outgoing steamer, the SS Demosthenes from Brisbane.
He was given a commission as Temporary 2nd Lieutenant in November, 1914, initially attached to the 10th Battalion Bedfordshires. For some months his regiment was stationed at Harwich, on the east coast. It was then sent to the White City, in London for further training. After a brilliant result of competitive examination in musketry, etc., he obtained his lieutenancy in April 1915.
He left for Gallipoli Peninsula in May, attached to the 1st Battalion Royal Dublin Fusiliers. Lieutenant Leland was at Gabà Tepè only four days. On 4th June, the day after his arrival he was ordered to advance up the Nullah at the head of his section. On turning a bend they cut through wire entanglements and came on hidden Turkish guns, the fire from which killed almost the entire section, Lieutenant Leland falling with the rest. Only a few survived the action, and the trench which they were seeking was not taken until three weeks afterwards. His body was recovered and buried at Gallipoli on 28th June. His name appears on the Helles memorial, and also on the family plaque at Golders Green crematorium.
Lieutenant Leland was very musical, and the writing of music and verse were his principal hobbies.
Able Sea. Jean Auguste LeLievre
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve 2nd Hawke Btn.
from:Jersey, Channel Islands
(d.2nd Apr 1918)
Jean Le Lievre died leaving a wife with 3 young children. He was gassed in October 1917, rejoined his unit in January 1918 and died in April 1918.
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
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