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Cpl. Alix Oliffe Liddle
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Sylvan Grove, Darlington
(d.16th Dec 1914)
Pte Liddle was killed during the Bombardment of Hartlepools and is buried in West Cemetery, Darlington. Alix Liddle was born in Darlington in 1889 the youngest son of Frances and James Liddle of Middleton Tyas. He married Clara Main on the 27th of april 1914. Before the war he was employed by Pease and Partners as a clerk in the accountants office. At 8am on Wednesday, December 16, 1914, three German warships appeared out of the mist shrouding the sea off Hartlepool and, from a mile out, opened fire. It was a brutal exercise by the Germans to frighten complacent British civilians, who believed the war would be concluded in their favour by Christmas. The first shell, fired by the battle cruiser Seydlitz, landed beside the Heugh battery on the Headland and killed four members of the Durham Pals outright. They were, in alphabetical order, Privates Charles Clark and Theophilis Jones, both of West Hartlepool; Corporal Alix Liddle, of Darlington, and Private Leslie Turner, of Newcastle. The likelihood is that all four, including the colliery clerk from Darlington, died simultaneously. First, second, third or fourth, it matter not to Clara back home in Sylvan Grove. The following morning she received a telegram - official intimation from the War Office - saying Alix had been killed in action. After eight months of marriage, she was a widow. Seydlitzs second shell landed practically in the same place as the first beside the Heugh Battery, killing four men who had gone to help their colleagues. They were Gunner William Houston, who was born in Middlesbrough; Gunner Robert Spence, born in West Hartlepool; Private Thomas Minks, from Middlesbrough, and Private Walter Rogers, who was born in Bishop Auckland." Northern Echo.
Pte. Robert William Liddle
British Army 1/7th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Brandon Colliery, Durham
(d.1st June 1918)
Billy Liddle was the older brother of my grandfather. He enlisted on 22nd of August 1917, joining the 1/7th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry on the 7th of April, 1918. From what I have learned he would've joined them at the Battle of Lys, and was captured and killed in action from Allied air bombardment. He is buried at the Anzac Cemetary, Sailly-Sur-La-Lys. His inscription reads, "We are the dead if Ye break faith with us we shall not sleep".
Pte. Samuel Liddle
British Army 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards
from:Middleton, Lancs
My grandfather, Samuel Liddle, was born 10/9/1889 and enlisted to the Grenadier Guards pre-war in 1907 on his 18th birthday. His peacetime service was spent with 2nd Bttn in 1907 at Aldershot, 1908 Wellington Barracks London, 1909 in Chelsea Barracks London and 1910 Wellington Barracks where he would have carried out Palace Duties.
In October 1914 he was recalled to The Colours where he went with 1st Bttn to France and was counted as one of the "Old Contemptibles" disembarking at Zeebrugge from the "Turcoman" at 6am on 7th Oct 1914.
He served with 1st Bttn Guards 20th Infantry Brigade under Maj Gen T. Capper at 1st Ypres from 20th - 28th October 1914.He returned to England in 1915 on leave then was sent back to France to join 4th Bttn and remained with them till the end of the war and was discharged in February 1919. On 1/5/1918 he suffered "Gas shell poisoning".
My Grandfather was just an average soldier, no hero as such but by the sheer fact that he served his King and Country in the most horrific conflict ever he is considered by his family as a hero. He was, according to his service history absent on several occasions often referred to as cowardice (maybe?)(wrongly in most peoples opinion considering the horror) due to drunkenness! He served the full term of the war and died in the 1950's as an indirect result of the gassing in 1918.
I am currently trying to research his campaigns and movements and have been sent some very interesting documents from my sister Lynne who still lives in the UK so will update as soon as I can.
Sjt. T. W. Liddle
Army 2/8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Thomas Liddle
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Tantobie
(d.1st July 1916)
Thomas Liddle is named on the Thiepval Memorial
Sjt. W. Liddle
Army 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. John Charles Lidgley
British Army 1st/21st (Surrey Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
from:Hounslow
(d.15th Sep 1916)
John Charles Lidgley born approx. 1894, was a plumber in Hounslow Middlesex before the war. He married Annie Deeley in Feb 1916 and had a son also named John Charles Lidgley-Deeley who was born in Jan 1915.
John served with the 1st/21st (First Surrey Rifles) Battalion, London Regiment, and died on 15th September 1916. He is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial at the Somme.
Pte. Arthur Edward Light
British Army 9th Battalion Norfolk Regiment
from:Basingstoke
(d.15th April 1918)
As part of WWI centenary commemoration I have been given project to find out about two local soldiers.
Arthur Light was born in Edinburgh, the son of Mrs Emily Light of 24 Potters Lane, Basingstoke, Hampshire. He has no grave and his name is on one of the panels at Tyne Cot Memorial. Arthur was 20 when he died.
Pte. Earl Eustace Light
British Army 3rd Btn. Kings Liverpool Regiment
from:Birkenhead
My father, Earl Light, was born in Liverpool in 1896. He joined the Liverpool Regiment in 1914 in the 3rd Battalion and his number was 3/31924. We believe that the 3rd Battalion was a reserve battalion that never left the UK.
Sometime later he was in the Machine Gun Corps and his number was 3407. We don't know how or when he was transferred to the MGC, but as his service number was 3407, which was one of the earlier numbers of the MGC, we think he may have joined the MGC in late 1916 when the MGC was formed.
He was wounded twice and was sent to Alnwick Camp and is noted in the Liverpool Echo wounded list on 7th September 1917 and when fit again he was returned to the Front. It is thought that he was wounded in the 3rd Battle for Ypres between 30th July and 3rd August 1917.
He was discharged on 5th March 1919 with the report that he was fit and could be called up again if required. He died in February 1972
Sgt. David Lightbody
British Army 9th Battalion Cameronians
from:Cardenden
(d.24th October 1916)
Pte. William Lightbody
British Army 15th (North Belfast) Battalion Royal Irish Rifles
from:Groomsport, Bangor, Co.Down
The information I have on William Lightbody is very limited. He came from Groomsport, Bangor, Co. Down. He was my grandfather's brother. His medals were passed down to me which I have had in a box for over 40 years. Before I got them thy were in my grandfather's possession so he must have gotten them after William died. I don't know when he died. I feel he needs to have his name out there. I now have his medals hanging proudly in a glass case in my house. I'm just sorry I can't provide any more information on him.
L/Cpl. Robert Lightburn
British Army 11th Btn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
from:South Moor, Stanley Co. Durham
(d.23rd Apr 1917)
Lance Corporal Robert Lightburn, my father's brother in law, was killed (aged 29) in the Second Battle of Arras, he was serving with 11th. Battalion of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. My father's step brother, Emmerson Beckwith (aged 25) was killed just 6 days before in the same battle, but different sectors. The two families lived within 1 mile of each other in the same mining village in North West Durham
Pte. Alfred John Lightfoot
British Army Cheshire Regiment Royal Army Ordnance Corps
from:Wrexham
Alfred Lightfoot was my husband's father. He is known to have fought in France but unfortunately his war record cannot be found. It was probably one of the many which were destroyed. He said very little about his experience but it is believed he was gassed and hospitalised in Rouen. He survived the war.
Pte N Lightfoot
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:29, Grimshaw St., Darwen, Lancashire
(d.2nd Nov 1918)
Lightfoot, N. Private, 66255, Killed on 2nd November 1918. Aged 19 years.
Buried in Terlincthun British Cemetery, Wimille, Pas de Calais, in grave X. A. 12.
Believed that the Commonwealth War Graves Commision may have shown him incorrectly as a memeber of 9th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers. This will require further research, but will record in both Btn's at this time.
Son of William and Emily Lightfoot, of 29, Grimshaw St., Darwen, Lancashire.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Sgt.Maj. Richard Lightfoot
British Army 15th (Birkenhead Bantams) Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:Birkenhead
Richard Lightfoot was my Grandad. He served with the 15th Cheshires, the Birkenhead Bantams. He was captured at the Somme and spent the war in a prisoner of war camp in Germany from where he escaped and got recaptured three times. I Have a news item from the Birkenhead News with his photo saying he was missing in action.
Later on in the second world war he was based in Chester and then lived at the drill hall Birkenhead.
Pte. William Lightfoot
British Army 23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Wynyard Street, Silksworth
(d.1st July 1916)
Pte. H. Lightowler
British Army 14th Btn. D Coy. Northumberland Fusiliers
Pte. H. Lightowler was part of the "D" Coy, 14th Platoon, 14th Northumberland Fusiliers, B.E.F. France during the Great War
Pte. James Liley
British Army 9th Btn. Sherwood Foresters Notts and Derby Reg.
from:Collingham, Notts
(d.26th Sept. 1916)
Pte. Patrick Lillas
British Army 19th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers
from:Clare St., Salford, Manchester
(d. 25th November 1916 )
Pte. Augustus George Lilley
British Army 1st Btn. Irish Guards
from:East Ham, London
George Lilley served with the 1st Irish Guards.
Gnr. Ernest Lilley
British Army Royal Garrison Artillery
from:Kimberley, Nottinghamshire
(d.10th August 1916)
I came across the grave of Ernest Lilley in Kimberley, Nottinghamshire, cemetery whilst researching Military burials in our local cemetery. The headstone reads:- In loving memory of Gunner Ernest Lilley, son of Enoch and Mary Ann Lilley, who died Aug 16 1916 in 1st. Military Hospital Fazakerley, Liverpool aged 21 years. Rest after weariness, peace after pain.
2nd Lt. Frederick Lilley
British Army 5th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment
(d.24th April 1918)
Rfn. John Lilley
British Army 2/9th (Queen Victoria's Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
from:Ashtead, Surrey
(d.27th Jul 1917)
Rflmn. John Lilley
British Army 9th (Queen Victorias Rifles) Btn. London Regiment
(d.27th Sep 1917)
Pte. William Corless Lilley
British Army 36th Btn. Royal Fusiliers
from:Wandsworth, London
(d.2nd Jun 1917)
L Cpl W Lillico
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.4th Nov 1918)
Lillico, W. Lance Corporal 19/514, Killed in action on 4th November 1918.
Buried in Cross Roads Cemetery, Fontaine-Au-Bois, Nord, in grave IV. C. 23.
The 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers records show that L Cpl Lillico was a member of the 19th Btn with service number 19/514. He was on Attachment to the 2nd Btn, Northumberland Fusiliers at the time of his death.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Lt. Alexander William Hewson Lillie
Royal Naval Reserve H.M.S. Pretoria
from:Whitby, Yorks.
(d.10th Oct 1917)
Lieutenant Alexander Lillie was the Son of the Rev. Gordon Lillie of Whitby, and the late Elizabeth Lillie, husband of Marion Lillie of Strathroy, 4, Mayfield Rd., Whitby, Yorks. He was aged 44 when he died and is buried in the Port Louis (Roche-Bois) Eastern Cemetery in Mauritius.
James Lillie
British Army Northern Cyclists Battalion Army Cyclist Corps
from:Blyth, Northumberland
Pte. Claude Clement Phinehas Lillington
British Army 2/4th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment
from:Aston Tirrold, Berkshire
(d.31st Jul 1917)
Pte. John James Lillis
Australian Imperial Force. 37th Btn.
from:Korrumburra
(d.9th Jun 1917)
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