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Pte. William Littleford
British Army 1/9th Battalion Manchester Regiment
from:Ashton under Lyne
(d.6th Oct 1918)
My Grandfather William Littleford joined the Territorial Army in Ashton Under Lyne in 1908 his number then was 48 At the outbreak of WW1 his Battalion 1/9th sailed to Egypt in preparation for the Gallipoli Offensive. They sailed from Alexandria in the SS Ausonia and landed on V Beach on 9th May 1915 under heavy fire. After the evacuation from Gallipoli he served in Egypt then the Veneto Region of Italy where he fought in the Battle of the Piave River. Now joined to 21st Battalion he entered the Western Front where he lost his life due to being gassed during the Battle of Beaurevoir.
Pte. Charles Littlehales MM.
British Army 10th Btn. Gloucester Regiment
from:Birmingham
My grandfather Charles Littlehales won the Military Medal for bravery on the field with ten other recipients with the tenth Gloucestershire Regiment during September 1915 at Loos
Pte. Charles Littlemore
British Army 4th Battalion Cheshire Regiment
from:Middlewich, Cheshire
(d.4th May 1917)
Charles Littlemore was born in 1897, the eldest child of 5. His parents were William Littlemore and Ann Fradley. His mother died in 1914 and his father did not remarry until after Charles lost his life.
On 4th of May 1917, the Transport Transylvania, proceeding to Salonika with reinforcements, was sunk by torpedo off Cape Vado, a few kilometres south of Savona, Liguria, with the loss of more than 400 lives. The bodies recovered at Savona were buried 2 days later, from the hospital of San Paulo, in a special plot in the town cemetery. Others are buried elsewhere in Italy, Monaco, Spain and France. Savona town cemetery contains 85 Commonwealth burials of the First World War, all but 2 of them casualties of the Transylvania. There are also a number of seamen buried in the cemetery whose deaths were not due to war service. Within the cemetery of the Savona Memorial, which commemorates a further 275 casualties who died when the Transylvania went down, but whose graves are not known.
Pte. Jim Littler
British Army 7th Btn Norfolk Regiment
from:Northwich, Cheshire
(d.28th Apr 1918)
Pte. Thomas Henry Littler
British Army 9th Battalion Cheshire Regiment
from:St Peters, Chester
(d.21st Feb 1916)
Cpl. William Littler
British Army 12th Battalion Cheshire Regiment
from:141 Garden Lane, Chester
(d.7th Oct 1918)
William Littler died of wounds received, aged 28, and is buried in the Mikra British cemetry in Kalamaria. His younger brother John (23) died in France, on the 23rd of November 1916 near Ancre (Somme) serving with the 8th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment. The family came from Cheshire.
Capt. J. N. Littleton
British Army 173rd Brigade, C Bty. Royal Field Artillery
Pte. Horace W. Littlewood
British Army 2nd/5th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Barnsley
(d.20th July 1918)
Horace Littlewood was killed in action near Jonchery sur Vesle on 20th of July 1918, age 18 and initially buried locally in this area. He was later exhumed and reburied in the Marfaux British Military Cemetery, which is around 12 kilometres S W of Reims, along the D836 Route de Chaumuzy. His headstone contains the words 'Cherished memories of one so dear are oft recalled with a silent tear' His mother Sarah Ann Toll lived at 57 Pontefract Road, Hoyle Hill, Near Barnsley.
Bmdr. Robert Cecil Littlewood
British Army 314th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
from:1 Sandom Road, Seacombe, Wallasey, Cheshire
Robert Littlewood served with the No 7, Lancashire and Cheshire Royal Artillery and 314th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery
L/Cpl. Gervase Litton
British Army 11th Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Heaton Park, Manchester
(d.11th Jan 1917)
Gervase Litton was a postman. He joined up in May 1916 and commenced his duty with the 4th Manchester Battalion. He wrote his will at the end of that month. He appears to have then been attached to the 11th Manchesters with whom he crossed to France. Sadly, there is no further information about him until notice of his death in January 1917. His body remains unfound and my grandfather is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial - one of the 72000 missing on the Somme. He died, it would seem, in a late skirmish on the Ancre, along with 82 other soldiers that day, all lives wasted. When I see the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey, I dream it could be him. Gervase was 34 years old and the father of four children, my father, Francis Gervais, being the youngest.
L/Cpl. Gervase Litton
British Army 11th Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:Prestwich, Manchester
(d.11th January 1917)
Pte. Jack Litton
British Army 8th Btn. Devonshire Regiment
(d.5th Oct 1917)
Jack Litton has no known grave and is remembered on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
Major. M. Litton
British Army 7th Btn. Royal Irish Fusiliers
from:Dublin
Major M Litton served with the 7th Battalion Royal Irish Fusiliers. Major Litton and Captain T O'Donnell were both wounded on the 26th April 1916.
Pte. John Lemon Liunberg
British Army 6th Battalion, Z Company King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
(d.10th Apr 1917)
John Liunberg died aged 37, he was born in North Shields in 1879, son of Peter and Mary Jane Liunberg (nee Lemon). In the 1911 Census he is listed as John Lemon Liunberg, age 31, a Ship's Painter, living with his wife Sarah Jane Liunberg (Clark) & their children at 73, Stephenson Street, Wellington Quay. He enlisted in Jarrow.
John is remembered on the Arras Memorial and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.
Pte. Frederick Lively
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
served with 18th & 10th & 2-7th DLI
Asst.Pay.M. Raymond Allen Liversidge
Royal Naval Reserve HMS Invincible
(d.31st May 1916)
Raymond Liversidge served on HMS Invincible during WWI. Raymond was killed in action at the Battle of Jutland on 31st May 1916. He has no known grave but is commemorated on both the Portsmouth Naval Memorial and Rotherham Grammar School's Roll of Honour.
Rflmn. Benson Livesey
British Army 10th Battalion King's Royal Rifle Corps
(d.10th August 1917)
L/Cpl. Vincent Livesey
British Army 2nd Btn. Border Regiment
from:Bamber Bridge, Preston
Vincent Livesey was the Son of John Thomas and Mary Livesey of 16 Collins Road, Bamber Bridge, Preston. He was aged 19 when he died on 28th April 1920 and is buried in the lower part of the New Ground in the Castlebar Catholic Cemetery, Co.Mayo, Ireland.
L/Cpl John F. Livie
British Army 10th/11th Battalion Highland Light Infantry
from:Glasgow
(d.9th Apr 1918)
John F Livie was killed on the 9th of April 1918, I would like to know where he died and was buried and any news of his widow and child.
Rflmn. Davies Walter Livings
British Army 7th Battalion Rifle Brigade
from:Peckham
(d.30th March 1917)
Pte. Douglas Charles Livingston
British Army 7th Btn. Royal West Kent Regiment
from:Bristol
(d.3rd May 1917)
L/Cpl. Allan Livingstone
British Army 8th Btn. Cameronians (Scottish Rifles)
from:Glasgow
(d.28th June 1915)
Allan Livingstone was my great grandfather and sadly I can't find any trace of his records as I believe they were part of the burnt records. I would love to have a photo of him if anyone can provide this.
His son, also named Allan, served in WW1 but was fortunate enough to return home. I am still searching for his regiment etc.
Spr. Claude Livingstone
Canadian Army 1st Canadian Tunnelling Coy.
from:Bathgate, Scotland
(d.9th Aug 1917)
Pte. Joseph Livingstone
British Army 1st Btn Coldstream Guards
(d.19th Sep 1914)
James Livingstone died aged 20 whilst serving with the BEF. He was born in St. Stevens Northumberland in 1894, Son of Thomas and Jane Livingston. in the 1911 Census he is listed as James Livingstone, age 17, a Chemical Labourer for a Chemical Manufacturer living with his Widowed Mother Jane Livingstone & his many siblings at 95, Salem Street, Jarrow. He enlisted in Jarrow, a regular soldier he first served overseas in WW1 on the 13th of August 1914.
James is remembered on the La Ferte-Sous-Jouarre Memorial and he was commemorated on the Triptych in St. Mark's Church Jarrow (it is no longer a Church).
Pte. Herbert Livsey
British Army 1st Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
(d.22nd July 1917)
Private Herbert Livsey no. 58620 1st. Battalion West Riding Yorks, 173 company Machine Gun Corps was killed on 22nd July 1917. I need whereabouts of his memorial in England.
L/Cpl. John Arthur Llewellyn
British Army 18/15 Btn. Welsh Regiment
from:Abertysswg, Monmouthshire
Sgt. Thomas G. Llewellyn
British Army 11th Btn. C Coy. South Wales Borderers
from:Pengam
(d.7th Jul 1916)
As I was growing up, I became aware that my paternal grandmother lost her brother during WW1, but knew little else other than no member of the family had ever been to France to find his grave, as he didn't have one. He was Sgt Thomas Llewellyn 21590, 11th South Wales Borderers.
In 2008, during a family holiday to Picardy, I decided to find out a little more about him. Being aware he didn't have a marked grave I visited the Theipval Memorial and found his name. Following a little research I discovered that he had been killed on 7th July 1916, during the Battle for Mametz Wood. As it wasn't far away I decided to try to find it. Following local directions, I drove down a small country lane to be confronted by a huge Welsh dragon memorial. I'd found Mametz Wood. I realised that I was the first family member to be here since he'd been killed, and that his body may still lie here, it was quite emotional.
He was only 19 years old and already a sergeant, but was killed on the first day of the Mametz Wood offensive, probably cut down by machine gun fire, with no opportunity to recover his body as the battle rumbled on for days.
I obviously never met him, but feel a close link, and don't want his memory to be forgotten, and the sacrifice he made to be not recognised. I will be travelling to Mametz Wood next July and standing next to that Dragon on 7th July 2016 on the centenary of his heroic death. He won't be forgotten.
Lt. John Glyn Llewellyn-Jones
from:Hawarden
Lieutenant Llewellyn-Jones was my grandfather. He survived the War to become a long time GP in North Wales.
VAD. LLoyd
Voluntary Aid Detachment No. 32 Stationary Hospital
Gnr. Albert Seymour Lloyd MM.
British Army C Btty. 78th Bde Royal Field Artillery
from:Pembroke.
(d.19th Apr 1917)
Lying in the military cemetery at Tilloy-Les-Mofflaines are three headstones of soldiers of "C" Battery of the 78th Brigade of the Royal Field Artillery, all members of the same gun team, who were killed outright on the night of the 19th April 1917. In the middle is Driver Peter McGuiggan, aged 26 and on either side of him are Gunner James E. Martin, aged 34 and Gunner Albert Seymour Lloyd MM, aged 23 The War Diary of the 78th Brigade records that the Brigade was positioned at Monchy in foul weather and under constant barrage. All three were killed instantly when their gun recieved a direct hit from enemy shelling during the night of the 19th April 1917.
GGunner Albert Seymour Lloyd was prior to the war an apprentice in Pembroke Dockyard. His father was an Alderman of that town
They lie together these three comrades, two geordies and a welsheman.
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