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Pte. Thomas Lloyd
British Army 2nd Btn. Manchester Regiment
from:10 Garnder Street, Manchester
(d.17th Nov 1916)
Thomas Lloyd was my Grandmother's eldest brother and she used to tell me all about him when I was a child. He was killed in the Battle of Somme the day before his 19th Birthday and her mother my, Great Grandmother, refused to believe that her eldest son had been killed and maintained he had met a French girl and run off !!!!
My Nan always wanted to find where he lay but never did on her lifetime. We as a family believe he was blown up with two other soldiers and his name is now on the Thiepval Wall which my sister has seen and placed We grew up often talking about Uncle Tommy and I make sure his name is passed to new members of the family so he is never forgotten. I have the original scroll sent by King George in its original case with my Grandmother and Grandfather's address on.
My nanna said he had been injured once before and come back to get better then was sent back. When he was leaving for the second time he turned to my Nan and said "You won't see me again as I won't come back" She said she was horrified at him saying this and told him not to be stupid but he smiled and said "No, I have been there and seen it I won't survive". She used to have a tear in her eye as she was very close to him being just two years apart.
Very sad but what a brave you man like so many others. Never forgotten and his memory will live on like his special scroll. God bless.
2nd Lt. Thomas Richard Beamish Lloyd
British Army Army Service Corps
from:Kildimo, Co. Limerick
(d.20th February 1916)
Thomas Richard Beamish Lloyd was the husband of Marion G. Lloyd, of Cartown, Kildimo, Co. Limerick. He is buried about fourteen yards South of the entrance to the Ardcanny Churchyard, Mellon, Co. Limerick.
2nd Lt. Thomas Richard Beamish Lloyd
British Army Army Service Corps
from:Kildimo, Co. Limerick
(d.20th February 1916)
Second Lieutenant Lloyd was the husband of Marion G. Lloyd, of Cartown, Kildimo, Co. Limerick.
He is buried fourteen yards south of the entrance to the Ardcanny Churchyard, Co. Limerick, Ireland.
Pte. Thomas Lloyd
British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Rhosmadoc, Ruabon, Denbighshire
(d.23rd September 1917)
William Ernest Lloyd
British Army East Surrey Regiment
My grandfather served with the East Surrey Regiment in WWI. I would like to know which battalion he was in. Can anyone help?
Pte. Solomon Llywarch
British Army 9th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:Llanerfyl, Llanfyllin
(d.15th Sep 1916)
Solomon Llywarch was my great uncle and joined at the same time as his brother John Llywarch (18065). Solomon was unfortunately killed in action, however John survived the war and was demobbed on 26th March 1919.
Spr. John Henry Loach
British Army Royal Engineers
I know very little about John Harry Loach. My wife came across his Victory Medal in clearing out her dad's house. We do not know if he was any relation.
Pte. Frederick Loader
British Army 1/22nd Btn. London Regiment
(d.19th Aug 1917)
Frederick Loader was executed for desertion 19/08/1917, he is buried in Reninghelst New Military Cemetery in Belgium.
Pte. James Loader
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Gnr. John William Loader
British Army 20th Siege Battery Royal Garrison Artillery
(d.9th Apr 1918)
John Loader died aged 30, he was the son of Isabella Loader (nee Laidler) of 72 High Street Jarrow and the late John Philip Loader. Born, lived and enlisted in Jarrow as a regular solider. John William Loader, age 24, was a serving gunner with number 78, Company, Royal Garrison Artillery in the 1911 Census. He first served in overseas with the BEF in WW1 on the 17th of September 1914.
John is buried in Beuvry Communal Cemetery Extension and is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.
L.C.C. Richard James Lobb
Royal Navy HMS Highflyer
(d.26th Aug 1914)
There is a plaque dedicated to Leading Carpenter Crewman Richard James Lobb at Port Isaac, Cornwall in what was the Methodist Chapel but is now a shop and cafe. It reads: "In loving memory of our dear son Richard James Lobb L.C.C. who was killed in action on HMS Highflyer off the west coast of Africa, 26th August 1914."
Pte. Ambrose Lochey
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Albert Lock
British Army 2nd Btn. South Wales Borderers
from:Colwall
Pte. George William Lock
British Army 15th (Leeds Pals) Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:Hunslet
(d.16th Oct 1917)
George William Lock (uncle to Herbert Dowd) was born on 18th of January 1898 in Leeds and was christened on 24 March at Leeds Wesleyan Methodist Church. He was recorded as being the son of Robert Watson Lock & Mary Lock even though Robert Watson Lock had died on 30th of December 1895! His mother, Mary, later married George McCullon in the second quarter of 1899 and had three children with him, Amy, born 15 September 1900, James, born 17 January 1903 (died in the second quarter of 1904) and Alice, born fourth quarter 1905. Mary already had five living children from her first marriage to Robert Watson Lock, Jane Elizabeth, christened 4 September 1884; Polly, christened 1 August 1886; Ann, born 25 October 1888; Dorothy, born 20 December 1890; and Harriet, born 6 November 1892. A sixth child, Alice, was born 29 November 1894 and was buried 10 March 1896. In 1901, at the age of 3 and named George W McCullon, he was living in the family home at 12 Red Lion Place in the parish of Hunslet St Mary, with his father George, a coal miner; his mother, Mary, and his sister, Amy. His older sisters, Polly (aged 14), Ann (aged 12), Dorothy (aged 10) and Harriet (aged 8) were all in the Hunslet Childrens Home in Rothwell.
In 1903, Ann, Dorothy and Harriet would all be sent to Canada under the Dr Barnardo scheme. Harriet married there and, as far as is known, never returned. Even though Ann and Dorothy came back, it is not known whether they were ever reunited with George.
In 1911, the family lived at 54 Sussex Avenue, Hunslet. His mother, Mary, had passed away in 1907 aged 45, so he, aged 13, was living with his father, George; his younger sisters Amy (aged 10) and Alice (aged 5); and a housekeeper, Grace Evans.
His attestation records do not survive, so it is not possible to say when he enlisted. Officially, the age at which a man could enlist in the army was 18 during World War 1 but many boys enlisted giving false ages or being encouraged to do so by recruiting staff. Often, these boys would be kept in the UK until their nineteenth birthday (when they became eligible for overseas service). Therefore, it is possible (although unlikely since he didn't receive the Egypt Star 1914-1915) that George could have enlisted as early as 1914 when he would have been just 16 years old.
He joined the 15th Battalion, The Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment), known as the Leeds Pals as part of Kitcheners Army. He may also have volunteered later or, most likely, been called up as a result of conscription under the Military Service Act 1916 (for single men aged 16-41). It is not known when he arrived in France but he probably joined the battalion as one of the many casualty replacements. Throughout the year so far there had been a steady flow of reinforcements joining the battalion and early in April 1917 a detachment was sent to Robecq to train reinforcements. They moved to Ecurie for two weeks where they were joined by reinforcements on 4th of Sep 1917.
On the first day on the Somme, 1st July 1916, the 31st Division attacked towards the village of Serre with the Leeds Pals advancing from a line of copses named after the Gospels. The battalion was shelled in its trenches before Zero Hour 0730hrs and, when it advanced, it was met by heavy machine gun fire. A few men got as far as the German barbed wire but no further. Later in the morning the German defenders came out to clear the bodies off their wire, killing any that were still alive. The battalion casualties, sustained in the few minutes after Zero, were 24 officers and 504 other ranks, of which 15 officers and 233 other ranks were killed. One of the survivors, Private A.V. Pearson, Leeds Pals said "The name of Serre and the date of 1st July is engraved deep in our hearts, along with the faces of our Pals, a grand crowd of chaps. We were two years in the making and ten minutes in the destroying."
The battalion returned to the front-line trenches of the Somme at Arleux again on 13th of October, and on the 19th went back into the support line. During this time, on Tuesday 16th of October 1917, George was killed. The details are recorded in both the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and in the Index to Roclincourt Military Cemetery in, France where he is buried. His father is named as George McCullen of 1 Greenwood Square, Waterloo Rd, Hunslet, Leeds,YKS. He was one of the 773 or so men from the Leeds Pals who did not come home. He was posthumously awarded the Victory and British Medals.
Tpr. John James Mansfield Lock
British Army Crewkerne Sqn 1st/1st West Somerset Yeomanry
from:Rushiewood Farm, Hazelberry Punknet, Crewkerne
698 Private John James Mansfield Lock was a Trooper with the 1st/1st West Somerset Yeomanry and Sapper 229th Brigade Signals Section, Divisional Signals Company Royal Engineers, 74th (Yeomanry) Division
Jack Lock joined the West Somerset Yeomanry on the 3rd March 1913 at Crewkerne, Somerset. He attended two summer camps, with his own horse on Salisbury Plain in May 1913 and at Porlock in May 1914. The Regiment was embodied on the 5th August 1914 and was soon deployed to Essex on anti-invasion duties. The WSY finally deployed overseas in the infantry role, landing at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli on 9th October 1915.
They were evacuated from Gallipoli with the rest of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force the WSY landed at Alexandria, Egypt on 31st of December 1915.
The WSY served in Eygpt against a native rebellion and it was in January 1917 that the WSY became the 12th Battalion, The Somerset Light Infantry. On the 21st February 1917 Jack was transferred to the Royal Engineers as a member of the Brigade Signals Section. The 74th (Yeomanry) Division served with distinction in General Allenby’s Palestine campaign against the Turks and was still engaged in operations there when the German March 1918 offensive was launched on the Western Front. The Division was moved to France and part of the desperately needed reinforcements from Palestine. The Division was fully engaged in the final 100 days.
Jack was discharged from the Army in July 1919 and returned to Somerset to become a farmer as many generations of his family had done before him. He passed away peacefully in his sleep in Sept 1979 when I was 12 years old. He talked briefly to me about his experiences, showing me a few photos from his time in Gallipoli, Egypt and Palestine. He never spoke of his service to my father his son and gave me his three campaign medals, still in their boxes having never been worn. He lost many of his good friends and was clearly deeply effected by his experiences, my Grandmother said he often experienced dreadful nightmares. As a Linesman in the Signals Troop it would have been his job to have repaired severed telephone lines, cut by artillery fire, often whilst still under fire.
Pte. William Frederick Leon Lock
British Army 9th Btn. Rifle Brigade
from:South Australia
William Lock was born in South Australia in 1885. In 1910 he married an English girl, Florence Amy Bridger, and they immediately moved from Australia to London. They had a young daughter in 1914. Shortly thereafter, William enlisted in the British Army on 29th of January 1915 (not unusual for Australians who were in England when the war started). I have little record of his war service other than a couple of medal awards and his discharge on 13th of April 1917 citing melancholia. From the records of the 9th Rifle Brigade it is fair to say they saw some heavy action during this period. He returned to Australia after the war (although it is not known how or when). We have records of his wife and daughter returning by themselves in 1919. He lived out his life in South Australia and Victoria, and died 1st of January 1962 at age 76. He is buried in Burwood, Whitehorse Cemetery in Victoria, Australia.
Pte. George Duncan Locke
Australian Imperial Force
from:Bolourah
George Locke was my grandfather. He was obviously stationed at Swindon and met my grandmother there. My mother was born in Swindon in 1918 and was brought out to Australia after the war.
Pte. William Andrew Locke
British Army 1/8th Btn., B Coy Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders
from:Portobello, Scotland
(d.21st Mar 1918)
William Locke served with B Coy. 1/8th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders.
2nd Lt. William Henry Lockett
British Army 16th Btn. att. 12th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:New Whittinton, Chesterfield
(d.7th Oct 1916)
L/Cpl. Francis Derwent Lockey
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:Durham
(d.23rd May 1916)
Frank Lockey was born in Durham on 13th of December 1881, to Francis and Grace Lockey. He attended Barnard Castle school, from 1894-1896 and won the 220 yard handicap. He worked in the family business, a grocer and provision merchants before enlisting in September 1914. He trained at Cocken Hall near Durham and was promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal in April 1915. Frank was killed in action on the 23rd of May 1916 and is buried in Sucrerie Military Cemetery, Colincamps.
L/Cpl. Frank Derwent Lockey
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. Frederick Charles Lockey
British Army Berkshire Regiment
from:Lambourn, Berkshire
(d.4th November 1914)
Pte. Harry Lockey
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Durham City
Pte. John Lockey
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Langley Moor
John Lockey is buried in Newcastle
Pte William Lockey
British Army 2nd Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Newcastle-on-Tyne
(d.2nd May 1915)
Capt. J. F.K. Lockhart
British Army 173rd Brigade, D Bty Royal Field Artillery
Rfmn. Robert Lockhart
British Army 11th (South Antrim Volunteers) Btn. Royal Irish Rifles
from:Tullyard, Lisburn, County Down.
All I know about Robert Lockhart is that he joined up early as his service number is 2175, and that he was wounded in the leg. He was discharged into Class Z Army Reserve and liable to recall in the event of a grave national emergency.
Editor's Note: His date of disembarkation in France was 6th October 1915.
Pte. Regnald Lockie
British Army 3rd Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
Pte. Robert Haig Lockie
British Army West Yorkshire Regiment
William Raymond Lockie
British Army
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