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Ord.Sea. Charles Edgar Lamprey
Royal Navy HMS Invincible
from:Devonshire
(d.31st May 1916)
Charles Lamprey was 18yrs old when HMS Invincible went down. Two other Lampreys went down with their ship at Jutland, one aged 15.5 the other 16 years old.
Pte. Frank Lanaghan
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
James Lanaghan
British Army 8th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment
from:Jarrow
James Lanaghan was born the 5th August 1898. He was aged 12 on the 1911 census and was discharged from the 8th Yorkshire Regiment on the 7th February 1917 due to wounds sustained (he lost a leg). James died on 14th December 1948 in Jarrow.
His younger brother, William Lanaghan was born on the 23rd October 1900. He was aged 10 on the 1911 census and died on the 27th May 1918 aged 17. W Lanaghan is listed on the Jarrow War Memorial and recorded by the CWGC as being aged 18 at his death. Unsure if it would have been possible for William to have used his older brothers birth certificate when signing up with the DLI? But his medal card records him as James, so it seems he may have enlisted underage using his brother's name.
Pte. William Lanaghan
British Army 1st/7th Battalion Durham Light Infantry
(d.27th May 1918)
William Lanaghan died aged 17, he was born in Jarrow on the 23rd October 1900, son of John Patrick and Charlotte Anne Lanaghan (nee Robson). In the 1911 Census he is listed as William Lanaghan, age 10, at School, living with his parents John & Charlotte Lanaghan & his siblings at 43, Commercial Road, Jarrow. For some unknown reason he is down as James Lanaghan on his Medal Index Card, perhaps he had used his brother's details to enlist underage? He had an older brother James who was discharged from the 8th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment on the 7th February 1917 due to losing a leg. William is remembered on the Soissons Memorial and on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church, Jarrow.
Pte. John Lanahan
British Army 26th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion) Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.1st Jul 1916)
John Lanahan was born in Jarrow, enlisted Newcastle and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
Pte. Christopher Owen Lancashire
British Army 2nd Btn. Seaforth Highlanders
from:Derbyshire
(d.4th August 1918)
Pte. Charles Thomas Lancaster
British Army 10th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Grimsby
(d.29th April 1917)
Whilst doing a single family history on my great great grandparents. I discovered that their eldest grandson Charles Lancaster was killed in WW1 and is buried in Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension in France. I will be trying to find out more if possible. Due to a strange turn of fate, I have related grandparents so Charles was the cousin of my maternal grandfather and paternal grandmother, neither of whom would likely have remembered him as they were very young at the time.
Pte. Charles Lancaster
British Army 7th Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Louth, Lincolnshire
(d.25th Aug 1915)
Charles Lancaster, was born in Louth Lincolnshire in 1896. He enlisted in the British Army as part of 7th Battalion, Lincolnshire Regiment. He was sent to France in 1915 and was killed in action on the 25th of August 1915 at the age of 19.
Pte. Ernest Lancaster
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
Pte. John Lancaster
British Army 1st Btn. Bedfordshire Regiment
from:Ampthill
(d.23rd August 1918)
Private John Lancaster, born in Buckingham, living in Ampthill, Bedfordshire, enlisted Bedford. Son of Charles & Elizabeth Lancaster, 25 Canon Street, Bedford; Husband of Annie Lancaster, 88 Elsdon Road, Wellingborough. Served with the 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment (service no.48016).
He was killed in action on 23rd August 1918 in France and Flanders and is commemorated on Vis-en-Artois Memorial, France. He is remembered on both The War Memorial and The Alamada, St. Andrews Church, Ampthill.
Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
Gnr. Leonard Lancaster
British Army 210th Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Burnley
Sgt. Thomas Lancaster
British Army Machine Gun Corps
from:Dover
My Grandad Sgt Thomas Lancaster enlisted at Dover on 10th January 1911 and was first appointed to the 5th Dragoon Guards before serving with the Machine Gun Corps (Cavalry). We believe he served throughout WW1 with the Machine Gun Corps and his discharged papers are dated 9th January 1923 and these state that he was discharged from 1st Kings Dragoon Guards. The discharge papers were signed by the officer i/c Cavalry records at Canterbury.
We are trying to trace his actual service record including where in France/Belgium he served and with which unit. Any assistance anyone could afford us would be most gratefully received.
My Grandfather went onto serve with the British Army during WW2 and although we cannot find out exactly where he served during this time (we believe Dover) he was involved in some form of weapons testing and bomb disposal. He lost the tops of his fingers on one hand as a result. Again any information you might be able to offer would be welcome.
L/Cpl. William Lancaster
British Army 6th Btn. West Yorkshire Regiment
from:32 Clayton Street, East Hartlepool
(d.20th April 1918)
William John Lancaster and his brother, Herbert John Lancaster, were born in Scarborough. Both served in the West Yorkshire Regiment, William in the 6th Battalion Herbert John in the 21st Battalion. Both were killed in action in 1918. Herbert John on 28th March and William on 20th April. I can't begin to imagine what it was like for my Great Grandparents receiving the dreaded telegrams just weeks apart. The two brothers are buried 40km apart in Pas de Calais. I'm going to the Euros in June and plan to visit the graves.
William's wife Annie Isabella was pregnant at the time of her husbands death, she named her son Harry after my grandfather (William's brother), my middle name is also Harry. Young Harry served in WW2 and the story (unconfirmed) is that he was killed in action whilst his wife was expecting their first child - a sad case of history repeating itself.
L/Cpl. William Lancaster
British Army 6th Btn. Yorkshire Regiment
from:Hartlepool
(d.20th April 1916)
I was unaware of William Lancaster's death in WW1 until my 6 year twin grandchildren began asking questions for a project around Remembrance Day and my family history search brought him to light.
L/Cpl William Lancastle
British Army 2nd Btn Royal Scots
from:Dalkeith
(d.14th Dec 1914)
A Dalkeith Royal Scot Killed: "Intimation was made yesterday that Corporal W. Lancastle (No. 7012) , 2nd Battalion The Royal Scots, was killed in action at Petit Bois near Kemmel. Corporal Lancastle, who was 32 years of age, enlisted fifteen years ago, and as a reservist, was called up on the declaration of War. He had been at the front since September and saw a good deal of fighting. In one engagement he fell into the hands of the Germans, and was made a prisoner. He escaped after a fortnight and some time afterwards rejoined his own corps. Since he became a reservist he had been employed in a Dalkeith potato-warehouse, and also for some months at a local colliery." Scotsman 15th Jan 1915
Pte Joseph William Lancett
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:76, Lord St., North Shore, Blackpool
(d.27h March 1918)
Lancett, Joseph, William, Private 241266, Killed on 27h March 1918, aged 30 years. Son of Joseph and Sarah Ann Lancett, of 76, Lord St., North Shore, Blackpool.
Remembered on the Pozieres Memorial panel 16 to 18.
From the Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour
Walter G. Lanchester
British Army 46th Btn. Machine Gun Corps
from:Banham, Norfolk
(d.30th Sep 1918)
Pte. Ernest Land
British Army 11th (Hull Tradesmen) Btn. East Yorkshire Regiment
from:Welton
Ernest Land served with the 11th Btn. (Hull Tradesmen) East Yorkshire Regiment.
L/Cpl. Val Penruddock Oram Lander
British Army 1/13th Btn. London Regiment
(d.9th May 1915)
Spr. J. T. Landrigan
Australian Imperial Forces 1st Australian Tunnelling Coy.
Private Harold John Landy
British Army 9th Battalion Gloucestershire Regiment
from:Liverpool
Harold Landy was my grandfather, he served in the Salonika campaign. He died in 1957 but as I was very young cannot remember very much about him. No photos have survived of him either. He was born in 1888 in Liverpool. He married in 1922 and had one son, my father Eric. He was with 9th battalion and then joined 78th brigade of 26th division and moved to Cheltenham from Bristol. April 1915 moved to Longbridge Deverell, 21 September 1915 mobilised for war and landed in France. November 191 moved to Salinika and served at Battles of Horseshoe Hill in 1916, Battle of Doirn in 1917. 4th of July 1918 left the 26th Division returned to France on 17th of July 1918 at Serqueux and joined 198th Brigade of 66th Division. Sounds like a very brave man to me, wish I could have known him better.
Able.Sea. Arthur Mark Lane
Royal Navy HMS Black Prince
from:Lower Sydenham, London
(d.31st May 1916)
Arthur Lane died on HMS Black Prince at Jutland in 1916. His name is on a family headstone in Brockley & Ladywell Cemetery in south east London. The Friends of Brockley & Ladywell Cemetery would like to find out more about him.
Pte. Benjamin Lane
British Army 2nd Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby Regiment)
(d.15th Sep 1916)
Benjamin Lane died aged 28, he was born in Jarrow in 1877. He was living in Stockton and enlisted in Retford. He was the son of the late Benjamin and Sarah Jane Lane of Jarrow. He served in France from the 17th of August 1915. He is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
Pte. Bernard Fred Lane
British Army Devonshire Regiment
from:Wellington, Somerset
(d.15th Oct 1918)
Born in 1880 in Wellington, Somerset, Bernard Lane served with the Devonshire Regiment and the Labour Corps.
Gnr. D. W. Lane
British Army 173rd Brigade, D Bty Royal Field Artillery
(d.22nd September 1916)
Gunner Lane is buried in Dranoutre Military Cemetery, Belgium, Grave I.H.12.
Pte H Lane
British Army 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers
from:32, Woodstock Rd., Finsbury Park, London
(d.22nd May 1918)
Lane, H. Private, 47258, Killed on 22nd May 1918.
Buried in Godewaersvelde British Cemetery, Nord, in grave II. C. 4.
Son of Mrs. Lane, of 32, Woodstock Rd., Finsbury Park, London.
From the 19th Btn Northumberland Fusiliers Roll of Honour.
Sgt.Mjr. Jesse Lane
British Army 1st Btn. Devonshire Rgt.
from:Bradninch, Devon
The 1st Battalion, Devonshire Regiment was in Jersey, Channel Islands during August 1914 when WWI broke out. Jesse Lane married my grandmother on 15th August 1914 in St Helier, Jersey and the 1st Battalion shipped out to France on 21st August 1914. He was gassed in the trenches but survived the War.
Gnr. John Lane
British Army 406th Battery Royal Field Artillery
from:Piccadilly, Kingsbury, Warwickshire
(d.25th October 1918)
John Lane, one of my mother's brothers served in The Great War with 7th Trench Mortar Battery. He died on the 25th October 1918 of his wounds received in action while attached to 406th Battery RFA. He was taken into Casualty Clearing Station No 44 at Brielen 22nd of October 1918. He was just 19 years old and had only been in France/Belgium a short time. His grave is located at Duhallow ADS, Ypres.
Joseph Lane
Civilian
(d.15th Jun 1915)
Joseph Lane died aged 67 due to a Zeppelin raid, he was the son of the late James and Margaret Lane and husband of Jane lane (nee Strong) of 25 Bede Burn Road, Jarrow, where he is recorded as living in the 1911 Census.
He is buried in Jarrow Cemetery. He was also commemorated one time on a brass plaque with six others, which hung in the porch of St. John's Wesleyan Church St. JohnĆ¢ā‚¬ā„¢s Terrace, Jarrow. The plaque was engraved by Mr. M. Hamilton of Jarrow (aged 80 years) The church was demolished in 1964. It is not known what happened to the brass plaque.
Ch.Sto. Maurice Lane
Royal Navy HMS Colleen
from:Queenstown, Co. Cork
Chief Stoker Maurice Lane was the husband of Mary Lane of 9 Harbour View, Queenstown. He died on 7th September 1919 and is buried on the Far side of the Church in the Templebreedy Cemetery, Templebreedy, Co. Cork, Ireland
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