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EASTBOURNE
WAR MEMORIAL
|
LACEY |
Herbert
William |
Private
PW.6695 1st Battalion, Middlesex Regiment. 33rd Division. Killed
in action at Arras 23 April 1917. Born in Norwich and enlisted in
Chichester Eastbourne resident SAN. Buried in Heninel Croiselles
Road Cemetery. |
LAMB |
Ernest |
Gunner
906262 1087th Battery, Royal Field Artillery Mesopotamia. Died from
heatstroke in Mesopotamia 11 July 1917. Aged 30. Son of Mr & Mrs
Lamb formerly of 42 Manor Road, Hastings. Born and enlisted in Hastings.
Hotel Porter. No known grave. Commemorated on The Basra Memorial,
Iraq. |
LAMBERT |
Edward |
Lance
Corporal SD. 82 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division.
Killed in action 3 September 1916. Aged 21. Son of Edward & Lily
Lambert of 36, Channel View Road, Eastbourne. Born & enlisted in
Eastbourne. Employed locally as a gardener Member of the Salvation
Army, TWES. No known grave. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial. |
LANE |
Charles
Robert Blanch |
Colour
Sergeant PO/8099 Royal Marine Light Infantry 2nd Royal Marine Battalion
63rd Royal Naval Division. Killed in action on the Ancre 13 November
1916. Aged 39 Husband of Mrs Alice Lane of 20, Greenfield Road,
Old Town, Eastbourne. SM. Buried in Ancre British Cemetery Beaumont
Hamel |
LANE |
Frank
Noel |
Captain
2/7th Battalion, Gurkha Rifles Indian Army. Died of Malaria in Palestine
11 August 1918. Aged 30 Served in Mesopotamia, Egypt and Palestine.
Son of Mr J.H. Lane (Late Indian Telegraph Service) and Mrs Alice
Lane of 10. Carlisle Road, Eastbourne. Educated at Wellington College
and Sandhurst RMA. St. Peters (SS). Buried in Ramleh War Cemetery,
Palestine. |
LANE |
John
Austen Keane |
Second
Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery attached 542 Labour Corps Company.
Died at home 27 October 1917. Aged 28 Resident of Hill Brow, Willingdon
Road, Eastbourne. Educated at All Hallows, Honiton. Previously with
the Sussex Yeomanry and The Cape Mounted Rifles. Buried in Eastbourne
(Ocklynge) Cemetery |
LANE |
William
Elliot Ward |
Private
17741, 1st Battalion, Hampshire Regiment. 29th Division. Killed
in action on the Somme 1 July 1916. Age 21. Born in Hampstead and
enlisted in Holborn Next of kin Leigh on Sea Essex. Educated at
Roborough School. Resident of 77, Royal Parade, Eastbourne. CH.
Buried in Villers Bretonneux Military Cemetery |
LANE-VERRALL |
Harry
Edward John |
Rifleman
44822, 15th Battalion, Royal Irish Rifles. 36th Ulster Division.
Formerly Royal Sussex. Killed in action 22 November 1917. Aged 20.
Son of Abrham & Martha Lane-Verrall of 2, Green Street, Eastbourne.
Enlisted in Chichester boot repairer SM. No known grave. Commemorated
on The Thiepval Memorial |
LANGFORD |
Edward
William |
Private
9104 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. 5th Division. Died of
wounds at home 26 September 1914. Aged 23. Reservist. Enlisted in
1908. Son of Lewis Edward & Elizabeth Anne Langford of 2, Church
Mews, Wellesley Road, Eastbourne. Born in Northampton. Employed
as a vanman by the London, B, & SCR, AS. Buried in Eastbourne (Ocklynge)
Cemetery |
LANGFORD |
Luther
Lionel |
Private
9276 1st Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment. 5th Division. Died of
wounds 9 June 1915. Aged 22 Regular. Enlisted in 1908 Bandsman.
Son of Lewis Edward & Elizabeth Ann Langford of 2, Church Mews,
Wellesley Road, Eastbourne. Born in Northampton and enlisted in
Eastbourne. AS. Buried in Dickebusch New Military Cemetery, Belgium |
LARKING
|
Alfred
George |
[Listed
on war memorial as Larkin] Midshipman Royal Naval Reserve HMS”Hampshire”
Lost when the Cruiser was mined off the Orkney Islands 5 June 1916.
Aged 20. Son of Alfred Charles & Margarette Maud Larking of 20,
Hartfield Square, Eastbourne. Born in Brighton. No known grave.
Commemorated on The Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Southsea. |
LAWES |
Ernest
Alexander |
Private
G.9710 7th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 12th Division. Died
of wounds 29 March 1918. Age 21. Son of Harry & Ada Lawes of 18,
Clarence Road, Seaside, Eastbourne. Born and enlisted in Eastbourne.
M (G). Buried in Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No 1 |
LAWES |
Frank |
Private
L.10157 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment. 5th Division. Killed
in action 28 October 1914. Aged 18. Son of Harry & Ada Lawes of
18, Clarence Road, Seaside, Eastbourne. Born and enlisted in Eastbourne.
(Not included on Eastbourne Memorials). No known grave. Commemorated
on the Le Touret Memorial |
LAWES |
Thomas
Eric |
Second
Lieutenant 2nd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment. 3rd Division. Killed
in action 18 June 1917. Aged 20. Son of Mr Thomas Lawes & Mrs Dorothy
S Lawes, of Reigate, Surrey. St Michaels & All Angels only. Buried
in Vis-en-Artois British Cemetery, Haucourt |
LAWRENCE |
George
Thomas |
Lance
Corporal SD.1389 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division.
Killed in action on the Rue De Bois 30 June 1916. Age 33 Husband
of Fanny Kate Lawrence of 145, Seaside Road, Eastbourne. Born and
enlisted in Eastbourne. CH drayman. No known grave. Commemorated
on The Loos Memorial |
LAWRENCE |
J
N |
Unidentified
CH Memorial Book & Town Hall MB Address 35, St Marys Road, Eastbourne. |
LAWRENCE |
W |
Unidentified
Ditto MB Address 75, Sydney Road, Eastbourne. |
LEACH,
Albert Medal |
Grey
DE Leche |
Second
Lieutenant 1st Battalion, Scots Guards The Guards Division Battalion
Bombing Officer. Killed in a bombing accident 3 September 1916.
Aged 22. Son of Charles Frederick & Jessie Leach of Vale Lodge,
Leatherhead, Surrey. Included on Leatherhead War Memorial and has
a individual tablet in the Parish Church of All Saints St Michaels
& all Angels only. Buried in Corbie Communal Cemetery Extension |
LE
MOTTEE, DSO |
Edward
D’Albert |
Major
The Gloucestershire Regiment attached as G.S.O.2 to 9th Divisional
Staff. Killed in action at Loos 25 September 1915. Aged 41. Son
of Colonel John & Laura Le Mottee of St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel
Islands. Husband of Mrs Charlotte M. Le Mottee Not included on the
main memorial St. Marys Parish Church only. No known grave. Commemorated
on The Loos Memorial |
LEANEY |
John |
Private
SD.1392 12th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Killed
in action at Becourt 3 September 1916. Aged 26. Son of William &
Ruth Leaney of Plumpton. Husband of Mrs N. Leaney (remarried) of
Avondale Road, Eastbourne. Born in Seaford and enlisted in Bexhill
on Sea. Motor driver. Included on Plumpton Green Parish Church Memorial.
Buried in Aveluy Wood Cemetery. |
LEAR |
Sydney
Leonard |
Stoker
1st Class K/9272 Royal Navy. HMS “Amethyst”. Died in the attack
on The Narrows in the Dardanelles operations and buried in Malta.
31 March 1915. Aged 23 Regular. Enlisted in 1910 Resident of 89,
Avondale Road, Eastbourne. Born in London Former farm labourer CH.
Buried in Malta (Capuccini) Naval Cemetery. |
LEE |
Jack |
Corporal
G.6617 13th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Killed
in action 8 March 1918. Aged 23. Only son of Alice Lee of 2, Romney
Street, Eastbourne. Born in Watford Herts, & enlisted in Eastbourne.
Bus conductor Watford Library Roll of Honour. Buried in Fins New
British Cemetery, Sorel Le Grande |
LEGGE |
Henry
Herbert |
[Legge
on the memorial but also spelt Legg] Private SD.4222 13th Battalion,
Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Killed in action on the Rue
De Bois 30 June 1916. Age 26. Son of Mr & Mrs George Legg, of 11,
Winter Road, Eastbourne. Born and enlisted in Eastbourne. CH valet.
Buried in St. Vaast Post Military Cemetery |
LEWIS
|
Archibald
Ernest |
Second
Lieutenant 1st Battalion, Kings Shropshire Light Infantry 6th Division
Formerly Private 5285 The Honourable Artillery Company. Killed in
action 28 September 1917. Aged 20. Son of Mr & Mrs Lewis of 87,
Royal Parade, Eastbourne. Architect SS (Lewes) CH. No known grave.
Commemorated on The Loos Memorial |
LEWIS-LAWSON |
Graham |
Lieutenant
2nd Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. 4th Division. Died of wounds
at Le Treport 9 July 1916. Aged 24. Son of Fred Lawson & Edith Augusta
Lawson-Lewis of St Swithens, Eastbourne and St Cypriens, Lewes.
Educated at Harrow. Buried in Le Treport Military Cemetery. |
LIDDELL |
Ernest |
Deck
Hand Royal Naval Reserve H.M. Trawler “Hirose” Lost at sea with
the Trawler off the British Isles 29 June 1916. Aged 21. Son of
Arthur Harvey & Ethell Liddell of “Ravensworth” College Road. Eastbourne
CH (LR). No known grave. Commemorated on The Chatham Naval Memorial |
LINDSAY |
Bernard
Wilfred |
Captain
“B” Battery, 187th Brigade The Royal Field Artillery. Died 22 November
1918. Aged 24. Son of Benjamin & Mary Gertrude Lindsay of Lucknow,
India. Educated at Rugby and Queens College, Oxford Served in India,
Mesopotamia and France. Resident of ‘Craiginsh’ Baslow Road, Eastbourne.
SJ & RED. Buried in Terlincthun British Cemetery Wimille |
LOYD |
Alwyne
Travers |
Captain
(Flight Commander) Royal Flying Corps 32 (F) Squadron (D.H.5’s)
Destroyed 6 German Aircraft. Shot down over Ypres 28 September 1917.
Aged 23. Son of Llewellyn Foster and Rebecca Olive Loyd of St. Margarets
Cross, Hawkhurst, Kent. Educated at Eton. Formerly East Kents SJ
Included on Eton College Roll of Honour. Buried in Lijssenthoek
Military Cemetery |
LLOYDS |
Cyril
Edwin Fowler |
Second
Lieutenant Royal Garrison Artillery. Died at home 9 January 1919.
Aged 20. Son of Mr & Mrs Arthur Lloyds formerly of Henley on Thames.
Born in Henley. Buried in Henley on Thames Cemetery, Oxfordshire |
LOCK |
Frederick |
Chief
Motor Mechanic MB/761 RNVR. HMS “Hermione” (Motor Boat Reserve).
Died in Germany after the war during the occupation of the Rhineland
12 May 1919. Aged 36. Son of George & Maria Lock of 70, Bourne Street,
Eastbourne. AS. Buried in Cologne Southern Cemetery |
LONGHURST |
James |
Private
27682, 9th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers 12th Division. Killed in action
7 October 1916. Aged 24. Born and enlisted in Eastbourne. Resident
of 25, Greenfield Road, Eastbourne. SM. Buried in Beaulencourt British
Cemetery Ligny-Thilloy |
LOVELAND |
William
Joseph George |
Private
44695, 12th Battalion, North Staffordshire Regiment. 40th Division.
Killed in action 29 August 1918. Aged 36. Son of Mr & Mrs J C. Loveland
of 8, Church Street, Eastbourne. Born in Haslemere, Surrey and enlisted
in Eastbourne. Formerly with the Essex Regiment. Chimney sweep SM
EU. No known grave. Commemorated on The Ploegsteert Memorial |
LOVERIDGE |
Thomas
Cyril |
Royal
Navy F5158 Rank unknown. Born in Eastbourne 13 December 1885. Not
included on the main memorial St. Peters redundant Church only (SS)
Naval Records. He was based at the shore base HMS President II as
P.O. mechanic 5086 from 1 May 1915 to 11 December 1915. He was 5
feet 7½ inches, chest 33 inches, hair light brown, eyes light
brown, complexion fresh. He was a Motor Mechanic by trade. Burial
location unknown |
LOWER |
John
Henry |
Private
TF.291084 8th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 18th Division. Died
of wounds in base hospital at Rouen 30 March 1918. Aged 35. Son
of John & Eliza Lower of 7, Star Road, Eastbourne. Resident of 7,
Spring Terrace, Old Town, Eastbourne. Born and enlisted in Eastbourne.
Painter SM. Buried in St. Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen. |
LOWER |
Roy
William |
Corporal
SD.81 11th Battalion, Royal Sussex Regiment. 39th Division. Killed
in action at St. Julien 1 August 1917. Age 25. Son of Mrs A.H. Green
of 2, Gloster Place, Dane Road, Seaford. Born in Seaford and enlisted
in Eastbourne. Seaford War Memorial EU. No known grave. Commemorated
on The Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres, |
LOWTH |
John
Leslie |
Second
Lieutenant 12/13th Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers 21st Division.
Killed in action at Ypres 4 October 1917. Aged 27. Son of Colonel
F.R. Lowth (CB) & Mrs Lowth of Clarence House, 8, Granville Road,
Eastbourne, St Michaels & All Angels only. No known grave. Commemorated
on The Tyne Cot Memorial |
LOWTH |
Francis
Robert Leslie |
Captain
9th Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers 11th Division. Killed in action
at Suvla Bay Gallipoli 22 August 1915. Aged 27 Mentioned in Despatches.
Son of Colonel F.R. Lowth (CB) & Mrs Lowth of Clarence House, 8
Granville Road, Eastbourne. St Michael & All Angels only. No known
grave. Commemorated on The Helles Memorial |
LOXLEY |
Arthur
Noel |
Captain
Royal Navy HMS “Formidable “ Lost when the Battleship was torpedoed
and sunk with the loss of 547 men, in Lyme Bay by U 24 1 January
1915. Captain Loxley enlisted in 1888 and by 1911 was Commanding
the new Battlecruiser “Inflexible” He took over the “Formidable”
in September 1914. He was the son of The Rev Arthur and Mrs Alice
Loxley of “The Little Cloisters” Gloucester. Born in Lamport, Northants,
he was 39. Eastbourne connection unknown. Two of his brothers also
fell. SS. No known grave. Commemorated on The Chatham Naval Memorial. |
LOXLEY |
Charles
Eric Smart |
Captain
Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) Formerly with the Essex Regiment. Died
in Military hospital in Cairo 18 December 1918. Aged 22. Son of
Herbert Charles and Frances Emily Loxley of St Johns Wood, London.
SS Eastbourne connection unknown. Buried in Cairo War Memorial Cemetery
Egypt |
LOXLEY |
Reginald
Victor Byron |
Captain
The Royal Air Force. Died 18 October 1918. Son of The Rev. Arthur
& Mrs Alice Loxley of “The Little Cloisters” Gloucester. SS. Buried
in City of Paris Cemetery. Batignolles, Clichy, Paris. |
LOXLEY |
Vere
Duncombe |
Captain
Royal Marine Light Infantry 1st Royal Marine Battalion, 63rd Royal
Naval Division. Served on Gallipoli. Killed in action on the Ancre
13 November 1916. Aged 43. Son of Rev Arthur & Mrs Alice Loxley
of “The Little Cloisters” Gloucester. SS. Buried in Knightsbridge
Cemetery Mesnil-Martinsart |
LUDBY |
William
James |
Gunner
59796 19th Battery, 9th Brigade Royal Field Artillery. Killed in
action 30 September 1918. Aged 26 Regular gunner who enlisted in
1909. Served for 3 years in Mesopotamia. Son of Mr Ludby and Mrs
J Ludby of 31, Bourne Street, Eastbourne. Born and enlisted in Eastbourne.
HT. No known grave. Commemorated on The Vis En Artois Memorial |
LUDLOW |
Lionel |
Second
Lieutenant 1/9th Battalion, London Regiment. (Queen Victoria’s Rifles)
56th London Division. Killed in action on the Somme 8 October 1916.
Aged 28 Resident of 3, Pevensey Road, Eastbourne. Dental Surgeon.
No known grave. Commemorated on The Thiepval Memorial |
LYDDIARD |
Francis
Alfred |
Lieutenant
Royal Garrison Artillery. Died after the war 22 April 1919. Not
included on main memorial St. Philip’s Church Memorial only. Buried
in Croydon (Mitcham Road) Cemetery |
LYONS |
Hubert
Robert |
Company
Quartermaster Sergeant M2/045948, 78th Auxilliary Petrol Company,
Royal Army Service Corps. Died in France after the war of broncho
pneumonia 19 April 1919. Aged 29. Son of Frank Adam Maurice and
Ada Annie Lyons of 3, Edensor Road, Eastbourne. SJ. Leontine Becour,
a French citizen, was his fiancee. Buried in Bois Guillaume Communal
Cemetery Extension, Seine-Maritime, France. Row G. Grave 198. |
Owen
|
Lieutenant
Royal Army Service Corps. 6th Division Mechanical Transport Company.
Died of influenza in France 31 October 1918. Aged 33. Son of Alfred
Owen & Clara Lyte of 23, Lewes Road, Eastbourne. Born Sparsholt
near Winchester. Educated at Eastbourne College. CH (LR) Eastbourne
College Memorial, AG. Buried in Premont British Cemetery Also listed
on Ascham
St Vincent Memorial Arch |
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