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BLACKLEY WAR MEMORIAL - SURNAMES L

World War 1 - Detailed Information
Compiled and copyright © Laura Vizard 2012
research Martin Edwards

LAMB Thomas
Quartermaster Sergeant (Q.M.S.) - Can find no fit for this man on CWGC, Medal cards, Service Records or SDGW - No further information currently available
LAMBERT William McMillan
Private 32041, "Y" Company, 11th Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment formerly 94088, Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action 24 July 1918. Aged 18. Born, resident and enlisted Manchester. Only son of Mr. and Mrs. Lambert, of Manchester. Buried in LE GRAND HASARD MILITARY CEMETERY, MORBECQUE, Nord, France. Plot 2. Row B. Grave 9.
LANCASHIRE Albert
Private 6039, 18th Battalion, Army Cyclist Corps formerly 19479, The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Died of wounds 28 July 1917. Aged 32. Born and resident Blackley, Manchester (Blakeley on SDGW), enlisted Manchester. In the 1901 census he was aged 5, born Manchester, son of James and S J lancashire, resident 126, Old Road, North Manchester, Prestwich, Lancashire. In the 1911 census he was aged 15, born Blackley, an Apprentice Engineer, son of James E and Sarah J lancashire, resident 126, Old Road, Blackley, Manchester, North Manchester, Lancashire. Buried in SARIGOL MILITARY CEMETERY, KRISTON, Greece. Plot C. Grave 419.
LANCASHIRE Charles aka Charlie
Lance Corporal 6424, XII Corps Cyclist Company, Army Cyclist Corps formerly 19317, The King's (Liverpool Regiment). Died on service in Salonika 28 July 1917. Aged 32. Born Harpurhey, Manchester, native of Blackley, Manchester (CWGC), enlisted Manchester. Son of James and Sarah Lancashire; brother of Albert (above); husband of Ethel Lancashire, of 22, Penn St., Moston, Manchester.. In the 1901 census he was aged 17, born Manchester, a Porter, son of James and S J lancashire, resident 126, Old Road, North Manchester, Prestwich, Lancashire. In the 1911 census he was aged 27, born harpurhey, a Hydraulic Hy Packer For Cotton Shippers, husband of Ethel with one son and one daughter, resident 22 Penn St Moston Manchester, North Manchester, Lancashire. Buried in SARIGOL MILITARY CEMETERY, KRISTON, Greece. Plot C. Grave 419.
LEDGER Louis
Private 8712, 8 Platoon, "B" Company, 17th Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Killed in action 23 April 1917. Aged 30. Born Harpurhey, Manchester, resident Blackley, Manchester, enlisted Manchester. Son of George and Mary Ann Ledger. Admitted to Christ Church School, Rochdale Road, Harpurhey, Manchester 8 August 1895, son of George Ledger (a Warehouseman), resident Off Princess Street, Hall Street, Moston Lane, removed 13 September 1895. In the 1901 census he was aged 13, born Manchester, son of George and MAry A loedger, resident 50, Princess Street, North Manchester, Prestwich, Lancashire. In the 1911 census he was aged 23, born Manchester, a Warehouse Clerk, son of George and Mary Ann Ledger, resident 1, Oak Bank Avenue, Blackley, Manchester, North Manchester, Lancashire. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7.
LEVERINGTON William
Private 201895, 2nd/5th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment formerly 9002, Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action 6 September 1917. Aged 19. Born 21 February 1888, and resident, Blackley, Manchester, enlisted Middleton. Son of Mrs. Mary A. Leverington, of 14, Domett St., Blackley, Manchester. In the 1901 census he was aged 3, born Manchester, son of Mary Leverington (a widow), resident 38, New Road, North Manchester, Prestwich, Lancashire. In the 1911 census he was aged 13, born Manchester, a Chain Horse Driver, son of Marianne Leverington, resident 105, Delaunays Road, Crumpsall, North Manchester, Lancashire. Buried in TYNE COT CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot VI. Row D. Grave 17.
LEWIS James
Private - No further information currently available
LEWIS Job
Private - No further information currently available
LINDLEY Ernest
Lance Sergeant 3/18072, 2nd Battalion, Border Regiment. Killed in action at Bullecourt 28 April 1917. Aged 23. Born Moston, Manchester, resident Newton Heath, Lancashire, enlisted Manchester. Son of Albert George and Mary Ellen Lindley, of 28, Edward Street, Moston, Manchester. In the 1901 census he was aged 8, born Manchester, son of Albert G and Mary E Lindley, resident 7, Mellor Street, North Manchester, Prestwich, Lancashire. In the 1911 census he was aged 17, born Moston, a Stover, son of Albert George and Mary Ellen Lindley, resident 28, Edward Street, Moston, Manchester, North Manchester, Lancashire. Attested 24 November 1914 in Manchester, aged 20 years 9 months, Stationer Clerk by trade, resident 28, Edward Street, Mostyn, Manchester, unmarried, father resident 51 Vine Street, Newton Heath, Moston, religious denomination Church of England, height 5 feet 4½ inches, weight 124 lbs, chest 34½ inches. Posted to Depot, Border Regiment 24 November 1914, appointed Lance Corporal 15 May 1915, Acting Corporal 30 March 1915, appointed Corporal 23 August 1916, Lance Sergeant 17 July 1916, posted 3rd Battalion, Border Regiment, B.E.F. 29 March 1917, then 2nd Battalion 21 April 1917. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 6.
LITCHFIELD Harold
Private 12676, 9th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Died on service in Mesopotamia 1 October 1918. Born Blackley, Lancs, resident Leigh, Lancs, enlisted Warwick. In the 1911 census he was aged 19, born Blackley, a Wood Sawyer's Assistant, son of George Arthur and Emily Litchfield, resident 29 Bedford Square Leigh Lancashire, Leigh, Lancashire. Buried in TEHRAN WAR CEMETERY, Iran. Plot III. Row C. Grave 7.
LOCKWOOD Frank
Private 204317, 2nd/5th Battalion, Lancashire Fusiliers. Killed in action 26 August 1918. Aged 20. Born Manchester, resident Middleton, Lancashire, enlisted Bury, Lancashire. Son of Harold and Louisa Lockwood, of "Overleigh," Alkrington Green, Middleton, Manchester. In the 1901 census he was aged 2, born Harpurhey, son of Harold Stepheson and Louise Lockwood, resident 112, Rochdale Road, North Manchester, Prestwich, Lancashire. In the 1911 census he was aged 12, born Harpurhey, at school, son of Harold Stephenson and Louise Lockwood, resident Summerville, Charlestown Road, Blackley, Manchester, North Manchester, Lancashire. Buried in HOUCHIN BRITISH CEMETERY, Pas de Calais, France. Plot II. Row A. Grave 17.
LONGWORTH James Henry
Gunner 116975, "B" Battery, 180th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in action 3 September 1918. Aged 22. Born and enlisted Manchester. Son of Sarah Ann Longworth, of 29, Charles Street, Moston Lane, Blackley, Manchester. In the 1901 census he was aged 5, born Blackley, son of George and Sarah A Longworth, resident 40, Charles Street, North Manchester, Prestwich, Lancashire. In the 1911 census he was aged 15, born Blackley, an Office Boy, son of George and Sarah Ann Longworth, resident 40, Charles Street, Blackley, Manchester, North Manchester, Lancashire. Buried in RENINGHELST NEW MILITARY CEMETERY, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Plot V. Row B. Grave 15.
LOVATT Harold
Private - More than one option cannot distinguish the correct man - No further information currently available
LOW George Alfred
Sergeant 14979, 8th Battalion, Prince of Wales's Volunteers (South Lancashire Regiment), Killed in action 10 July 1916. Born Hollins Green, Lancashire, enlisted Manchester. In the 1911 census he was aged 21, born hllars (sic)m Green, Lancashire, a Corporation Labourer, newphew of James and Jane Howell, resident 13, Middleton Old Road, Blackley, Manchester, North Manchester, Lancashire. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 7 A and 7 B.
LOW James Percival
Private 36689, 2nd Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment). Died of wounds 18 July 1918. Aged 23. Born Ollerton, Notts, resident Blackley, Lancs, enlisted Doncaster, Yorks. Son of Clara Wallace, of 48, Slack Rd., Blackley, Manchester. A Lithographer, a member of the Amalgamated Society Of Lithographic Printers, Manchester Branch. Buried in ESQUELBECQ MILITARY CEMETERY, Nord, France. Plot III. Row E. Grave 19.
LYNCH Alexander
[Listed as Private on memorial] Lance Corporal 22195, 23rd Battalion, Manchester Regiment. Killed in action 8 May 1916. Born Blackley, Lancs, resident Bury, Lancs, enlisted Manchester, Lancs. In the 1891 census he was newborn, born Blackley, Lancashire, son of Matthew Lynch, resident Old Road, Blackley, Prestwich, Lancashire. Buried in ST. VAAST POST MILITARY CEMETERY, RICHEBOURG-L'AVOUE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot III. Row F. Grave 3.

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