London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late Alfred Lees, by his
wife, Rosa Matilda, dau. of Thomas Flood; _b._ at the Old Priory,
Bedford, 3 Sept. 1874; educ. Bedford Modern School and Clare College,
Cambridge (M.A. and 8th Senior Optime). Entered the Home Civil Service,
Senior Division, and was Assistant Secretary, Civil Service Commission,
Burlington Gardens. Joined the old Victoria and St. George’s Rifles,
22 May, 1889; became Capt., March, 1905, and Major, 15 Aug. 1913;
obtained Special Certificate, Chelsea Barracks, and passed the Army
examinations for Field Rank (distinguished). He volunteered with the
officers of his regt. for active service during the South African War,
but only a limited number were required, and he remained in England.
Volunteered for the present war, landed in France, 5 Nov. 1915. The
battn. went straight into the trenches and was afterwards attached
to 13th Infantry Brigade. On 17 April the brigade was detailed for
the capture of “Hill 60.” The fighting was so severe during the 17th,
18th and 19th that the West Kents, Scottish Borderers, Yorks L.I and
West Riding Regts., who had fought magnificently, were withdrawn and
another brigade brought up. The Queen Victoria’s had been occupied in
carrying munitions to the front trenches, but miraculously escaped
with few casualties. They were not relieved with their brigade. On the
night of the 20th the enemy took the trenches on the top of the hill,
and Major Lees counter-attacked with two companies, the rest of the
battn. being held in reserve in dug-outs near the foot of the hill,
where they were subjected to a terrible bombardment lasting for hours.
Major Lees’ night assault was successful. He then found he was the
senior officer left alive on the hill and reorganised the defence. The
German artillery and machine-gun fire was continuous, save when they
launched repeated infantry attacks against our trenches. About 5 a.m.
on the 21st, Major Lees had gone to the most exposed trench held by
the Bedford Regt., in which there were nearly 300 of our killed and
wounded. The enemy were assaulting, showering grenades into the trench
and sweeping the parapet with machine-gun fire. It was at this critical
moment that he was shot through the head and heart, only 10 yards from
the Germans, while shouting orders to hold on. He fell off the parapet
into the arms of a Sergt. of the Bedfords and never spoke again. The
N.C.Os. and riflemen were heroic. Out of the 150 men with Major Lees
all were killed and wounded, except 20 who were still holding on with
2nd Lieut. Wolley, V.C., when relieved by the Devons and Camerons.
Lieut.-Col. Shipley, C.M.G., wrote to his brother, Major Lees, late 3rd
South Wales Borderers: “He died like a hero, having retaken and made
good a position of primary importance which the enemy were on the point
of re-occupying. His last gallant charge was, as he would have wished
it, to the assistance of his county regt., the Bedfordshires. The last
words I heard him speak as he led his company off into the trenches
were: ‘Now, remember, if anyone is wounded, the others must carry on.
If I am hit, go on.’ It was his initiative and courageous behaviour
that has enabled us to hold on to the position. I cannot even attempt
to tell you what a stupendous loss his is to the regt. and myself, but
we must console ourselves by remembering and trying to emulate your
brother’s unswerving devotion to duty and the unflinching gallantry
shown by him in all times of stress; his life so earnestly devoted to
others will live in our memories for all time.” He was buried in the
larch wood near Hill 60.
[Illustration: =Thomas Prior Lees.=]
=LEGGAT, WILLIAM=, 2nd Lieut., 7th Battn. The Cameronians
(Scottish Rifles) (T.F.), eldest _s._ of James Leggat, of 89,
Wilson Street, Glasgow, Wholesale Provision Merchant, by his wife,
Jane, dau. of Robert Carswell, of Duncarnock, Newton Mearns; _b._
Strathbungo, Glasgow, 29 Jan. 1883; educ. Bellahouston Academy,
Glasgow; was a Wholesale Provision Merchant in Glasgow, served four
years with the Dumbartonshire Rifle Volunteers until they were
disbanded on the organisation of the T.F.; received a commission as 2nd
Lieut. in 7th Cameronians, 21 March, 1914; volunteered for Imperial
service on the outbreak of war; left for the Dardanelles, May, 1915,
and died at Malta, 2 July following, of wounds received in the Allied
attack on the Krithia-Achi Baba position, Gallipoli, on 28 June. Buried
Pieta Cemetery, Malta; _unm._
[Illustration: =William Leggat.=]
=LEGGATT, EDWARD=, E.R.A., 1st Class (Pensioner), 159975, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=LEGGE, RONALD GEORGE=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Devonshire Regt.,
7th and yst. _s._ of the late Hon. Charles Gounter Legge, H.M.
Inspector of Constabulary, by his wife, Mary, eldest dau. of the late
Very Rev. Thomas Garnier, Dean of Lincoln, and grandson of William, 4th
Earl of Dartmouth; _b._ Southgate, co. Middlesex, 4 July, 1878;
educ. Sherborne School; served with the 59th Coy. Imperial Yeomanry in
the South African War, 1900–1 (Queen’s medal with four clasps); was
gazetted 2nd Lieut. 2nd Devons, 23 April, 1902; and promoted Lieut. 13
March 1906, and Capt. 15 Nov. 1914; was Adjutant to the Territorial
Force, 30 April, 1910, to 29 Oct. 1913; went to France, 5 Nov. 1914,
and was killed near Neuve Chapelle, 18 Dec. following. He _m._ at
Holy Trinity Church, Exmouth, 19 Nov. 1910, Phyllis Mildred, dau. of
the Rev. Mortimer Ford, of Yarcombe, co. Devon, and had a son, Rupert
Mortimer, _b._ 8 Sept. 1911.
[Illustration: =Ronald George Legge.=]
=LEGGE, STAFFORD HENRY=, Private, No. 847, 16th (Service) Battn.
The Middlesex Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France,
etc.; killed in action, 1 March, 1915.
=LEGGETT, ALAN RANDALL AUFRÈRE=, Lieut., 1st Battn. Prince of
Wales’s North Staffordshire Regt., yst. _s._ of Lieut.-Col.
Frederick Octavius Leggett, of Underhill House, Cheriton, co. Kent,
late Army Ordnance Dept., by his wife, Maria (Minnie), dau. of Thomas
Browning; _b._ Delce Grange, Rochester, co. Kent, 31 May,
1893; educ. Oxford Preparatory School, Tonbridge School, and the
Royal Military College, Sandhurst, where he was Hon. King’s Cadet,
1911–12; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 1st North Staffords, 4 Sept. 1912, and
was promoted Lieut. 18 Sept. 1914; went to France, 4 Sept. 1914, and
was killed in action in the trenches near Armentières, during the
First Battle of Ypres, 31 Oct. 1914. Buried St. Martin’s Churchyard,
Cheriton, Kent; _unm._ He was mentioned in Sir John French’s
Despatch of 20 Nov. 1914–14 Jan. 1915 [London Gazette, 17 Feb. 1915],
in respect of an action on 20 Oct. 1914, when he was sent with his
platoon to support the Leinster Regt., which was hard pressed, and
by “his steadiness, good leadership, and well considered action held
up the enemy’s attack and enabled the offensive to be resumed.” His
commanding officer wrote: “He did his duty cheerfully and fully,
without a thought of self.”
[Illustration: =Alan Randall A. Leggett.=]
=LEGGETT, GEORGE=, Stoker, R.N.R., 2068U, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in
action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LEGGETT, GEORGE=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch./15320, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LEIGH, ALBERT EDWARD=, L.-Corpl., No. 9814, 1st Battn. Middlesex
Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; killed in
action, 25 Sept. 1915.
=LEIGH, CHANDOS, D.S.O.=, Major, 2nd Battn. King’s Own Scottish
Borderers, elder _s._ of the late Hon. Sir Edward Chandos Leigh,
K.C., K.C.B., by his wife, Katherine Fanny (Knuston Hall, Irchester,
Northants; 45, Upper Grosvenor Street, W.), dau. of the late James
Rigby, of Moss House, Lancashire, D.L., and gdson. of Chandos, 1st Lord
Leigh; _b._ 29 Aug. 1873; educ. Harrow and Cambridge; gazetted
2nd Lieut., 2nd King’s Own Scottish Borderers, from the Militia, 29
May, 1895, and promoted Lieut. 22 Sept. 1897, Capt. 1 April, 1901, and
Major, 17 June, 1914; served (1) in the South African War, 1900–2,
employed with the Mounted Infantry; took part in the advance on, and
relief of, Kimberley; operations in Orange Free State, 1900, including
actions at Paardeberg, Poplar Grove, Houtnek (Thoba Mountain), Vet
River and Zand River; operations in the Transvaal, May–June, 1900,
including actions near Johannesburg and Diamond Hill; operations
in Orange River Colony, 1900, including actions at Wittebergen and
Bothaville; and in operations in the Transvaal, Orange River Colony
and Cape Colony, 30 Nov. 1900 to 31 May, 1902 (mentioned in Despatches
[London Gazette, 10 Sept. 1901]. Queen’s medal with five clasps,
D.S.O.); (2) with the Egyptian Army, 17 April, 1902, to 1912; took
part in Bahr-el-Ghazal Expedition against the Nyam-Nyam Tribes 1905–6
(Egyptian medal with clasp; Medijidich and Osmanich Orders); and (3)
with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 13 Aug. 1914;
was reported missing and wounded after the Battle of Mons, 23 Aug.
1914, and died at Boussu shortly afterwards. When last seen, though
severely wounded, he told his men to go on and never mind him, as
the enemy were in great strength, and it was imperative to get back
to blow up the canal bridge against their advance. Major Leigh was a
fine horseman and polo player, winning his regimental cup the year he
joined the Army. He was well known with the Meath, Pytchley and other
packs, won honours in the open jumping at the Dublin Horse Show, and
headed the winning record for steeplechase riders, both amateurs and
professional, on the Cairo Turf. He _m._ 6 June, 1912, Winifred
Madeline, dau. of the late Rt. Hon. Arthur Frederick Jeffreys, of
Burkham, Hampshire, P.C., M.P.; _s.p._
[Illustration: =Chandos Leigh.=]
=LEIGH, CHARLES=, Petty Officer, 174539, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when
that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._
=LEIGH, EDWARD=, Major, 2nd Battn. Hampshire Regt., yr. _s._
of the late Francis Augustine Leigh, of Rosegarland, co. Wexford,
Ireland, J.P., D.L., formerly Lieut., 10th Hussars, by his wife,
Augustine, dau. of Charles Perrier, of Metz, Lorraine; _b._
Rosegarland, 25 Aug. 1867; educ. St. Columba’s, co. Dublin; gazetted
2nd Lieut., from the Militia, to the Hampshire Regt., 9 May, 1888; and
promoted Lieut. 4 Jan. 1890, Capt. 22 April, 1894, and Major, 22 July,
1905; joined the 2nd Battn. at Chatham in 1888, but transferred in 1897
to the 1st Battn. then serving on the Indian Frontier at Mooltan, Lundi
Kotal, Peshawar, etc.; volunteered for active service in the South
African War, in which he was employed with the Mounted Infantry, taking
part in the operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900 to Jan. 1902;
in Orange River Colony, Dec. 1900 to Oct. 1901; in Cape Colony, Feb.
to March, 1901; commanded the 7th (Hampshire) Mounted Infantry in the
operations against De Wet, until he was severely wounded at Onverwacht,
near Ermelo, 4 Jan. 1902 (mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 25
April, 1902], Queen’s medal with three clasps and King’s medal with
two clasps); was Adjutant to 4th (Volunteer) Battn. Hampshire Regt.,
from 20 May, 1904, to 21 July, 1905, when, on promotion to the rank
of Major, he rejoined 2nd Battn. as second in command and served
with it (temporarily commanding at various times during 1909, 1912,
1913, 1914, and at the time of his death) whilst in Bermuda, South
Africa, Mauritius, India and Gallipoli; left for the Dardanelles,
19 March, 1915; took part in the landing there on 25 April, and was
killed in action during the Turkish attack on the Allied trenches S.W.
of Krithia, Gallipoli, on the night of 1–2 May, 1915. Buried close
to where he fell. Major Leigh _m._ at Christ Church, Lancaster
Gate, London, 11 April, 1912, Mary Meade (Ladies’ Empire Club, 69,
Grosvenor Street, W.), only dau. of the Hon. Sir John Buchanan, of
Clareinch, Claremont, South Africa, LL.D., Knight of Grace of St. John
of Jerusalem, and had a son, Edward Buchanan, _b._ at Vacoas,
Mauritius, 19 June, 1913.
[Illustration: =Edward Leigh.=]
=LEIGH, EDWARD HENRY=, Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Rifle Brigade, yr.
_s._ of the late Hon. Sir Edward Chandos Leigh, K.C., K.C.B. (who
died suddenly, 18 May, 1915, three days after hearing of the death of
his last surviving son), by his wife, Katherine Fanny (Knuston Hall,
Irchester, Northants; 45, Upper Grosvenor Street, W.), dau. of the late
James Rigby, of Moss House, Lancashire, D.L., and grandson of Chandos,
1st Lord Leigh; _b._ 14 July, 1888; educ. Harrow and Cambridge;
gazetted Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Rifle Brigade, 17 April, 1913; left
with his regt. for France, Nov. 1914, and was killed in the attack upon
the Aubers Ridge, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ Lieut. Leigh was mentioned
in F.M. Sir John (now Lord) French’s Despatch of 5 April [London
Gazette, 22 June], 1915.
[Illustration: =Edward Henry Leigh.=]
=LEIGH, THOMAS HORATIO ALFRED=, Private, No. 5624, 3rd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, yr. _s._ of Samuel Leigh, of Jubilee Terrace,
New Road, Armitage, co. Stafford, Potter, by his wife, Annie, dau. of
William Dissington, of Cobridge, Staffs.; _b._ Armitage, 25 May,
1886; educ. Elementary School there; enlisted 21 July, 1904; served in
Egypt, 16 Jan. 1908, to 23 March, 1911, where he was attached to the
Camel Corps, and was one of a company sent up the Nile to suppress a
native rising; passed into the Reserve, 20 July, 1912; called up on the
outbreak of war, 5 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary
Force, 21 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at Soupir, 14 Sept. 1914;
_unm._ Buried on the battlefield. He had two good conduct badges,
and two first-class badges for shooting, and had passed classes in
swimming.
[Illustration: =T. H. A. Leigh.=]
=LEIVERS, JOHN ROBINSON=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5638), 229452 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15
Oct. 1914.
=LE MARCHAND, JOHN WHARTON JONES=, Lieut., 56th Rifles, Frontier
Force, Indian Army, attd. 1/6th Gurkha Rifles, _s._ of Walter
John Le Marchand, District Supt. of Punjab Police, by his wife, Lucy,
dau. of J........ G...... Jones, P.W.D., Punjab, India; _b._ at
Gujranwalla, Punjab, 30 Dec. 1887; educ. Bedford Grammar School, and
Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. (unattd.), 25
Jan. 1908; posted to Indian Army, 14 March, 1909, and promoted Lieut.,
25 April, 1910; served on N.W. Frontier of India, 1908, including the
operations in the Mohmand country and engagement at Mutta (medal with
clasp), and with the Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles, 1915;
killed in action at Sari Bagh, 9 Aug. 1915; buried on the field. Col.
Sir Cecil Allanson, commanding the 1/6th Gurkha Rifles, wrote: “Your
son was killed with this regt. on 9 Aug. Every single officer in it was
killed or wounded; he only joined it about 20 July and we only came
under fire after a three weeks’ rest on 5 Aug. The following brief
report is what the regt. did and what I have said (in my diary) about
your son. No words of mine can express my admiration for his gallantry,
his magnificent compliance with difficult orders and his superb control
of men whom he hardly knew and who hardly knew him. His death is an
example to all on the Peninsula.... The following are the entries
referred to: ‘7 Aug.--Advance towards the Ridge 791, 6th Gurkhas
leading, Le Marchand leading them; reach a height about 450. Few
casualties through skilful use of ground. 8 Aug.--Advance to Hill 791
to within 100 yards. No digging in took place as ground extremely hard
and we dare not move. Through the night we had to retain an immensely
difficult position with the Turks right above us, every man in the
regt. in the firing line. 9 Aug.--Attacked at dawn on the portion of
the Ridge 791 in front of us, which was successfully carried, though
subsequently evacuated. The position of the night before was held
throughout the day.’ The reference made to Lieut. Le Marchand in report
sent in to 90th Indian Brigade was as follows: ‘Lieut. Le Marchand led
the leading double company to the attack on 7 and 8 Aug.; he had only
been with the regt. 15 days and did not know the Goorkha language. His
great personal gallantry gave him an extraordinary influence over his
men, and he stopped two further rushes of the enemy on the night of
the 8th and 9th in a most gallant manner. He remained on the Ridge 791
till the very last and was killed gallantly tackling single handed a
large number of Turks.’ The only officer actually unwounded at this
moment was Capt. Phipson, I.M.S., who succeeded in obtaining your son’s
body and gave it a proper burial that night as near the spot he died
as possible, and we have very carefully marked the position.... His
death was absolutely instantaneous and painless, as he was shot through
the base of the brain”; and in his report to the Colonel of the 5/6th
Rifles he said: “Le Marchand’s conduct on the 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th
was superb. We were very short of officers, and during that time he
never had a wink of sleep and very little food or water. No commanding
officer could have been better served. No regt. could have wished for
a better officer to maintain its reputation. We alone succeeded in
getting on the key of the local position, and we fought for three days
and three nights and were never for one second out of fire throughout
that time. We lost 100 per cent. of our officers and 45 per cent. of
our fighting strength in men. It would be a long story to give you all
the details, but before Le Marchand died (a few minutes) he placed
his foot on the long ridge which surrounds this Peninsula, and had we
been able to stay there it would have been splendid. It was no fault
of ours whatever that we could not. Gen. Godley, in congratulating the
regt., said that had Le Marchand lived he would have recommended him
for the V.C.” In his official report of the battle, Sir Cecil wrote:
“Lieut. J. W. J. Le Marchand, 56th Rifles, Frontier Force, attd. 1/6th
Gurkha Rifles, led the leading double company to the attack on the
8th and 9th. He had only been with the regt. 15 days and did not know
the language. His great personal gallantry gave him an extraordinary
influence over his men, and he stopped a forward rush of the enemy on
the night of the 8th and 9th in a most gallant manner. He was shot dead
immediately after landing his company up on the ridge after two days
and two nights continuous fighting, during the whole of which time a
steady advance was made. No officer could have done finer work than
he did and the regt. is deeply indebted to him for his great personal
gallantry. I can only thank your regt. for sending us so fine an
officer and regret extremely that he should have lost his life with us.”
[Illustration: =John W. J. Le Marchand.=]
=LE MARCHANT, LOUIS ST. GRATIEN, D.S.O.=, Lieut.-Col., 1st Battn.
East Lancashire Regt., 6th and yst. _s._ of the Rev. Robert Le
Marchant, Rector of Little Risington, by his wife, Eliza Catherine,
dau. of D. Tupper, of Guernsey; _b._ Little Risington, co.
Gloucester, 2 Dec. 1866; educ. Somerset College, Bath, and privately;
gazetted Lieut. to the East Lancashire Regt., from the Gloucestershire
Militia, 10 Nov. 1886, and promoted Capt. 11 Dec. 1895, Major, 11
April, 1906, and Lieut.-Col. 23 Sept. 1913; was Adjutant, 1st Battn.,
29 Oct. 1898 to 28 Oct. 1902; Brigade Major, India, 9 July, 1906, to
1 March, 1908, and D.A.A.G., India, 2 March, 1908, to 3 July, 1910;
served (1) with the Chitral Relief Force, 1895 (medal with clasp);
(2) in the South African War, 1900–2; took part in the operations
in the Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900, including actions at
Karee Siding, Vet River (5–6 May), and Zand River; operations in the
Transvaal, May and 30 Nov. 1900 to Oct. 1901, including action near
Johannesburg; and operations in Orange River Colony, Oct. 1901 to 31
May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps, King’s medal with two
clasps, D.S.O.); and (3) with the Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders, Aug. to 9 Sept. 1914 (mentioned in Despatches by F.M. Sir
John (now Lord) French, 9 Oct. [London Gazette, 18 Oct.] 1914), and was
killed in action at La Ferté sous Jouarre, during the Battle of the
Marne, 9 Sept. 1914; _unm._
[Illustration: =Louis St. G. Le Marchant.=]
=LE MASURIER, JOHN EDWARD=, Gunner, No. 2708, 3rd Brigade
Ammunition Column, 3rd F.A. Brigade, 1st Australian Division, 2nd
_s._ of Charles Henry John Le Masurier, of 3, Elizabeth Terrace,
Tower Road, Jersey, Seaman, by his wife, Alice, dau. of Philip Edward
Beaugié; _b._ St. Heliers, Jersey, 19 Aug. 1889; educ. National
Boys’ School there; went to Australia, 19 Aug. 1910, and worked as a
Steam Navvy on the North Coast Railway at Telegraph Point, N.S.W.;
volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914,
and joined the 3rd Ammunition Column, Australian Imperial Force; left
for Egypt, 18 Oct. 1914; went to the Dardanelles in April, 1915, and
was killed in action there, 29 May following, while attached to the
Indian Mountain Battery; _unm._ A comrade wrote: “He was killed
in action on the evening of 29 May by a shrapnel shell. There was only
a small party of us together. We were attached to an Indian Mountain
Battery looking after field telephones and doing such work as the
Indians could not do, and they could not speak English. I cannot say
how sorry we were to lose Jack, as he was one of the best--in fact,
what we call, a white man. He was recommended for the D.C.M. for
keeping up communications under heavy fire the morning of 29 May, but
do not know if it ever went through. We buried him at night on the top
of a high headland overlooking the sea at Anzac. The head is known as
Pluggy’s Plateau, and was the first place taken on the morning of the
Australian landing.”
=LE MESURIER, ALFRED CLIVE=, Lieut., 12th Indian Cavalry, attd.
33rd Q.V.L.H., yst. _s._ of the late Col. Andrew Alfred Le
Mesurier, C.B., Commandant of the 8th Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt.,
by his wife, Kate Josephine (Jersey, Channel Islands), dau. of William
Henry Vyse, of Cornwall; _b._ Weymouth, co. Dorset, 8 Sept. 1888;
educ. Victoria College, Jersey, and Wellington College, co. Bucks;
settled in Upper Assam as a tea planter; joined the Assam Valley Light
Horse; obtained a commission in the 12th Indian Cavalry after the
outbreak of war, 30 Oct. 1914; went to Mesopotamia early in Feb., attd.
to the 33rd Q.V.L.H., and was killed in action there, 29 April, 1915;
_unm._ He was buried beside Major M. H. Anderson, 33rd Q.V.O.L.C.,
and Lieut. Bailward, 26th K.G.O.L.C., at Brackey, some 30 miles from
Ahwaz, near the Karum River, in Persia. It appears that two squadrons
were sent out on a reconnaissance some 15 miles from camp. They were
met by Arabs, who pretended to be friendly, and warned them that the
Turkish army were only three hours’ march away and to go back. They
went back about one mile and watered their horses, and stayed there for
some time. When the squadrons had finished watering their commander
mounted the men and, wheeling them about, marched them off. The hostile
Arabs, who had been collecting round under the cloak of the friendlies,
opened fire. More mounted Arabs closed in, and Lieut. Le Mesurier was
hit and fell from his horse, killed.
[Illustration: =Alfred Clive le Mesurier.=]
=LEMMON, MONTAGUE HAGUE=, Private, No. 1001, Honourable Artillery
Coy. (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late John Lemmon, of Chichester, by
his wife, Martha Elizabeth (afterwards wife of Arthur William Wyatt,
of South Gate), dau. of Jonas Hague; _b._ Chichester, 23 June,
1887; educ. Prebendal School there; was a member of the London Staff of
the Liverpool and London and Globe Insurance, Co., Ltd.; volunteered
and joined the H.A.C. on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; trained at
Headquarters and Aveley Park; went to France in Sept. 1914, and died at
Bailleul, 8 June, 1915, of wounds received in action at Ypres on the
5th; _unm._ Buried at Bailleul.
[Illustration: =Montague Hague Lemmon.=]
=LEMON, JOHN EDWARD=, Stoker, R.N.R., 1375S, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LENCH, JAMES SYDNEY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 93), 145290 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LEONARD, ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5112), 207650, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LEONARD, THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 16977, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=LE PAGE, EDMOND JOHN=, A.B., B. 4180, S.S. 1351, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LE SUEUR, CLEMENT GEORGE=, Private, No. 3158, 1/5th Battn.
Seaforth Highlanders (T.F.), only child of Clement George Le Sueur, of
155, Chevening Road, Brondesbury Park, N.W., Clerk in the War Office,
by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Thomas Cull, and grandson of Clement Le
Sueur, late of Jersey; _b._ Hampstead, N.W., 23 March, 1893;
educ. Kilburn Grammar School and King’s College, London; was a Clerk
in the Metropolitan Water Board; volunteered and joined the Seaforth
Highlanders, 7 Sept. 1914; went to France, 1 May, 1915, and was killed
in action while on sentry duty in the trenches near Laventie, 17 July,
1915; _unm._ His company officer wrote: “I hear from his comrades
in the ranks that he was a fine soldier, and that his never failing
good spirits helped others over the many depressing times we have
here”; and the Church of England Chaplain: “It fell to my lot to lay
him to rest in the little soldiers’ cemetery [by the roadside, Rue de
Bacquerot], not far from Laventie. I know how greatly he is missed and
mourned.” A comrade also wrote: “It should be some consolation to you
to know that Clem’s high character and good spirits stood the very
searching test that this life out here enforces with complete success.
His loss was keenly felt by all who had been brought into contact with
him”; and the magazine “Aquarius” referred to him as follows: “Mr.
Le Sueur entered the service (Metropolitan Water Board) in 1910. He
possessed marked ability and great business aptitude and a successful
future seemed in store for him.”
[Illustration: =Clement George Le Sueur.=]
=LESTER, JOHN=, Stoker, Petty Officer, 283924, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=LETFORD, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 3739 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=LEVERINGTON, WILLIAM EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 2677, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.