The Arras Memorial - Surnames L
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The names of those men of the Yorkshire Regiment with a surname beginning with “L” listed on the Arras Memorial are recorded below.
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Men commemorated on the Arras Memorial
Private Harold Strickson Landin
41044. 1st Battalion the West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own), formerly 4286 the Yorkshire Regiment. Brother of Miss Rosamond Landin, of "Lulworth", Upton Rd., Watford, Herts. Killed 21 March 1918. Aged 26.
Born Gainsborough (Lincs), Enlisted Gainsborough.
Commemorated Bay 4, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Private Samuel Lane
26552. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Maria Lane, of 44, Queen St., South Bank, Middlesborough. Died 18 August 1916. Aged 26.
Born South Bank, Enlisted Middlesbrough, Resided South Bank.
Serjeant Herbert Robert Langley
6004. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 24 April 1917.
Born Margate (Kent), Enlisted Ooctacamund, Resided Rangoon (Burmah).
Private John Lavin
20918. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 23 April 1917.
Born Swanford (Ireland), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private William Maurice Lawman
21382. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 22 March 1918.
Born Carlisle (Cumberland), Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private Frederick George Lawn
205119. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of the late John and Mary Jane Lawn; husband of Betsy Lawn, of 28, Shrewsbury St., West Hartlepool. Died 24 December 1917. Aged 33.
Born Helmsley (Yorks), Enlisted West Hartlepool, Resided 28 Shrewsbury Street West Hartlepool.
Private John William Lawrence
32903. 13th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Henry Lawrence, of 25, Argyle St., Middlesbrough, and the late Elizabeth Lawrence. Died 22 March 1918. Aged 20.
Born Middlesbrough, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private John Lennahan
24301. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of Patrick and Elizabeth A. Lennahan. Killed 14 August 1917. Aged 20.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds.
Private William Morris Lewis
203041. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 18418 E Surrey Rgt. Son of Mrs. E. Lewis, of I, Thrale Rd., Streatham, London. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 22.
Enlisted Wandsworth, Resided Streatham.
Corporal William Linley
1844. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 13 May 1917.
Born Leeds, Enlisted Leeds.
(SDGW gives number as 11844)
Corporal George Earl Lintern
241040. 5th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Killed 23 April 1917.
Enlisted Skelton, Resided Boosbeck.
Private James Lister
7637. 2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Son of James and Emma Louisa Lister, of Addingham, Yorks.; husband of Mary Susannah Lister, of 32, Dale St., Hargreaves Square, Shipley, Yorks. Killed 2 April 1917. Aged 29.
Born Addingham (Skipton - Yorks), Enlisted Richmond (Yorks), Resided Shipley.
Private Harold Lofthouse
17067. 6th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Died 21 August 1916.
Born Sunderland, Enlisted Middlesbrough.
Private James Lord
38869. 7th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Mary Lord, of 56, Lonsdale St., Accrington. Killed 25 April 1917. Aged 39.
Born Accrington (Lancs), Enlisted Accrington.
Private Alfred Edward Lovell
202327. 4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment, formerly 23 Northamptonshire Regt. Son of Alfred Edward and Ada Lovell, of 26, Milton St., Kingsley Park, Northampton. Killed 23 April 1917. Aged 20.
Enlisted Northampton, Resided Kingsley (Northants).
2nd Lieutenant William Luckhurst
4th Battalion Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Elizabeth Ann Louisa Luckhurst, of South Mundham, Chichester, Sussex. Killed 24 April 1917. Aged 21.
Serjeant Charles Wesley Proud Lyth
42535. 76th Coy. Machine Gun Corps (Infantry), formerly 15239 the Yorkshire Regiment. Husband of Carrie Lyth, of 73, Falsgrave Rd., Scarborough. Killed 5 May 1917. Aged 30.
Born Scarborough, Enlisted Scarborough.
Commemorated Bay 10, ARRAS MEMORIAL.
Photographs of Arras Memorial Commemorative Panels
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