Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Booku. of the late John Jopp, writer to the Signet; _b._ Edinburgh, 2 Dec. 1889; educ. Edinburgh Academy and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 6 Nov. 1909, and promoted Lieut. 10 Aug. 1911; killed in action near Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914; _unm._ His Commanding Officer, Col. Uniacke, in notifying his death, wrote: "He gave his life for his country in a gallant fight which was necessary for the safety not only of his own regt. but of a larger force.... He has always proved himself a fine example, and you may well be proud of him as we are, and also all those of his own command. He is a great loss to us and the Army." [Illustration: =Charles Keith Latta.=] =LAUDER, STANISLAUS JOSEPH=, Private, No. 4070, 14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late Charles Lauder, Supt. Royal Alfred Sailors' Home, Bombay; _b._ Bombay, 8 Nov. 1885; educ. St. Mary's College, Bombay, and London School of Medicine; served with the Red Crescent Medical Mission in Tripoli for seven months in 1912, and with the British Red Cross in Montenegro during the Balkan War, was present with the Montenegrin Army during the siege and capture of Scutari; received the Order of Danilo (3rd Class) from the King of Montenegro, and the British Red Cross Medal with clasp; joined the London Scottish, 5 Dec. 1914, and volunteered for foreign service; went to the Front in July, 1915, and died of wounds received while attending wounded men under fire, 14 Oct. 1915; _unm._ He was buried in the soldiers' cemetery at Lapugny, near Bethune. [Illustration: =Stanislaus J. Lauder.=] =LAURENCE, ANDREW=, Sapper, No. 11982, 38th Coy. R.E., _s._ of the late Andrew Laurence, of Craiglockhart Terrace, Edinburgh, Mason, by his wife, Christina B., dau. of David Brunton, of Kinross; _b._ Muckhart, co. Perth. 16 Nov. 1882; educ. Muckhart School; served in the South African War with the 3rd Vol. Battn. Royal Scots (Queen's medal with three clasps); joined the R.E., 11 Nov. 1902; went to France, 7 Sept. 1914, and died in Motor Ambulance, 27 May, 1915, of wounds received in Belgium the same day. Buried in field adjoining the Convent School, Brandholk; _unm._ =LAURENCE, EDWARD JAMES=, Private, No. 1945, 1/8th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of William George Laurence, of 9, Argyle Road, Teddington, by his wife, Maria, dau. of Alexander Mellish; _b._ Windsor, 2 Nov. 1892; educ. Teddington Public School; was a Barman; enlisted at Hampton about 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 8 March, 1915, and died of wounds received in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =Edward James Laurence.=] =LAURIE, NATHANIEL JOHN=, Rifleman, No. 3224, 1/12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Robert Turner Laurie, of 153, Eswyn Road, Tooting, S.W., Corrector of the Press, by his wife, Amy, dau. of John Saunders; _b._ London, 3 April, 1891; educ. L.C.C. Schools; was a Clerk to Advertisement Contractors; joined The Rangers, 14 Sept. 1914; went to France on Christmas Day following, and died at Casualty Clearing Station, near Rouen, 29 April, 1915, of wounds in the head caused by fragments of high explosive shell received on the 26th at St. Jean during the Second Battle of Ypres. Buried in Bailleul Cemetery; _unm._ A comrade wrote of him: "In all that he did Laurie acted as a soldier and a gentleman." Private Laurie was an active Free Church worker, chiefly amongst children. =LAVERTY, DANIEL=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10565), S.S. 108512. H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =LAW, JOHN THOMAS=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 15121, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =LAW, PAUL=, Private, No. 1650, 1/4th Battn. West Riding Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of Joe Law, of Luddenfoot. Halifax, Teamer; _b._ Lower Oldfield, Luddenfoot, 1 Sept. 1895; educ. National School there; joined 1/4th West Ridings, March, 1914; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and was killed in action 10 May, 1915, being shot by a sniper; _unm._ =LAW, PERCY PEACOCK=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9963), S.S. 2587, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =LAW, THOMAS PAKENHAM=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Irish Guards, 3rd _s._ of the late Thomas Pakenham Law, K.C., by his wife, Amelia Catherine (Elsinore, Howth. co. Dublin), dau. of Horace Rochfort, of Clogremane, co. Carlow; _b._ Dublin, 27 May, 1879; educ. Trinity College, Dublin, where he took his degrees in Arts and Law; called to the English Bar, Lincoln's Inn, 1905, and practised at the Chancery Bar; gave up this on the outbreak of war and was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Irish Guards, 4 June, 1915; went to France and was mortally wounded at the Battle of Loos, 27 Sept. following, dying three hours later. Buried in a garden at Loos; _unm._ [Illustration: =Thomas P. Law.=] =LAWES, FREDERICK JOHN=, Private. No. 10693, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Benjamin Lawes, of Swanington, near Norwich, Labourer, by his wife, Susanna Elizabeth, dau. of George Carr; _b._ Swanington, 17 July, 1889; educ. Elementary Church School, there; worked on the land from the time he left school until he enlisted, except for two years (1911-13), when he worked in a coal pit at Newcastle-on-Tyne; enlisted in April, 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914; _unm._ [Illustration: =Frederick John Lawes.=] =LAWRENCE, CHAS. EDWARD=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110970, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =LAWRENCE, CHARLES SAMUEL=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 6360, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =LAWRENCE, CHRISTOPHER HAL=, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Reserve), attd. 2nd Battn. King's Royal Rifle Corps, yr. _s._ of the late Hon. Henry Arnold Lawrence, by his wife, Constance Charlotte (9, Chantry House. Eccleston Street, S.W.), only surviving dau. of the late Rev. George Irving Davies, Rector of Kelsale, Suffolk, and grandson of John, 1st Baron Lawrence; _b._ Harrington Gardens, London, S.W., 11 Nov. 1893; educ. Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the University O.T.C.; applied for a commission on the day war was declared, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 6th K.R.R.C. 15 Aug. 1914; went to France, 20 Sept. 1914, where he was attached to the 2nd Battn. of his regt. (2nd Brigade, 1st Division), and was killed in action during the Battle of the Aisne, 13 Oct. 1914, being shot by a sniper. Buried at Bourg, near Troyon; _unm._ His only brother, Lieut. M. E. Lawrence, was killed in action near Givenchy, 10 Jan. 1915 (see his notice). [Illustration: =Christopher H. Lawrence.=] =LAWRENCE, EDGAR ERNEST ALBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3634), 191271, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALBERT=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 52 |