Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Book16), 179879, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =LAWRENCE, MALCOLM EYTON=, Lieut., 6th (Reserve), attd. 2nd Battn. King's Royal Rifle Corps, only surviving _s._ of the late Hon. Henry Arnold Lawrence, by his wife, Constance Charlotte (9, Chantrey House, Eccleston Street, S.W.), eldest 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., 10 March, 1889; educ. Eton; received a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 3rd (Reserve) Battn. King's Own Yorkshire L.I., 1 Oct. 1908, and served for one year; went to British Columbia in Feb. 1910, where he bought and cleared land, built a house and was latterly given Government employment (sub-warden of the Isles); enlisted in the 88th Victoria Fusiliers on the declaration of war and came over with the first contingent of the Canadian Expeditionary Force; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 6th K.R.R.C. 4 Nov. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 1 Jan. 1915; went to France 3 Dec. 1914, where he was attached to the 2nd Battn. and was killed in action near Givenchy, 10 Jan. 1915, while leading his men in a charge. Buried in village of Cuinchy; _unm._ His Commanding Officer wrote: "On reaching the position he found that a brother officer, who had led another storming party, was in need of assistance as he had lost more than half his men. Lawrence dashed over the intervening 70 yards with some of his men, and was no doubt responsible for getting back his brother officer who was now left alone and would have been cut off." [Illustration: =Malcolm E. Lawrence.=] =LAWRENCE, WILLIAM=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 9794), 297574, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =LAWRIE, ERNEST NORMAN=, 2nd Lieut., 13 Battn. (Princess Louise's Kensington Rifles) London Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of John Lawrie, Managing Director of Whiteleys', London, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of John Elliott; _b._ West Hampstead, 30 April, 1893; educ. County School, Richmond, and Haberdashers' School, Cricklewood; entered the employment of Messrs. Elkington, of Regent Street, in Feb. 1912; enlisted in the Kensingtons a few days after the commencement of war, 10 Aug. 1914, and after training at Abbots Langley left to join the British Expeditionary Force at the Front, 31 Oct. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut, in his own regt., 3 April, 1915; was present at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, and was killed in action at Aubers Ridge, near Fromelles, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ His body was not recovered as the spot where he fell remained in the possession of the Germans. Major H. J. Stafford, writing on behalf of the Colonel, said: "He met his death leading his men in the true British way, and under circumstances as exacting as any that troops could be called upon to face. I knew your son very well, as prior to his gaining his commission he was attached to me as my runner, and was constantly with me. I soon discovered his fearless nature, and his devotion. As an officer he had already won the esteem of all ranks, and showed great promise as a leader of men." An interesting account of how he captured a German flag appeared in the "Daily Mirror" of June 9, 1915. [Illustration: =Ernest Norman Lawrie.=] =LAWRIE, JAMES BLACK=, E.R.A., 1st Class, 268155, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =LAWSON, FREDERICK HENRY=, Capt., 5th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.), eldest _s._ of Frederick Lawson, of Dalton, co. Northumberland, late of Nelthorpe, Gosforth, Merchant, by his wife, Eleoner Francis, dau. of the late John Walker; _b._ Newcastle-on-Tyne, 23 July, 1887; educ. Durham Grammar School; served his articles with Messrs. Newcomb and Newcomb, Architects, of Newcastle, and was afterwards with Mr. Arthur Stockwell, of that City; joined the Northumberland Yeomanry in 1907; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 5th Northumberland Fusiliers, 15 May, 1909; promoted Lieut. 17 July, 1910, and Capt. 1 Nov. 1912; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 13 April, 1915; and was killed in action at St. Jean, near Ypres, 24 May following; _unm._ His Col. wrote: "Capt. Lawson was one of my best officers, thoroughly capable and reliable." [Illustration: =Frederick Henry Lawson.=] =LAWSON, WILLIAM=, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 2433), 290533, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =LAWTON, JOSEPH SYDNEY=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9403), 296679, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =LAWTON, WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9652), S.S. 106992, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =LAYDON, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 9332, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of John Laydon, of 17, Dunns Terrace, Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne, by his wife, (----), dau. of William Wild, of Newcastle; _b._ Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 22 Sept. 1882; educ. St. Dominic's Catholic School there; enlisted 22 Oct. 1911, and was killed in action at Soupir, during the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914; _unm._ =LAYTON, FRANK THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10003), S.S. 107616, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =LAZENBY, ARTHUR=, A.B., J. 4916, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =LEA, THOMAS LAMPIT=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5043), 201762, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =LEACH, GERALD KEMBALL=, Lieut., 6th (Service) Battn. Border Regt.; 2nd _s._ of the late Arthur Francis Leach, of 34, Elm Park Gardens, London, S.W., Charity Commissioner, by his wife, Emily Archer, dau. of S. Kemball Cook; _b._ London, 10 Aug. 1883; educ. Ashdown House, Forest Row, Sussex, from which he obtained a scholarship at Bradfield College, where he was senior Prefect and Captain of the Association Football Team, afterwards gaining an exhibition at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he rowed in the College boat; was in the Association Football and Cricket teams, and became a Lieut. in the University O.T.C. He was appointed an assistant in the Chinese Maritime Customs in 1904, and was quartered successively at Chefoo, Wuhu, Peking, Hankow, and Changsha. He resigned his appointment in Jan. 1915, in order to return home and join the army and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 6th Border Regt., 1 March, 1915; left for the Dardanelles with the 11th (Northern) Division, 1 July following, and was killed in action at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, on 10 Aug., during the operations which followed the landing on the 6th and 7th; _unm._ =LEADER, FRANCIS WILLIAM MOWBRAY=, Capt., 2nd Battn. Connaught Rangers, elder _s._ of Francis Henry Mowbray Leader, of Classas, Coachford, co. Cork, late Lt. Royal Field Artillery, by his wife, Agnes Letitia, dau. of Thomas Broderick; _b._ Plymouth, 6 Nov. 1881; educ. Eastman's Royal Naval Academy, and in France and Germany; joined the Manchester Militia as 2nd Lieut. 1901, and |