Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookf 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. =LE VESCONTE, JOHN THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class, 302978, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =LEVI, KEITH MAURICE=, Capt., A.A.M.C., attached as Regimental Medical Officer to the 2nd Battn. Hampshire Regt. 29th Division, yst. _s._ of Joseph Levi, of Liverpool Buildings, 153, William Street, Melbourne, formerly of Lulinghi, Princes Street, St. Kilda, J.P., by his wife, Katherine S. dau. of Maurice C. Davies, and gdson. of the late Hon. Nathaniel Levi, M.L.C.; _b._ St. Kilda, Victoria, 6 Oct. 1890. He was educated at Cumloden and Melbourne Church of England Grammar School, afterwards proceeding to the Melbourne University. He was a student at Ormond College and took his M.B. degree in April, 1914. Whilst at the University he took great interest in the Sports Union and was for some time Capt. of B grade hockey team and played in inter-varsity matches. He was also a member of the University Rifles. After graduating in medicine he was appointed a Resident Medical Officer at the Melbourne Hospital, and later on joined the Staff of Perth Public Hospital. Volunteering for active service on the third day after war was declared, he served as Medical Officer at Blackboy Camp, W.A. and afterwards at the Broadmeadows Camp, Victoria. He left Victoria on Feb. 6 for Egypt, with the Light Horse reinforcements, and was stationed at the First Australian General Hospital, Heliopolis, for two months. Proceeding thence to the Dardanelles he was for a time on hospital ships bringing wounded back from Lemnos to Alexandria. He was sent to organise a rest camp on the island of Imbros, and it was from there on June 29th he was ordered to Cape Hellas, and attd. to the 2nd Hampshire Regt. 29th Division, as Regimental Medical Officer. Major J. G. Bell, R.A.M.C., Acting Director of Medical Services, 29th Division, wrote: "I am writing to you about your son's death. Being separated as he was from his own Australian Troops, it is possible that no one else may write you any particulars. He joined this division (29th) and was placed in medical charge of the 2nd Hampshire Regt. This suited him; he liked his work and became most popular with the regt. He was one of the best regimental Medical Officers in the Division. On the 6th of this month [Aug.] the brigade to which his regiment belonged became engaged and suffered severe casualties. He worked splendidly just behind the firing line all that afternoon and all night getting back the wounded, dressing and attending to them. At about 6.30 on the morning of the 7th when his work was practically over, and he was standing with another officer, a Turkish shrapnel shell fell close to him killing him dead, together with some five other men. He was buried where he fell, next to a Captain of the Hants, with two officers of the Essex Regt. close by. He is buried in an open nullah. I saw his grave this morning, and a suitable cross is being put up this afternoon by the regt. Your son's death is a great loss; he took such an interest in his work, was so keen about it, and had done so well"; and in a letter to his mother, Lieut. and Q.M. A. Smith, of the Hampshire Regt. wrote: "I was within two yards of your son when he was killed. I am the Quartermaster of this Battn. and knew your son more intimately than anyone else in the Battn. as we were almost always together. All the officers and men liked and respected him for his calmness and coolness in all the trials and dangers of this campaign; I am asked to convey to you and yours the sincere condolence of the officers of this Battn. in your great bereavement, and I am sure it will be of great comfort to you to know that he was killed instantaneously and did not suffer any pain. On Aug. 6 an attack was made by our Brigade on the Turkish trenches, your son being in the same place as myself. When the attack was launched about 3.45 p.m. the wounded began to come in and they came through the Battn. Dressing Station all night, about 220 officers, non-commissioned officers and men were dressed (their wounds being attended to) and sent down to the base, your son working continuously all through the night. At 6.45 a.m. we were ordered to move back and a fresh battn. was sent to relieve us, your son and myself were having some breakfast before starting (as the dressing station was being taken over and cleaned up), when a high explosive shell came from the enemy and exploded close to us, killing three, and wounding four, all of whom had been attending on the wounded. Your son was amongst the killed, a piece of the shell killing him instantaneously. He was buried in a separate grave close to the spot where he was killed, a stone with his name marking the spot." Col. A. Thackeray Beckwith, Commanding Officer 2nd Hampshire Regt., also wrote: "Though I was not present on 7 Aug. when he was killed I heard exactly about it from Lt. & Q.M. A. Smith of my Battn. who was with |