Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History BookLangbank; _s.p._ [Illustration: =Charles Vernon Lewis.=] =LEWIS, DAVID=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9616), S.S. 106974, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =LEWIS, DAVID WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 4638), S.S. 1630, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =LEWIS, EDWIN CHARLES=, Petty Officer, 195389 (Chatham), H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =LEWIS, GEORGE ARTHUR DUNALLEY=, 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. South Staffordshire Regt., attd. 1st Battn. Royal Warwickshire Regt., elder _s._ of Col. Arthur William Drummond Lewis, of 31, Midvale Road, Jersey, by his wife, Emilie Mary, dau. of Mark Morris, and grandson of the late Hon. Arthur James Lewis, Advocate-General of Bombay, ..., member of Council, ..., and of Guestling Lodge, Sussex; _b._ St. Helens, Hastings, 24 Jan. 1895; educ. Victoria College, Jersey, where he was for four years a member of the O.T.C.; was employed as a Clerk in the Capital and Counties Bank at Weymouth, but on the outbreak of war obtained a commission in the South Staffords, 3 Oct. 1914; trained at Jersey; passed through a machine-gun course during the winter and was machine-gun instructor to the battn.; went to France in May, 1915, when he was attached to the 1st Royal Warwicks, and was killed in action, 8 July, 1915, just after having got his men into position to go to the relief of the Lancashire Fusiliers; _unm._ He was buried on the banks of the Yser Canal, north of Ypres and south of Pilken. The officer commanding the 1st Warwicks wrote: "We all admired him, he had made himself very popular and we all deplore his loss. His Adjutant, Company Commander and servant all speak in the highest praise of his character, bravery and cheerfulness when under fire, and that he was a fine soldier, and beloved by all ranks." [Illustration: =George Arthur D. Lewis.=] =LEWIS, HARRY FRANCIS=, Stoker, Petty Officer (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3891), Ch./174438, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =LEWIS, HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 6215), 187617, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =LEWIS, HENRY EDWARD=, A.B., J. 20038, H.M.S. Pathfinder, lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =LEWIS, HERBERT BENJAMIN THOMAS=, Corpl., No. 16296, 2nd Battn. Northamptonshire Regt., 3rd _s._ of the late Robert Lewis, of Hackleton, Northampton, Farmer, by his wife, Mary, 2nd dau. of the late Benjamin (and Elizabeth) Thomas, of Waunfawr Farm, Llanboidy, near Whitland, South Wales; _b._ Whitland, 22 March, 1879; educ. Northampton Grammar School; was Managing Clerk for Mr. J. S. Campion, Auctioneer and Valuer, Northampton; enlisted in the 3rd Northamptonshire Regt. 31 Oct. 1914, afterwards transferring to the 2nd Battn.; went to France, 2 March, 1915, and was killed in action at Aubers Ridge, 9 May, 1915; _unm._ Lieut. Haldane wrote: "I am sorry to say that details as to what happened on 9 May are very hard to get, but I do know that Herbert B. T. Lewis advanced with his company in the attack. They were the leading company, and he with many of his company were caught by machine-gun fire, and were killed whilst advancing to the enemy's trench. I was very sorry to lose him, as I had already noticed him when inspecting his company, and had realised what a very excellent N.C.O. he was, and had hoped he would have been spared to rise to much higher rank, which he deserved." [Illustration: =Herbert B. T. Lewis.=] =LEWIS, ISAAC=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10496), S.S. 108181, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =LEWIS, JAMES WILLIAM=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 7473), S.S. 102603, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =LEWIS, JOSEPH=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R.), Ch. 7208, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =LEWIS, WILLIAM HENRY=, Private, No. 2019, 5th Battn. Welsh Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of the late Daniel Lewis, by his wife, Mary (26, Castle Street, Dowlais); _b._ Dowlais, co. Glamorgan, 12 Aug. 1892; educ. Elementary Schools there, and was a Blacksmith at the Dowlais Iron Works; served with the Welsh Territorials for four years, and rejoined, 10 June, 1914; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of the European War; went to the Dardanelles, 14 July, 1915, and was killed in action there, 2 Sept. following; _unm._ =LIBBITER, ALFRED=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 9591, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =LICKFOLD, EDWARD=, Private, No. 2160, 11th Battn. 3rd Infantry Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of John Lickfold, of Billinghurst, co. Sussex, by his wife, Catherine, dau. of Henry Criswick; _b._ Southampton, 27 Feb. 1878; educ. Wokingham Church School; went to Perth, West Australia, in 1907, and joined the Australian Imperial Force early in 1915; left for Egypt; went to the Dardanelles, and was killed in action at Suvla Bay, 6 Aug. 1915; _unm._ =LIDBETTER, ALBERT WILLIAM=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 24716 (Ports.), H.M.S. Hawke, _s._ of William Lidbetter, of 13, Holden Cottages, Broadwater, near Worthing; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914. =LIDDELL, CHARLES=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3631), 186862, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m. =LIDDLE, FRANK CHARLES=, Private, No. 9166, 2nd Battn. East Surrey Regt.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died 26 March, 1915, of enteric fever, while on active service. =LIEBERT, FREDERICK ALEXANDER CHARLES=, Capt., North Somerset Yeomanry (T.F.), only _s._ of John Frederick Liebert, by his wife, Lena Henrietta, dau. of Jean Spreet de Bay, and grandson of Edmund Liebert, of Swinton Hall, co. Lancaster; _b._ Bruges, Belgium, 9th March, 1882; educ. there, and Beaumont College, and on leaving there received a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 3rd Dragoon Guards, from which he retired in 1905, and joined the North Somerset Yeomanry (T.F.), as a 2nd Lieut., 20 Dec. 1905, being promoted Capt., 5 Aug. 1914; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war; went to France 2 Nov. 1914, and was killed in action during the First Battle of Ypres, 17 Nov. following. Buried in Ypres Cemetery. The particular action in which he lost his life was the first action in which the North Somerset Yeomanry took a prominent part, was only over a space of ground some 500 yards square and B Squadron, led by Capt. Liebert, held the first of a series of trenches, upon which a vigorous shell fire of an appalling character was directed. The Germans got to within 15 yards of the trenches, but the attack was repelled, with very heavy losses to them. Letters from his Colonel and brother officers testify to his valuable services as an officer, his high sense of duty combined with much cheer |