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fulness in difficulties and also to the great
respect and affection his squadron had for him. Capt. Liebert was
Assistant Secretary to the Blackmore Vale Hounds and Secretary to the
Wincanton Races; was devoted to hunting, a keen golfer and cricketer,
and Freemason. He _m._ at Pinhoe, 21 July, 1905, Frances (The
Elms, Charlton Musgrove, Wincanton, co. Somerset), yr. dau. of Arthur
Chamberlayne Chichester, of Gipsy Hill, Pinhoe, co. Devon; _s.p._

 [Illustration: =Frederick A. C. Liebert.=]

=LIFTON, ALBERT HUMPHREY=, Shipwright, 1st Class, 342645, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=LIGHT, ARTHUR PERCY=, Ship's Steward's Assistant (Pensioner),
148076, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=LIGHTWOOD, JAMES=, Leading Seaman, 233265, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost
in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=LIHOU, THOMAS ELISHA=, A.B. (B. 3473), 226505, H.M.S. Good Hope;
lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=LILLY, EDWARD AUGUSTUS=, Private, No. 8582, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards; _b._ co. Warwick; served with the Expeditionary Force in
France and Flanders; killed in action, 8 Oct. 1914; _m._

=LILLIE, JAMES=, Private, No. 904, 18th Battn. Australian Imperial
Force; served in Egypt and at the Dardanelles; died 30 Aug. 1915, of
wounds received in action there.

=LILLEY, ALBERT EDWARD=, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 21849, H.M.S.
Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off
the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

=LINCOLN, WILLIAM HARRY=, Petty Officer (N.S.), 208647, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=LINDLEY, HARRY=, A.B., J. 2174, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship
was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

=LINDRIDGE, CHARLES MALCOLM=, Private, No. 10023, 2nd Battn. The
Queen's Royal West Surrey Regt., _s._ of Edwin Lindridge, of
Spitzbrook Cottage, Marden, Kent; served with the Expeditionary Force
in France, etc.; reported missing 29 Oct. 1914, and now assumed to have
been killed in action on or about that date.

=LINDSAY, ALEXANDER CAMERON=, Private, No. 2462, 1/9th Battn. The
Royal Scots (T.F.), _s._ of the late William Lindsay, Clothier,
by his wife, Jane (55, Montpelier Park, Edinburgh), dau. of Alexander
Cameron; _b._ Edinburgh, 18 Aug. 1895; educ. George Heriot's
School; joined the Royal Scots after the outbreak of war, Sept. 1914;
went to France, 23 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action during the 2nd
Battle of Ypres, 23 April, 1915, while helping a wounded schoolfellow
after being twice wounded himself. Buried near St. Jean, two and half
miles N.E. of Ypres.

=LINDSAY, DAVID SAUNDERS BROWN=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26630
(Devon.), H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North
Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._

=LINDSAY, GEORGE LAWRENCE=, Chief Stoker, 176607, H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=LINDSAY, JAMES HARPER=, Capt., No. 1 Coy., Forth Royal Garrison
Artillery (T.F.), yr. _s._ of the late James Lindsay, J.P., by
his wife, Ann (Edzell Lodge, Inverleith Terrace, Edinburgh), dau.
of James Harper, of Edinburgh; _b._ Edinburgh, 15 April, 1885;
educ. Edinburgh Institution; was a partner in firm of Wm. Lindsay &
Son, Cannon Mills, Edinburgh; joined the R.G.A. as 2nd Lieut. 1905;
promoted Lieut., 1909, and Captain, 1 June, 1913; was called up on the
outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, and died in Craigleith Military Hospital,
Edinburgh, 24 June, 1915, from the result of injuries received in a
motor accident, while on service; _unm._ He was a keen Rugby
footballer and played for the Edinburgh Institution F.P's. for ten
years, six of which he was captain of the team, and on retiring from
play he was elected to the Scottish Rugby Union, of which body he was a
member until his death. He took great interest in his artillery work,
and took his company, which was qualified to shoot for the King's Cup,
to the Isle of Wight for the contest.

 [Illustration: =James Harper Lindsay.=]

=LING, GEORGE BATTELY=, Rifleman, No. Y211, 4th Battn. King's
Royal Rifle Corps, 2nd _s._ of the late William Page Ling, of
Auckland, New Zealand, Farmer, by his wife, Christina Morrison (252,
Spring Road, Ipswich), dau. of George Mitchell, of Alloa, and grandson
of the late William Girling Ling, of Brooks Hall Road, Ipswich;
_b._ Auckland, 4 Jan. 1891; educ. Ipswich Municipal Secondary
School; was an Ironmonger; joined the King's Royal Rifles after the
outbreak of war, 29 Aug. 1914; went to France, 5 Dec. 1914, and was
killed in action at Festubert, 10 May, 1915; _unm._

=LING, WILLIAM=, Corpl., No. 8008, 2nd Battn. Northamptonshire
Regt., _s._ of Samuel Ling, of Theberton, Suffolk, by his wife,
Maria; _b._ Lowestoft, 20 April, 1888; educ. Board School there;
enlisted 6 June, 1906; served in Malta and Egypt, from 18 Jan. 1911
to Oct. 1914; and with the British Expeditionary Force in France and
Flanders, from Nov. to 10-14 March, 1915, between which latter dates he
was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle. He _m._ at St. Margaret's
Church, Lowestoft, 8 Dec. 1910, Barbara Ellen, 3rd dau. of Edward
Cannell, of Lowestoft; _s.p._

 [Illustration: =William Ling.=]

=LINNEY, ALFRED=, Petty Officer, 2nd Class, R.F.R. (B. 1996),
194089, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of
Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

=LINSDELL, HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 3328), 162235, H.M.S.
Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

=LINTERN, ALFRED TENNYSON=, Private, No. 13189, 2nd Battn.
Coldstream Guards, 3rd _s._ of Edward George Lintern, of Hill Side
Road, St. George's, Bristol, Foreman under the Bristol Council, by his
wife, Clara (144, Two Mile Hill, Kingswood, Bristol), dau. of the late
James Hicks, of St. George's, Bristol; _b._ Bristol 18 July, 1892;
educ. Summer Hill Board School, St. George Glou, Bristol; was for three
years a member of the 6th (Territorial) Battn. of the Gloucestershire
Regt., and in 1912 joined the Metropolitan Police Force. After the
outbreak of war he enlisted, 14 Oct. 1914; went to France, 28 April,
1915, and was killed in action near Laventie, 29 Dec. 1915; _unm._
Buried Fauquissart.

 [Illustration: =Alfred T. Lintern.=]

=LINTON, JOHN THOMAS=, Stoker, 1st Class (B. 2539), 303386, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.

=LINTON, WILLIAM=, Private, No. 11369, 2nd Battn. Scots Guards,
yst. _s._ of John Paterson Linton, of Knowepark, Heriot, co.
Midlothian, by his wife, Mary, dau. of John Anderson, Blainslie;
_b._ Knowepark aforesaid, 15 Aug. 1896; educ. Heriot Public
School, Dalkeith, and Lasswade Secondary Schools, and was about to
enter upon his college and University course when war was declared;
enlisted in the Scots Guards, 22 Sept. 1914; went to France, 31 March,
1915, and died a prisoner of war in the German Field Hospital at
Seclin, 21 May, 1915, from wounds received in action at Festubert on
the 18th. It is said that he was one of the 80 Scots Guards who, at
F

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