Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History Bookdau. of John Forsdike, of Leiston, and had three children: Kenneth Charles, _b._ 18 Jan. 1907; Charles Frank Trevor, _b._ 5 Sept. 1914; and Clare Helen Ruth, _b._ 28 Sept. 1910. [Illustration: =Charles Arthur Lush.=] =LUSTY, SAMUEL MORLEY=, Petty Officer, 160608, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =LYDALL, HERBERT=, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 1584), 285739, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; _m._ =LYDEKKER, CYRIL RICHARD=, Lieut., 1/5th Battn. The Bedfordshire Regt. (T.F.), yr. _s._ of the late Richard Lydekker, of Harpenden Lodge, co. Hertford, F.R.S., J.P. (died 16 April, 1915), by his wife, Lucy Marianne, elder dau. of the Rev. Canon Owen William Davys, Rector of Wheathampstead, co. Herts; _b._ Harpenden Lodge, 8 Nov. 1889; educ. Haileybury and on leaving there entered Messrs. Barclay & Cos'. Bank (8 Oct. 1906), where he remained until the outbreak of war. He joined the Hertfordshire Artillery (4th East Anglian Brigade, T.F.) in the autumn of 1910, and after serving his three years in the Battery, was gazetted 2nd Lieut. in the 5th Bedfordshire Territorials, 14 March, 1914, and promoted Lieut., 29 Aug. following. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he was away on the annual fortnight's training with his Regt., and immediately volunteered for foreign service. After training on the East Coast, and at St. Alban's, he left for the Dardanelles with his Regt., 26 July, 1915; landed at Suvla Bay, 11 Aug.; went into action with his Regt. on the 15th, and was killed in action the same day, being shot through the head, while leading his platoon in a charge; _unm._ His Commanding Officer, in writing to his sister, said: "He died most gallantly leading his platoon. We found your brother right up in the front and he now lies close up behind the trenches, on the ground that he helped to win." He was fond of all outdoor sports, especially riding and cricket, and was a great lover of animals, his life being spent almost entirely in the country. He was very fond of music. His brother, Lieut. and Qr.-Mr. Gerard Owen Lydekker, is now (1916) on active service with the same Regt. [Illustration: =Cyril Richard Lydekker.=] =LYMN, JOSEPH EWART=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3305), 218307, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =LYNCH, HAROLD JEROME=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of the late Francis Lynch (_d._ 4 June, 1913), by his wife, Josephine (Glascoed Hall, Wrexham, co. Denbigh), dau. of Francis Reynolds, of Hillside, Woolton; _b._ Glascoed Hall, 9 Dec. 1895; educ. Stonyhurst College, left there 1 Aug. 1914, and on the outbreak of war applied for a commission, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut., Reserve of Officers, 9 Sept.; promoted Lieut. 2 Feb. 1915, and posted to the 1st Royal Welsh Fusiliers as 2nd Lieut., 4 April following; went to France 26 Jan., and was killed in action at Festubert 16 May, 1915, while leading his men in a successful attack on the German trenches. Buried near Essar, off Rue Calloux, with six other officers of the R.W.F. who fell that day. He was captain of his College, 1913-14, and also of the football team, and a member of the O.T.C. For two years in succession he won the mile, half mile, quarter mile and hurdles, and his class won the shooting medal in 1914. [Illustration: =Harold Jerome Lynch.=] =LYNCH, JOHN=, Private, No. 12191, 2nd Battn. Highland L.I.; served with the Expeditionary Force in France, etc.; died in No. 2 Ambulance Flotilla, 15 May, 1915, of wounds received in action. =LYNDEN, JOHN HENRY=, Private, No. 2848, 2/7th Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of John Benjamin Lynden, of 57, Farrant Avenue, Wood Green, N., Clerk, by his wife, Annie, dau. of William Pearmain; _b._ Wood Green, co. Middlesex, 30 July, 1892; educ. Higher Grade School there; was a Clerk; enlisted, 7 Sept. 1914; went to Gibraltar for garrison duty, 1 Feb. 1915, and died in Hospital at Gibraltar, 9 March following, while on active service; _unm._ [Illustration: =John Henry Lynden.=] =LYNDSELL, PHILIP=, Private, R.M.L.I., Ports. 12672, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =LYNES, BERTIE FREDERICK=, Private No. 6835, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards; _b._ co. Warwick; enlisted 2 July, 1906; served with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders from 13 Aug. 1914; died in the Hospital train near Willereaux, 18 Sept. following, of wounds received in action. =LYNN, ERNEST=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3784), S.S. 1077, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =LYON, ALBERT EDWARD=, Shipwright, 1st Class, 345360, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914. =LYON, JOHN JAMES=, Private, No. 4011, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, _s._ of Charles Lyon, Colliery Manager at Chorley, by his wife, Lucy, dau. of John Thurlby; _b._ Chorley, co. Lancs., 8 Nov. 1881; educ. St. George's School there; enlisted 22 Jan. 1901; served in Egypt, 29 Sept. 1906 to 12 Feb. 1909, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 26 Aug. 1914, to 8 Oct. 1915, and died at No. 5 General Hospital, Rouen, 16 Oct. 1915, of wounds received in action at Loos on the latter date. Buried in St. Sivier Cemetery there. He _m._ at St. Edward's R.C. Church, Palace Street, London, S.W., 4 April, 1904, Catherine (1, Hill View, Eastwood Road, Bramley, near Guildford), dau. of Jeremiah Donovan, and had two children: Sidney Francis, _b._ 15 July, 1912; and Kathleen Lucy, _b._ 27 Feb. 1914. [Illustration: =John James Lyon.=] =LYON, ROBERT MAIR=, Sergt., No. 1239, 1/14th Battn. (London Scottish), The London Regt. (T.F.), 2nd _s._ of the late Robert Lyon, of Galston, co. Ayr, and of Tottenham, N., M.D., C.M., by his wife, Annie (10, Baskerville Road, Wandsworth Common), dau. of Robert Mair; _b._ Newmilns, co. Ayr, 24 Jan. 1891; educ. Grocer's Company School, Hackney Downs, and La Villa, Lausanne; was in the London office of Browne and Tawse, Iron and Steel Merchants; joined the London Scottish in 1910; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France in Sept. 1914, and was killed in action near Hulluch, 13 Oct. 1915, while leading a platoon; _unm._ [Illustration: =Robert Mair Lyon.=] =BOWES LYON, CHARLES LINDSAY CLAUDE=, Lieut., 3rd, attd. 1st. Battn., The Black Watch, eldest _s._ of the Hon. Francis Bowes Lyon, formerly Lieut.-Col. commanding 5th Battn. Black Watch, by his wife, Lady Anne, dau. of Alexander, 25th Earl of Crawford, and gdson. of Claude, 13th Earl of Strathmore; _b._ 15 Sept. 1885; educ. Eton, studied at the Royal College of Science, Newcastle, for electrical engineering, Member of the Inst. C.E. He joined the Forfarshire and Kincardine Militia Artillery in April, 1906, and in 1910 was gazetted to the 3rd Battn. (Special Reserve) of the Black Watch. In 1911, obtaining an engineering appoint |