- Laing, David.
Private. 1st/1st Scottish Horse. Scottish. b. 1896, at Blacklea
Place, Caldercruix, Lanarkshire in Scotland. David Died Thursday
10th of August 1916 Egypt, and is Buried in the Cairo War Memorial.
Son of Alexander Scott Laing & Mary Winning. (added 16/04/05)
- Lamb, George, Lance Corporal
(Sergeant), 1st/5th Battalion Gordon Highlanders. Number S/9714.
Born Aberdeenshire and enlisted in Liverpool. Nephew of Mary
Bruce Gray of Macduff (see the entry for Thomas Patterson
Gray). Died aged 24 of wounds (gas) on 6th August 1918 and buried in
Senlis
French National Cemetery Grave reference III. B. 122. (added
29/04/06)
- Lawrie, James Chisholm, Sergeant, Distinguished Conduct Medal, 12 (Honourable Artillery Company) Regiment, Royal Horse Artillery, Number 3061871. Son of James Chisholm and Jane Lawrie of Peebles. Awarded DCM (London Gazette 8th April 1943) “For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty at Thala on 22nd February 1943, Sgt Lawrie was No. 1 of one of the 25 prd guns of “F” Bty. At about 2000 hrs night 21/22 Feb the enemy succeeded in penetrating the position with tanks followed by Inf. and supported by artillery fire. Some seven of these tanks penetrated as far as the gun positions. Three reached Sgt Lawrie’s gun position. He at once brought his gun into action himself and in spite of the half light succeeded in destroying one tank and turning others back. He loaded, layed and fired the gun himself, while under heavy enemy fire. During the rest of the night and throughout the following day Sgt Lawrie’s gun was in a most exposed posn and was constantly shelled and machine-gunned. Sgt Lawrie’s conduct throughout was outstanding and an inspiration to his detachment.” He died of wounds on 26th April 1943 and he is buried at Massicault War Cemetery, Tunisia, Grave reference I.C.6. Name submitted by his Nephew. (added
31/5/09)
- Lawson,
John Henry. Private. The Black Watch. British. Served in WWI and was
killed in France. (added 17/09/99)
- Leask,
Henry Austin. b. 1899. Engineer. Merchant Navy/Naval Salvage.
British. Served during during WWII. Born in Gateshead, County Durham
and lived in South Shields, his Grandfather was originally from
Shetland. Married Alice May Gray in 1925 and had one son, Henry
Robert (below). Died in 1958 in Hartlepool. (added 24/10/00)
- Leask,
Henry Robert. b. 1926. Able Seaman. Merchant Navy/Admiralty Salvage.
British. Son of Henry Austin (above) and Alice May Leask. Married
Jean Hilton Marshall and had 9 children. Became deaf while in the
Persian Gulf. Born in South Shields, County Durham and died in 1982.
(added 24/10/00)
- Lee,
Private, 1/9th Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, Number 1913. Born 26th December Alexandria, Dumbartonshire, son of Charles and Annie Lee. Enlisted at Renton. Killed in action 24th May 1915. His name is recorded on the Menin Gate, Ypres, Panel 42 and 44. Name submitted by his Niece in Australia.
(added 6/09/07)
- Lees,
George McLean, Able Seaman Royal Navy, HMS Spartan. Number
D/JX419726. Son of John and Elizabeth McLean Lees, of Motherwell,
Lanarkshire. Killed, aged 18, when enemy aircraft attacked HMS
Spartan, a “Dido” Class Cruiser, off Anzio at sunset on 29th January
1944. His name is recorded on the Plymouth Naval Memorial Panel 86,
Column 3 and on the Motherwell Roll of Honour, Duchess Park,
Motherwell. (added 13/09/05)
- Leitch,
Robert, Lance Corporal 9th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, Number S/7228. Born Inveresk and enlisted at Edinburgh. Died of wounds 25th April 1917. He is buried in Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension Grave reference II.D.65. (added 6/09/07)
- Liddle,
Alex. Private. No. 201569. 1/4th Bn, King's Own Scottish Borderers,
52nd Lowland Division. Scottish. Alex was killed in action on 20th
September 1918 in the last British offensive of WWI in Belgium,
somewhere around Vimy and Arras, there is no known grave. His memory
has been commemorated at the Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Pas-de-Calais.
His name is enscribed on Panel 6. Son of William and Elizabeth
Liddle of St.Andrew Street, Galashiels and E. Liddle of Thistle
Street, Galashiels. (added 06/01/99)
- Liddle,
George N. Corporal. No. 14212247. 6th Bn, Royal Scots Fusiliers,
44th Brigade, 15th Scottish Division. Scottish. George landed in
France with the 15th Scottish Division on 24th June 1944. He took
part in "Operation Epsom" over the River Orne against the German
12th SS Panzer Division. In late August his division was pursuing
retreating Germans and he was killed in action on the day his unit
crossed over the River Seine on 28th August 1944. George is buried
in the Bayeux War Cemetery, Calvados, France, in Section XXIV, Row
B, Grave 10. This cemetery is located in the South Western outskirts
of Bayeux on the Rue de Sir Fabian Ware. (added 06/01/99)
- Lindley,
Walter. b. 1916. Private. No. 1078949. 6th Bn, The Gordon
Highlanders. British. Landed at Anzio D+2, served throughout most of
the Italian Campaign. Battalion withdrawn to Egypt and served in
Syria, Lebanon and Palastine. Demobbed in 1946 he died 7th January
1987. (added 04/12/98)
- Lipp,
William. b. 1884. Corporal. Motor Transport. Scottish. Served in
France in WWI. Born in Elgin. (added 01/02/99)
- Livingstone,
John. b. 1896. Corporal. No. 43156. 2/10th Royal Scots. Scottish.
Served in the Western Front and sustained serious wounds in late
1917. Declared unfit for front-line duty and posted to Archangel as
part of the International Force. Killed in action on the morning of
11th November 1918 during a Bolshevik attack on his blockhouse, near
Troitsa, 200 miles south from Archangel on the River Dwina. Born in
Glasgow, the eldest son of a family of 14, father George
Livingstone, a fireman at a shale mine in Dalmeny, West Lothian,
mother Jean Livingstone (nee Halkett), of 5 Railway Cottages,
Dalmeny. Married Agnes Aitchison, during his leave after being
wounded in France, by Declaration within the Sygnet Library,
Edinburgh. (added 05/11/98)
- Lockhart, George, Guardsman, Scots Guards. Died of gunshot wounds aged 24 at Londonderry, Northern Ireland on 26th September 1972. (added 06/06/08)
- Luke, Daniel. Private, number 201813, 1st/6th Battalion Black Watch, Royal
Highlanders. Before WW1 worked as a cooper in William Younger's
Brewery, Edinburgh. Married with nine children. Killed in action,
France 27th July 1918 aged 41 and buried at Chambrecy British
Cemetery, VII. C. 1. (added 29/07/05)
- Lumsden,
Richard Simpson. b. 1878. Sergeant. No. 35325. 2nd Bn, Highland
Light Infantry. Scottish. Husband of Jane "Jeannie" Lumsden, born in
Gransfield, Markinch, Fife. Later moved to Edinburgh.
- Lunney,
Arthur, Private, 1st/7th Battalion Royal Scots, Number 35539 (formerly Royal Scots Fusiliers, Number 22570 and Highland Light Infantry, Number 28062). Lived and enlisted in Glasgow. Brother of Private George Lunney. Killed in action aged 28 on 24th November 1917. He is buried in the Jerusalem War Cemetery, Grave reference G.23. Name submitted by his Nephew. (added 1/7/2009)
- Lunney,
George, Private, 6th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, Number 204282 (formerly Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, Number 6269). Born in Treadson, Lanarkshire, enlisted in Glasgow. Brother of Private Arthur Lunney. Killed in action aged 23 on 23rd November 1917. His name is recorded on the Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Panel 10. Name submitted by his Nephew.(added 1/7/2009)
- Lynch,
Hugh, Lance Corporal, 2nd Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers, Number 7312. Born 9th August 1881. Husband of Agnes Agnew Lynch of 31 Elba Street, Ayr. Died aged 33 on 12th March 1915 at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle. His name is recorded on the Le Touret Memorial Panel 12 and 13. Name submitted by his Great Grand Niece.(added 19/2/2007)
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