LAIDLAW, CHARLES GLASS PLAYFAIR, Private, No. 3375, D Coy. 1/14th (The London Scottish), The London Regt. (T.F.), 5th s. of the late Dr. Robert Laidlaw, M.D., F.R.C.S.E., sometime Medical Government Officer in the Seychelles Islands, by his wife, Elizabeth (Woodside, Grantchester Meadows, Cambridge), dau. of Patrick Playfair, of Ardmillan, co. Ayr; b. Stoke Newington, London, N., 13 Dec. 1887; educ. The Perse School, Cambridge, from which in Dec. 1906, he was elected to an Entrance Scholarship for Natural Science at St. John’s College. At school he was football capt., sergt. in the cadet corps, a member of the cricket team, and head of the school. While still at school he played water polo for the university when the team was one short. Later he played, lacrosse for his college and sometimes for the University. He commenced residence in Oct. 1907. He obtained a First Class in Part 1 of the Natural Science Tripos in 1909, and in June of that year was elected a Foundation scholar of the College. He took the Second Part of the Tripos in 1910, obtaining a First Class for Botany. In June, 1911, he was elected a Hutchinson Student of the College, and took up research in Plant Physiology at the Botany School of the University, under the direction of Mr. F. F. Blackman, the University Reader in Botany. The subject of his research was an electrical method of determining carbon dioxide in relation to photo-synthesis. In 1912 he was elected by the governing body of Gonville and Caius College to a Frank Smart Studentship, a recognition of the promising nature of his investigations. At the same time he was offered a Research Scholarship by the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries; after some hesitation he accepted this latter offer, which necessitated his removal to London. From the autumn of 1912, until the outbreak of war, Laidlaw worked at the Imperial College of Science and Technology, under the direction of Prof. V. H. Blackman. Here he entered on an investigation of the Physiological conditions of plants forced under glass, working also at the effect of temperature on the rate of growth of a fungus, Sclerotinia libutiana. On the outbreak of war he volunteered and joined the London Scottish as a Private, 21 Oct. 1914, and after a period of training, embarked at Southampton with a draft of some 600 officers and men for the 1st Battn., 10 March, 1915. On Good Friday, 2 April, his (D) Coy. were in some barricades at Richebourg l’Avoué, south of Neuve Chapelle. After having been in the trenches all night, he was smoking after breakfast in what seemed a perfectly safe place, when a stray bullet passed through a sandbag and penetrated the right side of his chest. To his comrades the wound seemed a slight one, and after first aid was given he was removed to No. 3 Field Ambulance, near Bethune. There it was discovered that internal hæmorrhage had set in, and he died in the early hours of the morning on 3 April, 1915, and was buried in Bethune Cemetery.

LAING, THEODORE, Private, No. 2131, 1/14 Battn. (The London Scottish) London Regt. (T.F.), elder s. of William Arthur Laing, of Dalmahoy, Horsell, Woking, an old member of the London Scottish, by his wife, Lucy Glanvill, dau. of William Walters; b. Tooting Graveney, 16 May, 1897; educ. City of London School, where he was for two years in the O.T.C.; enlisted in his father’s old regiment the day before the declaration of war, 4 Aug. 1914; went to the Front with the Expeditionary Force, 15 Sept. and fell in the charge of the London Scottish at Messines, 1 Nov. 1914. His Capt. wrote: “Your brave son was shot through the head, and death must have been almost instantaneous. He was one of our keenest soldiers in the company, and his loss will be greatly felt by all his comrades with whom he was a great favourite. I, personally, shall miss him intensely.” Though not 18, Laing was over 6 ft. in height, big and broad in proportion, also he was a first-class shot.

LAIRD, JAMES, Stoker, R.N.R., S. 2852, H.M.S. Hawke, s. of John Laird, of 6, Ann Street, Greenock; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

LAKE, TOM, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 2598), 169200, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

LAMBERT, CHARLES HENRY, Private, No. 2136, A Coy., 1st Battn. Monmouthshire Regt. (T.F.), only s. of Charles Lambert, of Newport, Monmouth, by his wife, Louis, dau. of Charles Henry Collins; b. Loughborough, co. Leicester, 14 April, 1895; enlisted two days after the declaration of war, 7 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action in France, 23 March, 1915; unm. A letter, evidently written shortly before his death, in which he says: “We have just finished our four days in the firing line, and our casualties are very small,” was found on him and sent to his mother.

LAMBERT, CHARLES HENRY, Lieut., A.V.C. attd. 58th Brigade, R.F.A., eldest s. of John Henry Lambert, of Redmount, Ballinasloe, co. Galway, J.P., by his wife, Adelaide, dau. of William Tombes Dewè; b. Redmount, Ballinasloe, 20 July, 1882; educ. privately, and when war broke out had been for some years with Mr. H. S. Persse, the well-known trainer at Chattis Hill, Stockbridge, Hants. He joined the Army, May, 1915, and was appointed temporary Lieut. in June 1915; left for Egypt in May, 1915, and died in the General Hospital, Alexandria, 16 Aug. 1915, two weeks after a severe operation, while on active service; unm. He was buried at Alexandria. Lieut. Lambert was a good all-round sportsman; and rode several point-to-point winners.

LAMBERT, FRANCIS HENRY, Lieut., 2nd Battn. Hampshire Regt., only s. of Fitzgerald Gage Lambert, of Rockbourne, Salisbury, Civil Engineer (retired), by his wife, Nina Marie Louise, dau. of the late Francis Bradley Dyne, of Gore Court, Kent, and grandson of the late Capt. Edward Henry Gage Lambert, R.N. [3rd s. of Sir Henry John Lambert, 5th Bart.], by his wife, Renira Anna (who m. secondly Admiral the Hon. Fitzgerald Foley), dau. of the Rev. Richard Fortescue Purvis, LL.B.; b. Province of Lucknow, India, 17 Oct. 1895; educ. Charterhouse and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Hampshires, 1 Oct. 1914, and was attached to the 3rd (Reserve) Battn. until 26 Dec. following, when he went to France to join the 1st Battn.; was accidentally wounded there, and returned to England on sick leave and remained until 29 April, when he left for the Dardanelles in charge of a draft to the 2nd Battn.; was promoted Lieut. 27 May following; was wounded in the British attack on the Krithia-Achi-Baba position, Gallipoli, on 5 June, and taken on board the hospital ship “Somali,” where he died on the 7th. Buried at sea; unm.

LAMBERT, JACK FELLOWS, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, eldest and only surviving s. of the late Ernest Lambert, Financier (d. 1898), by his wife, May (23, Terlingham Gardens, Folkestone), dau. of the late Hon. James Israel Fellows, Agent-General for New Brunswick (d. 1894); b. Coombe, Malden, co. Surrey, 3 Sept. 1891; educ. Marlborough, and Merton College, Oxford, where he was in King Edward’s Horse; was manager of a cocoanut estate in the Malay States when war broke out; came home and applied for a commission and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the K.R.R.C., 27 April, 1915; went to France in May, was in action near Ypres early in June; and was killed in the counter-attack on the German position at Hooge, 30 July, 1915; unm. He was at first reported missing, and it was not until March, 1916, that he was officially returned as killed. His Commanding Officer wrote: “He was a splendid Platoon Commander and his men loved him.”

LAMBERT, JOHN MOUNSEY, Capt., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, only s. of the late Major-Gen. George Craster Lambert, of Bolton Hall, Alnwick, late 101st Royal Bengal Fusiliers, by his wife, Isabella, 3rd dau. of Major Alexander Browne, of Doxford Hall, Chathill; b. Breamish House, Alnwick, co. Northumberland, 21 Dec. 1883; educ. Mr. Moore’s School, Alnmouth, and Wellington College; joined the Northumberland Militia, now the 3rd (Reserve) Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, 1903, promoted Lieut. 1 Nov. 1906, and Capt. 29 Aug. 1914; went to France, 30 Aug. 1914, when he was attached to the 1st Battn. of his regt., and was killed in action at Neuve Chapelle, 27 Oct. following. Buried near where he fell; unm.

LAMBERT, STAMFORD LEIGH, Private, No. 2106, 1st East Anglian Field Ambulance, R.A.M.C. (R.F.), 29th Division, 4th s. of John Lambert, of 86, Chesterton Road, Cambridge, late Postmaster of that town, by his wife, Annie M., dau. of John Mostock; b. Lincoln, 10 Sept. 1890; educ. Perse School, and Training ship Worcester; served in the Milne and Ellerman and Bucknall S.S. lines as 3rd officer; joined the 1st East Anglian Field Ambulance, 28 Sept. 1914; left for the Dardanelles with the 29th Division, 21 March 1915; was present at Beach W., Gallipoli, during the landing on 25 April and following days, at the actions of 24 June and 4 July, near Krithia and Gully Ravine, and at the Aug. landing at Suvla Bay, and the subsequent operations, and was killed in action at Suvla Bay, 26 Aug. 1915. Buried Suvla; unm. On the day preceding his death his name was sent up for mention in Despatches for his work during the campaign. One of his officers wrote: “He was a brave, fearless fellow, one of the best boys we had in my section.” And another: “Voicing the opinion of the whole corps, he was one of the most popular men, ready to assist in anything which was required, and to help anybody who was in trouble.”

LAMBERT, STEPHEN HENRY, Private, R.M.L.I., Po. 10268, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

LAMBRE, JOHN, Chief Shipwright, 344348, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

LAMKIN, CHARLES AMBROSE, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 7786), S.S. 103257, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

LAMONT, HENRY McCUAIG, Private, No. 9410, D Coy., 1st Battn. The Royal Scots (Lothian Regt.), 2nd s. of John Lamont, of 125, Norfolk Street, Glasgow, by his wife, Maggie, dau. of Henry McCuaig, of Queensland, formerly of Islay; b. Port Ellen, Kildalton, Islay, 18 April, 1888; educ. Kinning Park Public School, Glasgow; enlisted, in Oct. 1906, and served seven years with the Colours and then passed into the Reserve, and obtained employment in the G.P.O., but on the outbreak of war rejoined his regt.; left for France with the Expeditionary Force (9th Brigade, 3rd Division), and was killed in action at the Battle of Le Cateau, 26 Aug. following.

LAMPARD, TOM SAMUEL, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 111443 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

LANCHBURY, ALFRED, Sergt., No. 5402, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, 2nd s. of Alfred Lanchbury, of 81, Grange Road, Longford, near Coventry, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of James Blackford; b. Coventry, 13 April, 1883; educ. Foxford Council School; enlisted 19 Feb. 1904; appointed L.-Corpl. 29 Nov. 1905; Corpl. 1 Jan. 1907; L.-Sergt. 24 Sept. 1907, and Sergt. 5 Feb. 1913; served in Egypt, 6 Jan. 1909, to 23 March, 1911, and with the Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders, 12 Aug. 1914, to 27 Sept. 1915, on which day he was killed in action, near Vermellen, during the Battle of Loos. He m. in London, 3 Oct., Ida Margaret (33, St. Thomas Road, Longford, Coventry), dau. of Frederick (and Margaret) Simmonds, and had three children: Donald Crawford, b. 4 June, 1913; Norah Ida, b. 15 Sept. 1909: and Muriel Rosamund, b. 15 Nov. 1914. His brother, L.-Sergt. W. C. Lanchbury, was also killed in action (see following notice).

LANCHBURY, WILLIAM CHARLES, L.-Sergt., No. 8711, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, 4th s. of Alfred Lanchbury, of 81, Grange Road, Longford, near Coventry, co. Warwick, by his wife, Sarah Ann, dau. of James Blackford (see preceding notice); b. Longford aforesaid, 9 Oct. 1889; educ. Foxford Council School; enlisted 28 April, 1910; appointed L.-Corpl. 9 Jan. 1912; Corpl. 21 Aug. 1913, and L.-Sergt. 7 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary Force, 12 Aug. 1914; and was reported wounded and missing after the fighting on the 25th of that month during the retreat from Mons; and is now assumed to have been killed in action that day; unm.

LANCHESTER, THORNTON, Seaman, R.N.R., 1577C, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

LANDELLS, JOHN OLIVER, E.R.A., R.N.R., 244 E.B., H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914; m.

LANDEN, JAMES WILLIAM, Stoker, 1st Class, R.F.R., B. 2871, 308019, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

LANDER, WILLIAM ERNEST, Chief Shipwright, 340787, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

LANE, FRANK EVERETT, Ordinary Seaman, J. 16811, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

LANE, JOHN HENRY, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 8033), 293067, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

LANE, JOHN WILLIAM, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 9786), S.S. 107274. H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

LANG, HENRY ASTELL, Major, 4th Battn. Worcestershire Regt., yst. s. of the late George Lukis Lang, of the Indian Civil Service, by his wife, Louisa Wynyard, dau. of Henry Godfrey Astell, of Ickwell House, Biggleswade; b. Biggleswade, co. Bedford, 12 March, 1874; educ. Summerfields, near Oxford; Marlborough College, and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; gazetted 2nd Lieut. Worcestershire Regt. Dec. 1895; and promoted Lieut. 10 May, 1899, Capt. in Sept. 1900, and Major 24 May, 1913; was Adjutant of his Battn. 23 Nov. 1904, to 22 Nov. 1907; A.D.C. to Sir Henry Fane Grant, Governor of Malta, 1906–8; served (1) in the South African War from 1899 to 1901; took part in advance on Kimberley, including actions at Modder River, and Magersfontein; operations in the Orange Free State, Feb. to May, 1900, including actions at Paardeberg (17 to 26 Feb.); Poplar Grove and Dreifontein; operations in the Orange River Colony, May to 29 Nov. 1900, including action at Bothaville; operations in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. to Dec. 1900, in the Orange River Colony, Dec. 1900, and in Cape Colony, Dec. 1900 to March, 1901 (slightly wounded; Queen’s medal with five clasps); and (2) with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915, and was killed in action there, 6 June, 1915; unm. Buried in Gulf Ravine, Gallipoli. Major Lang was mentioned in Gen. Sir Ian Hamilton’s Despatch of 22 Sept. [London Gazette, 5 Nov.] 1915. A brother officer wrote in Berrows Worcester Journal: “It is not stretching a point to say that seldom has there been in the regt., a more popular officer with all ranks than the late Major Harry Lang, who fell in action at the Dardanelles. Possessing a marked charm of manner, he endeared himself to all men. He was a fine sportsman; at polo he was a bold and fine player. He rode hard and hit hard from the moment the ball was thrown in till the bell rang. As a cricketer and capt. of the 4th Worcestershires cricket team, he did yeoman service for his side, and led them to many victories. His loss will be much felt throughout the whole regt. As a soldier he was respected by and for his smart appearance and knowledge of his duties. He served with distinction in the South African War, and in the most adverse circumstances was always bright and cheerful. He was Adjutant to Col. Edwards, now commanding at the Depôt, when the Col. commanded the 4th Battn.,” and another: “He was the first up to every trench, armed with a walking stick; walking straight across to prospect amidst a perfect hail of bullets, and then would saunter back to his troops and head them forward. Never was he excited—fear he knew not; courage and confidence flowed from him to all of us.” Major Lang was a very keen fisherman and naturalist. He did a great deal of big game shooting in Nepal, Kashmir and the Tirai and secured several exceptionally good heads of gond, barasingh, and sambhur, besides tigers, leopards and bears.

LANG, VIVIAN, Officer’s Steward, 1st Class, 356268 Devonport, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

LANG, WILLIAM BRYNMER, Capt., 1/5th (Renfrewshire) Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), yr. s. of William Lang, of Elmbank, Gourock, Quarrymaster and Contractor, by his wife, Margaret Jane, dau. of Alexander Robertson, of Chesterfield, Gourock; b. Gourock, co. Renfrew, 26 April, 1882; educ. Greenock Academy; served with the 1st Vol. (now the 5th Territorial) Battn. Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 15 Sept. 1899, to 22 March, 1905; was given a commission as 2nd Lieut. 5 May, 1906; and promoted Lieut. 9 April, 1911, and Capt. 1 Nov. 1914; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, left for the Dardanelles, 31 May, 1915, and was killed during the attack on the Krithia-Achi-Baba position, 12 July following; unm.

LANGFORD, ALBERT GEORGE, A.B., (R.F.R., I.C. 509), 235942, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

LANGFORD, ARTHUR, Private, No. 1394, 4th Battn. L.I., Australian Imperial Force, 4th s. of John Langford, of 34, Cross Row, Westmoor, Killingworth, near Newcastle-on-Tyne, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of Archibald Whitehead; b. Spittal, Berwick-on-Tweed, 9 Sept. 1890; educ. Blaydon and Gateshead Council Schools; went to Australia, 28 Aug. 1914, and worked as a Miner; volunteered and joined the Commonwealth Expeditionary Force in Dec. 1914; left for Egypt with the main force, Feb. 1915; took part in the landing at Gaba Tepe, Gallipoli, 25 April, and died of wounds between that date and 28 April following; unm.

LANGFORD, WALLACE, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B 6017), 182043, H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

LANGHAM, WILLIAM FREDERICK, Rifleman, No. 1564, 1/6th (Rifle) Battn. King’s Liverpool Regt. (T.F.), 2nd s. of the late Horton Henry Langham, Chief Officer s.s. William Cliff, by his wife, Florence Edith, yst. dau. of John Coulson of Manchester, Solicitor; b. Liverpool, 24 Jan. 1896, educ. Seamen’s Orphanage, Newsham Park, Liverpool; was a Clerk in Liverpool Gas Co.; joined the 1/6th Liverpools, about March, 1914; volunteered for Imperial service and went to France, 24 Feb. 1915, and was killed in action near Ypres, 3 May following. Buried south of Verbranden Molen; unm. One of his comrades wrote: “It was a great shock to us when this (? news) was passed to us that Freddie had been killed. He was a splendid chap, liked by all, so everything possible was done to give him a decent burial.” A Church worker in Liverpool wrote: “He was a member of the St. Mary Magdalene’s Church Choir and a Sunday School teacher; in the Church his valuable help and cheery presence will be sorely missed.” His brother, Horton Egerton Langham, R.F.A., is now (1916) on active service.

LANGLANDS, ALAN, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. South Wales Borderers, 2nd s. of the late Major John Shakespear Langlands, 43rd Oxfordshire L.I., sometime Adjutant, Montgomeryshire Militia, by his wife, Lucy Alice (now wife of Major Charles Harold Longfield Beatty, of Borodale, co. Wexford, D.S.O.), dau. of the late Edward Peck; b. Longrood, Rugby, 25 Sept. 1895; educ. Stubbington and Wellington College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 3rd South Wales Borderers, 7 Oct. 1914; transferred to the 1st Battn., went to France in March, 1915, and was killed in action near Bethune, 9 May, 1915; unm. Buried at St. Vaast’s Post.

LANGLEY, WILLIAM, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 27), 9807, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action of Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

LANGRIDGE, FRANCIS BERTRAM, Private, No. 10/1553, Canterbury Battn. New Zealand Expeditionary Force, s. of Harry Montague Langridge, of 16, River Bank, Wanganui, New Zealand, formerly of Sussex, England; b. Westport, New Zealand, 3 Nov. 1891; educ. Wanganui District Boys’ School; enlisted after the outbreak of war and left for Egypt in Feb. 1915, with the third reinforcements; was for some time a L.-Corpl. in the Wellington Battn., but on being transferred to the Canterbury Battn. had to go back to the ranks; took part in the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, and was killed in action, 8 May, 1915; unm. His brother, Sergt.-Major J. W. Langridge, was twice wounded at the Dardanelles.

LANGRISH, HENRY WILLIAM, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 13463 (Ports.), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

LANSLEY, WILLIAM, Stoker, 1st Class, 301754, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

LARBY, WALTER, Stoker, 2nd Class, K. 20455, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

LARDNER, RODERICK DONALD, Yeoman of Signals, 221290, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

LARKING, CHARLES ALFRED, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9130), 208699, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

LARVIN, JAMES, Private, No. 10562, 6th Battn. East Yorkshire Regt., s. of Thomas Larvin, of No. 3, Marsh Street, off Scott Street, Hull, co. York, builder for Levitts, Contractors, by his wife, Mary Elisabeth; b. Hull; educ. St. Paul’s Schools there; was an employee of Messrs. Crosslands, Stevedores, at the Hull Docks; enlisted after the outbreak of war, 18 Aug. 1914; trained at Belton Park, Grantham; went to the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 21 Aug. 1915; unm.

LARSON, OKEN FRANK, Gunner, R.M.A. (R.F.R., I.C. 31), 8553, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

LASHBROOK, HENRY CHARLES, Petty Officer, 177834, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

LASLETT, FRANK ROLAND, Officer’s Steward, 2nd Class, L. 1791, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

LATHAM, CHARLES EDWARD, Stoker, Petty Officer, 288526, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

LATTA, CHARLES KEITH, Lieut., 2nd Battn. The Gordon Highlanders, 3rd s. of the late John Latta, of 17, Royal Circus, Edinburgh, S.S.C., by his wife, Margaret, dau. of the late John Jopp, writer to the Signet; b. Edinburgh, 2 Dec. 1889; educ. Edinburgh Academy and Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 6 Nov. 1909, and promoted Lieut. 10 Aug. 1911; killed in action near Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914; unm. His Commanding Officer, Col. Uniacke, in notifying his death, wrote: “He gave his life for his country in a gallant fight which was necessary for the safety not only of his own regt. but of a larger force.... He has always proved himself a fine example, and you may well be proud of him as we are, and also all those of his own command. He is a great loss to us and the Army.”

LAUDER, STANISLAUS JOSEPH, Private, No. 4070, 14th Battn. (London Scottish) The London Regt. (T.F.), s. of the late Charles Lauder, Supt. Royal Alfred Sailors’ Home, Bombay; b. Bombay, 8 Nov. 1885; educ. St. Mary’s College, Bombay, and London School of Medicine; served with the Red Crescent Medical Mission in Tripoli for seven months in 1912, and with the British Red Cross in Montenegro during the Balkan War, was present with the Montenegrin Army during the siege and capture of Scutari; received the Order of Danilo (3rd Class) from the King of Montenegro, and the British Red Cross Medal with clasp; joined the London Scottish, 5 Dec. 1914, and volunteered for foreign service; went to the Front in July, 1915, and died of wounds received while attending wounded men under fire, 14 Oct. 1915; unm. He was buried in the soldiers’ cemetery at Lapugny, near Bethune.

LAURENCE, ANDREW, Sapper, No. 11982, 38th Coy. R.E., s. of the late Andrew Laurence, of Craiglockhart Terrace, Edinburgh, Mason, by his wife, Christina B., dau. of David Brunton, of Kinross; b. Muckhart, co. Perth. 16 Nov. 1882; educ. Muckhart School; served in the South African War with the 3rd Vol. Battn. Royal Scots (Queen’s medal with three clasps); joined the R.E., 11 Nov. 1902; went to France, 7 Sept. 1914, and died in Motor Ambulance, 27 May, 1915, of wounds received in Belgium the same day. Buried in field adjoining the Convent School, Brandholk; unm.

LAURENCE, EDWARD JAMES, Private, No. 1945, 1/8th Battn. The Middlesex Regt. (T.F.), s. of William George Laurence, of 9, Argyle Road, Teddington, by his wife, Maria, dau. of Alexander Mellish; b. Windsor, 2 Nov. 1892; educ. Teddington Public School; was a Barman; enlisted at Hampton about 1912; volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914; went to France, 8 March, 1915, and died of wounds received in action at the Battle of Loos, 25 Sept. 1915; unm.

LAURIE, NATHANIEL JOHN, Rifleman, No. 3224, 1/12th Battn. (The Rangers) The London Regt. (T.F.), only s. of Robert Turner Laurie, of 153, Eswyn Road, Tooting, S.W., Corrector of the Press, by his wife, Amy, dau. of John Saunders; b. London, 3 April, 1891; educ. L.C.C. Schools; was a Clerk to Advertisement Contractors; joined The Rangers, 14 Sept. 1914; went to France on Christmas Day following, and died at Casualty Clearing Station, near Rouen, 29 April, 1915, of wounds in the head caused by fragments of high explosive shell received on the 26th at St. Jean during the Second Battle of Ypres. Buried in Bailleul Cemetery; unm. A comrade wrote of him: “In all that he did Laurie acted as a soldier and a gentleman.” Private Laurie was an active Free Church worker, chiefly amongst children.

LAVERTY, DANIEL, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10565), S.S. 108512. H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

LAW, JOHN THOMAS, Private, R.M.L.I., Ch. 15121, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.

LAW, PAUL, Private, No. 1650, 1/4th Battn. West Riding Regt. (T.F.), s. of Joe Law, of Luddenfoot. Halifax, Teamer; b. Lower Oldfield, Luddenfoot, 1 Sept. 1895; educ. National School there; joined 1/4th West Ridings, March, 1914; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and was killed in action 10 May, 1915, being shot by a sniper; unm.

LAW, PERCY PEACOCK, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 9963), S.S. 2587, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

LAW, THOMAS PAKENHAM, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. Irish Guards, 3rd s. of the late Thomas Pakenham Law, K.C., by his wife, Amelia Catherine (Elsinore, Howth. co. Dublin), dau. of Horace Rochfort, of Clogremane, co. Carlow; b. Dublin, 27 May, 1879; educ. Trinity College, Dublin, where he took his degrees in Arts and Law; called to the English Bar, Lincoln’s Inn, 1905, and practised at the Chancery Bar; gave up this on the outbreak of war and was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 2nd Irish Guards, 4 June, 1915; went to France and was mortally wounded at the Battle of Loos, 27 Sept. following, dying three hours later. Buried in a garden at Loos; unm.

LAWES, FREDERICK JOHN, Private. No. 10693, 1st Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of Benjamin Lawes, of Swanington, near Norwich, Labourer, by his wife, Susanna Elizabeth, dau. of George Carr; b. Swanington, 17 July, 1889; educ. Elementary Church School, there; worked on the land from the time he left school until he enlisted, except for two years (1911–13), when he worked in a coal pit at Newcastle-on-Tyne; enlisted in April, 1914, and was killed in action at Ypres, 29 Oct. 1914; unm.

LAWRENCE, CHAS. EDWARD, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 110970, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

LAWRENCE, CHARLES SAMUEL, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 6360, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

LAWRENCE, CHRISTOPHER HAL, 2nd Lieut., 6th (Reserve), attd. 2nd Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, yr. s. of the late Hon. Henry Arnold Lawrence, by his wife, Constance Charlotte (9, Chantry House. Eccleston Street, S.W.), only surviving dau. of the late Rev. George Irving Davies, Rector of Kelsale, Suffolk, and grandson of John, 1st Baron Lawrence; b. Harrington Gardens, London, S.W., 11 Nov. 1893; educ. Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the University O.T.C.; applied for a commission on the day war was declared, and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 6th K.R.R.C. 15 Aug. 1914; went to France, 20 Sept. 1914, where he was attached to the 2nd Battn. of his regt. (2nd Brigade, 1st Division), and was killed in action during the Battle of the Aisne, 13 Oct. 1914, being shot by a sniper. Buried at Bourg, near Troyon; unm. His only brother, Lieut. M. E. Lawrence, was killed in action near Givenchy, 10 Jan. 1915 (see his notice).

LAWRENCE, EDGAR ERNEST ALBERT, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 3634), 191271, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

LAWRENCE, GEORGE ALBERT, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5216), 179879, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

LAWRENCE, MALCOLM EYTON, Lieut., 6th (Reserve), attd. 2nd Battn. King’s Royal Rifle Corps, only surviving s. of the late Hon. Henry Arnold Lawrence, by his wife, Constance Charlotte (9, Chantrey House, Eccleston Street, S.W.), eldest surviving dau. of the late Rev. George Irving Davies, Rector of Kelsale, Suffolk, and grandson of John, 1st Baron Lawrence; b. Harrington Gardens, London, S.W., 10 March, 1889; educ. Eton; received a commission as 2nd Lieut. in the 3rd (Reserve) Battn. King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., 1 Oct. 1908, and served for one year; went to British Columbia in Feb. 1910, where he bought and cleared land, built a house and was latterly given Government employment (sub-warden of the Isles); enlisted in the 88th Victoria Fusiliers on the declaration of war and came over with the first contingent of the Canadian Expeditionary Force; was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 6th K.R.R.C. 4 Nov. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 1 Jan. 1915; went to France 3 Dec. 1914, where he was attached to the 2nd Battn. and was killed in action near Givenchy, 10 Jan. 1915, while leading his men in a charge. Buried in village of Cuinchy; unm. His Commanding Officer wrote: “On reaching the position he found that a brother officer, who had led another storming party, was in need of assistance as he had lost more than half his men. Lawrence dashed over the intervening 70 yards with some of his men, and was no doubt responsible for getting back his brother officer who was now left alone and would have been cut off.”

LAWRENCE, WILLIAM, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 9794), 297574, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

LAWRIE, ERNEST NORMAN, 2nd Lieut., 13 Battn. (Princess Louise’s Kensington Rifles) London Regt. (T.F.), s. of John Lawrie, Managing Director of Whiteleys’, London, by his wife, Elizabeth, dau. of John Elliott; b. West Hampstead, 30 April, 1893; educ. County School, Richmond, and Haberdashers’ School, Cricklewood; entered the employment of Messrs. Elkington, of Regent Street, in Feb. 1912; enlisted in the Kensingtons a few days after the commencement of war, 10 Aug. 1914, and after training at Abbots Langley left to join the British Expeditionary Force at the Front, 31 Oct. He was gazetted 2nd Lieut, in his own regt., 3 April, 1915; was present at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle, and was killed in action at Aubers Ridge, near Fromelles, 9 May, 1915; unm. His body was not recovered as the spot where he fell remained in the possession of the Germans. Major H. J. Stafford, writing on behalf of the Colonel, said: “He met his death leading his men in the true British way, and under circumstances as exacting as any that troops could be called upon to face. I knew your son very well, as prior to his gaining his commission he was attached to me as my runner, and was constantly with me. I soon discovered his fearless nature, and his devotion. As an officer he had already won the esteem of all ranks, and showed great promise as a leader of men.” An interesting account of how he captured a German flag appeared in the “Daily Mirror” of June 9, 1915.

LAWRIE, JAMES BLACK, E.R.A., 1st Class, 268155, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

LAWSON, FREDERICK HENRY, Capt., 5th Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers (T.F.), eldest s. of Frederick Lawson, of Dalton, co. Northumberland, late of Nelthorpe, Gosforth, Merchant, by his wife, Eleoner Francis, dau. of the late John Walker; b. Newcastle-on-Tyne, 23 July, 1887; educ. Durham Grammar School; served his articles with Messrs. Newcomb and Newcomb, Architects, of Newcastle, and was afterwards with Mr. Arthur Stockwell, of that City; joined the Northumberland Yeomanry in 1907; gazetted 2nd Lieut., 5th Northumberland Fusiliers, 15 May, 1909; promoted Lieut. 17 July, 1910, and Capt. 1 Nov. 1912; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war; went to France, 13 April, 1915; and was killed in action at St. Jean, near Ypres, 24 May following; unm. His Col. wrote: “Capt. Lawson was one of my best officers, thoroughly capable and reliable.”

LAWSON, WILLIAM, Leading Stoker (R.F.R., B. 2433), 290533, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

LAWTON, JOSEPH SYDNEY, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9403), 296679, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

LAWTON, WILLIAM, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9652), S.S. 106992, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

LAYDON, WILLIAM, Private, No. 9332, 3rd Battn. Coldstream Guards, s. of John Laydon, of 17, Dunns Terrace, Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne, by his wife, (——), dau. of William Wild, of Newcastle; b. Byker, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 22 Sept. 1882; educ. St. Dominic’s Catholic School there; enlisted 22 Oct. 1911, and was killed in action at Soupir, during the Battle of the Aisne, 14 Sept. 1914; unm.

LAYTON, FRANK THOMAS, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 10003), S.S. 107616, H.M.S. Hogue; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

LAZENBY, ARTHUR, A.B., J. 4916, H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.

LEA, THOMAS LAMPIT, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 5043), 201762, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

LEACH, GERALD KEMBALL, Lieut., 6th (Service) Battn. Border Regt.; 2nd s. of the late Arthur Francis Leach, of 34, Elm Park Gardens, London, S.W., Charity Commissioner, by his wife, Emily Archer, dau. of S. Kemball Cook; b. London, 10 Aug. 1883; educ. Ashdown House, Forest Row, Sussex, from which he obtained a scholarship at Bradfield College, where he was senior Prefect and Captain of the Association Football Team, afterwards gaining an exhibition at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he rowed in the College boat; was in the Association Football and Cricket teams, and became a Lieut. in the University O.T.C. He was appointed an assistant in the Chinese Maritime Customs in 1904, and was quartered successively at Chefoo, Wuhu, Peking, Hankow, and Changsha. He resigned his appointment in Jan. 1915, in order to return home and join the army and was gazetted 2nd Lieut. 6th Border Regt., 1 March, 1915; left for the Dardanelles with the 11th (Northern) Division, 1 July following, and was killed in action at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, on 10 Aug., during the operations which followed the landing on the 6th and 7th; unm.

LEADER, FRANCIS WILLIAM MOWBRAY, Capt., 2nd Battn. Connaught Rangers, elder s. of Francis Henry Mowbray Leader, of Classas, Coachford, co. Cork, late Lt. Royal Field Artillery, by his wife, Agnes Letitia, dau. of Thomas Broderick; b. Plymouth, 6 Nov. 1881; educ. Eastman’s Royal Naval Academy, and in France and Germany; joined the Manchester Militia as 2nd Lieut. 1901, and served with them in the South African War, 1901–2, taking part in the operations in Cape Colony, Oct. 1901, and in Orange River Colony, Oct. 1901 to 31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with four clasps), being specially recommended by his Colonel for a regular commission; was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 1st Connaught Rangers, 28 Jan. 1903, and promoted Lieut. 30 Dec. 1905 and Capt. 1 Aug. 1914; served with the 1st Battn. for several years in India, and after its return home was attached to the West African Frontier Force, and saw service in Southern Nigeria, 1909–10 (medal with clasp); was at home on leave when war broke out, went to France with the Expeditionary Force in Aug. 1914, and was killed in action while in command of a rearguard of 50 men covering the retirement of his regt. at Le Cateau, 26 Aug. following. A prisoner of war in Germany wrote: “Got back to cross road with some stragglers and French wounded, and found Capt. Leader and 50 men with Turner left as rearguard to the battn. Joined them, and we started to gain the rest when suddenly we received news of two battns. of Germans on our right and quite close. Soon after we came under a hot fire from them, and poor Leader was killed.”

LEAKES, BERTRAM ALFRED, A.B. (B. 3610), S.S. 979, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

LEAMAN, JOSEPH HERBERT, Boy, 1st Class, J. 26743, H.M.S. Hawke; lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.

LEARY, THOMAS, Stoker, 1st Class (R.F.R., B. 3391), S.S. 101169, H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.

LEATHER, CHRISTOPHER, Lieut., 3rd (Reserve), attd. 1st. Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, 6th and yst. s. of the late Frederick John Leather, of Middleton Hall, Belford, co. Northumberland, J.P., by his wife, Gertrude Elizabeth Sophia (The Friary, Tickhill, co. York), dau. of the Rev. Charles Walters, M.A. Oxon; b. The Friary, Tickhill, 15 July, 1882; educ. Hazelwood, Limpsfield, and privately; received a commission as Lieut. in the 3rd Battn. Durham L.I. (Militia), 23 Dec. 1899; served in South African War, Jan. 1900 to May, 1902, being att. to the Mounted Infantry. For his services he was given a regular commission in the 1st Battn. Northumberland Fusiliers, and received the Queen’s medal with three clasps and the King’s medal with two clasps. He retired in 1904; but on the outbreak of the European War rejoined his old regt., 20 Aug. 1914; went to France, where he was attd. to the 1st Battn., and was killed in action near Neuve Chapelle, 26 Oct. following. Buried behind the trenches, near Neuve Chapelle; unm. He was an enthusiastic motorist and fisherman, and is described as “a good officer and friend.” He was one of six brothers, all of whom served both in South Africa and in the European War. The third and fifth brothers were also killed in action (see their notices), and the second and fourth, Capt. P. C. du Sautoy Leather and Lieut.-Col. Kenneth J. Walters Leather, were severely wounded, and the eldest, Major G. F. T. Leather, Northumberland Fusiliers, is now (1916) on active service.

LEATHER, EDWARD WILBERFORCE, Capt., 2nd Battn. Yorkshire Regt., attd. 2nd King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., 5th s. of the late Frederick John Leather, of Middleton Hall, Belford, co. Northumberland, J.P., by his wife, Gertrude Elizabeth Sophia (The Friary, Tickhill, co. York), dau. of the Rev. Charles Walters, M.A., Oxon; b. The Friary, Tickhill, 23 Nov. 1879; educ. Hazelwood Preparatory School and Wellington College; joined the 3rd Battn. Yorkshire Regt. (5th West Yorks Militia) in 1899, and was promoted Lieut. 13 Dec. 1900; served in the South African War, 1899–1900, 1902 (Queen’s medal with two clasps and King’s medal with two clasps), and retired in 1904. On the outbreak of the European War in Aug. 1914, he at once rejoined his regt.; was promoted Capt. 1 Feb. 1915; went to the Front, 11 Nov. 1914, attd. to the 2nd King’s Own Yorkshire L.I., and was killed in action at Hill 60, 18 April, 1915; unm.